If you are interested in the aboriginal communities and schools of northern Canada then you may find some of the following websites to be of interest to you.
- Wacihk Education Complex
www.wachik.ca
A simple website I created for the school while I was teaching for the Shoal Lake Cree Nation in Pakwaw Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada.
- Father Gamache Memorial School
www.frgamache.ca
We created two websites for Father Gamache Memorial School during the year that I taught at the school in Fond du Lac, Saskatchewan. One of the websites has long since disappeared from the internet but this website initially created by Sanjay Pahwa and his family has survived. The school website was last updated 14 January 2006.
- Nancy's Armchair Arctic
www.flora.org/nancy/
Nancy Shaver is a nurse who has travelled to many northern Canadian communities. Her website is a collection of her photographs. Many of her photographs are of aboriginal Inuit communities in the arctic, but she also has photographs of some First Nations communities, the city of Yellowknife, and some natural scenery north of Toronto.
- ArcticCircle
www.arcticcircle.ca
Vincent Chan is a dentist who has travelled to many northern Canadian communities and places around the world. His website is a collection of his photographs. His Arctic Photo Gallery has photographs of communities and locations in the Northwest Territories, Nunavut and northern Saskatchewan.
- Deer Lake First Nations
www.deerlake.firstnation.ca
The official website of the Deer Lake First Nations, Deer Lake, Ontario, Canada.
- David Meekis Memorial School Fire, Deer Lake, Ontario
www.deerlake.firstnation.ca/?q=gallery&g2_itemId=4804
This photo gallery on the Deer Lake First Nations' website shows a fire completely destroying the David Meekis Memorial School building on Monday February 16, 2004. My photographs of the David Meekis Memorial School building and the Deer Lake community were taken during the 1998-1999 school year.
- Deer Lake First Nations Health Services
http://deerlakehealth.ca
The official website of the Deer Lake Health Services in Deer Lake, Ontario, Canada.
- Tataskweyak Cree Nation (Split Lake Cree First Nations)
http://tataskweyak.mb.ca
The official website of the Tataskweyak Cree Nation, Split Lake, Manitoba, Canada.
- Northern Lights : Sandy Bay Article from Volume 5, 1946
www.islandfalls.ca/northlightsmag/sandybay.htm
A historic magazine article about the community of Sandy Bay, Saskatchewan, Canada. Do you think the ghost I photographed in the lobby of Hector Thiboutot Community School in Sandy Bay may be one of the people whose photographs appear in this article?
- Northern Saskatchewan Heritage Site
www.kayas.ca
A website created as a year 2000 millennium project. The website is a collection of information, stories and a few photographs regarding the heritage of the aboriginal people and communities of northern Saskatchewan.
- New North - Saskatchewan Association of Northern Communities Services Inc.
www.newnorthsask.ca
The "Communities" page on this website has aerial photographs of many northern Saskatchewan communities.
- Keewaytinook Okimakanak
www.knet.ca
This website is a main hub on the internet for the First Nations of the province of Ontario. Information and links to many websites can be found here.
- Keewatin Career Development Corporation
www.kcdc.ca
This website is a main hub on the internet for the First Nations of the provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta. Information and links to many websites can be found here.
- Prince Albert Grand Council
www.pagc.sk.ca
The Prince Albert Grand Council provides regional government services for its member First Nations bands in northeastern Saskatchewan.
- Meadow Lake Tribal Council
http://mltc.sasktelwebhosting.com
The Meadow Lake Tribal Council provides regional government services for its member First Nations bands in northwestern Saskatchewan.
- Northern Lights School Division Number 113
www.nlsd113.com
A public school division with schools in many northern Saskatchewan communities. The website has photographs and information about its schools and their communities.
- Saskatchewan Indian Cultural Centre
www.sicc.sk.ca
This website has information about Saskatchewan First Nations. The site is a bit difficult to navigate.
- Computers for Schools
www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/cfs-ope.nsf/eng/Home
Computers for Schools is a national organization that accepts donations of second hand computers and then distributes them to schools and libraries. Many of the computers you see in the classroom photographs of this website were received from Computers for School. The students and staff of the schools where I taught always greatly appreciated the donated computers we received through Computers for Schools.
