*Reading For The Love Of It* Conference display booth at the Sheraton hotel downtown Toronto. Exhibits and sale are accessible only to conference attendees on Thursday and Friday till 4 pm. If you are attending please stop by booth 1000 (just inside the main doors in the West display area) and say hello to Jeff and Linda!

GoodMinds.com on-location at OLA Super Conference Thursday and Friday (Feb 1-2) Booth 534-536! Constance Brissenden will be signing books today until 4pm and Dr. Jenny K Dupuis will be signing Friday from 11am-2pm. During signings author books are 20% off. All other resources displayed will receive the regular GoodMinds.com conference discount (free shipping on orders over $200).

*14 Day Picture Book Sale* Good Afternoon! For the next TWO WEEKS GoodMinds.com will be offering a 15% discount on any order of picture books over $100!! GoodMinds.com has worked tirelessly over the years to create and ensure our collection is culturally respectful, linguistically accurate and engaging/educational to the reader. Every book in our K-8 collection has been reviewed for its appropriate level of reading comprehension and graded as such (books at our showroom are organized and displayed into ascending grade level much the same as at displays). We carry Indigenous picture books which talk about stories, personal experiences, and specific Nations across North America. First Nations, Metis and Inuit Peoples (as well as Native Americans) are included in this collection. The best part of all this is that there are educated and well-informed staff at GoodMinds.com that can help you with your specific needs. Please send a personal message here, or call (226) 450-2999 for any questions about our awesome collection of picture books! To view our picture books on our website, please follow the link below and head to the search engine, to view a specific grade level, just enter it into the search options on the left and hit the 'search' button :) www.goodminds.com Miigwetch, Nia:wen, Thanks for checkin us out! Have a great 2018!

GoodMinds.com is set up at the Michelangelo Banquet Centre in Hamilton (Upper Ottawa) until 5pm today, come check us out!!

Today is Jeff and Linda Burnham’s last day of a very busy Fall book fair/conference season. It is his privilege to listen to Kevin Lamoureux speak today to Secondary teachers in the Dufferin Peel Catholic District School Board. Thanks Jodie Williams for having GoodMinds.com be a part of your day!

*Sherman Alexie Book Sale* For the next week take 15% off any book by Sherman Alexie! Alexie has now published 26 books and is an award winning novelist, short story writer, poet, and filmmaker. Smoke Signals, the movie he wrote and co-produced, won the Audience Award and Filmmakers Trophy at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival (based on his novel The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fist Fight in Heaven). Alexie was born October 7, 1966 on the Spokane Indian Reservation (Spokane/Coeur d'Alene) and grew up in a troubled home. He was forced to attend high school off-reserve to attain a higher education (which he did), and was awarded a scholarship to Gonzaga University in 1985. Alexie tried his hand in pre-med and law before finally finding comfort in literature classes. He moved to Washington State University in 1987 to pursue a creative writing career and eventually published his first book in 1992. His writing is based on the experience of growing up and living as an Indigenous American in the US. Today Alexie lives in Seattle with his wife and two sons. Alexie's published books include: Blasphemy, The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fist Fight in Heaven, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Thunder Boy Jr., War Dances, Flight, Ten Little Indians and more! Alexie's poetry, short stories and novels explore themes of despair, poverty, violence and alcoholism among the lives of Native American people, both on and off the reservation. They share a unique perspective which is often times overlooked in North America, but are also lightened by wit and humor. To view Sherman Alexie's books on the GoodMinds.com website, please follow this link -> http://goodminds.com/search?keys=sherman+alexie To view Sherman Alexie's website, please follow this link -> http://fallsapart.com/ Thank you, miigwetch, nia:wen! Sale Ends Friday December 15. Enjoy!

Today until 4 pm Jeff and Linda are at the Peel DSB book fair at the Mississauga Convention Centre

*Canoe Kids* Volume 3 - The Mi'kmaq of Ktaqamkuk - Now Available! A lot can be learned from the Canoe Kids publications. Intended for audiences of all ages; Canoe Kids provides authentic and empowering Indigenous Knowledge in an inspiring and ethical way. Each edition involves photojournalism accompanied by poetry, art, recipes, stories and editorial content that showcase cultures from their historical past to the present (yes, Indigenous people, communities and cultures are still here...). Each edition includes: 1: Compelling and beautiful pictorials that draw you into the stories and place of the featured community 2: The story of the vessel used by the featured Peoples 3: Art and Food 4: A Kids Zone 5: Resources for kids, parents and educators 6: Stories by and of the featured Peoples in each edition 7: Extraordinary pictures of the lives, land and waters of the featured Peoples Much of the knowledge and teachings within Canoe Kids comes from elders and knowledge keepers, HOWEVER, there is a process to acquiring this information in Indigenous communities which needs to be followed in order to be considered ethical (and differs from information gathering in non-Indigenous communities). Canoe Kids always starts by seeking permission and fostering relationships in the communities they visit. Permissions and relationships are attained from: Grand Chief, Chief of the Council, members of the education facilities and community members. This is integral to information gathering on-reserve when an extraordinary depth of Traditional Knowledge is passed on related to environment, culture, and traditions. If this process is not followed, information gathering on-reserve can be viewed as exploitative and is something Indigenous people are trying to avoid. If you wish to order a subscription of the Canoe Kids publications, please contact GoodMinds.com (we also provide single copies of editions). ***Board-wide purchases of Canoe Kids subscriptions can also be purchased, as the Toronto District School Board has done, which allows students an unlimited and simultaneous access to the digital versions.*** If you have any questions or inquiries, there are links to each edition below, you can also pm me, or email josiahs@goodminds.com. http://www.canoekids.com/ Subscription to print copies -> http://goodminds.com/canoe-kids-subscription-print-volume-1-2-3 Subscription to digital copies -> http://goodminds.com/canoe-kids-subscription-digital-pdf-volume-1-2-3 Thank you, Nia:wen, Miigwetch, *Wela'lin*

*Treaties Recognition Week* We are all treaty people! The intent of this week's topic is to shed light on Canada's treaty history with Indigenous Peoples. Enlightening to some and unnerving/displacing to others, Treaty week brings an overall discomfort to Canadians and Indigenous People alike based on a history of colonization and assimilation (to those who know the history). The overall intent within schools is to dig deep through information to uncover myths about the history of Canada, to celebrate the resiliency and success of Canada’s Indigenous peoples and to highlight the importance land plays in Indigenous *social determinants of health*. Treaties are agreements between independent and self-governing nations. In Canada (1781-1930) this occurred between the Crown (government) and First Nations. These treaties adhered to the Royal Proclamation of 1763 which stated: 1) British authority over a large part of North America 2) Newcomers could not settle on the land until the Crown had acquired it from the First Nations who occupied the territories. It is important to note that ALL reserve land in Canada is considered Crown (federal) land (title to reserve land is vested in the Crown), therefore any land considered reserve land is not 'owned' by Indigenous people (or their band councils). To the First People's that once considered themselves the 'caretakers of this land', who were respectful to their environments and ensured the land would be passed on to their future generations in a condition which was inhabitable, safe and healthy... I think we can all agree the displacement and appropriation of land through many treaties (honored or not) created a shaky foundation to relationships between the Canadian government and Indigenous Peoples across Canada (many of which were not understood by Indigenous people, as 'Land Ownership' was not established before contact with Europeans). Although there is much more to be said about treaties, I'll leave the rest for you to find out! To support 'Treaties Recognition Week' (since 2016 has and will always be the first week of November in Ontario), GoodMinds.com is offering 15% off books about treaties (some showcased below). This sale is not exclusive to Ontario as treaties affect ALL people (Indigenous or not) from across Canada. Please let us know below how treaties have impacted your community. If you need help finding which treaty applies to your area, or which book on treaties will best suit your personal/teaching/PD needs, please do not hesitate to contact GoodMinds.com, or email josiahs@goodminds.com. Thank you, Miigwetch, Nia:wen.

Today GoodMinds.com is pleased to be with Erin Elmhurst and the staff of the Durham District School Board in the beautiful Robert McLaughlin Art Gallery in Oshawa.

Goodminds.com on-location at HB Beal Secondary School (London) this weekend for the FNMIEAO Educator Conference: Hearing The Truth by First Nations, Métis, & Inuit Education Association of Ontario. The theme for the 2017 Educators' Conference is Education Through Reconciliation: Hearing The Truth. Keynote speakers are Dr Pamela Toulouse (Saturday) and Dr Niigaan Sinclair (Sunday). GoodMinds.com is well stocked for sales Saturday and Sunday. Come check us out!

GoodMinds.com is set up for the Thursday October 26th book fair in London in the Agriplex at the Western Fair grounds. Then off to Wallaceburg for the St. Clair Catholic DSB for Friday