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In this section, watch videos to educate your heart and mind or watch Monique read from her children’s books. Feel free to share these links with family, friends, schools and day cares.
Educational videos for adults and youth
Talking to Kids about Residential Schools:
A video to support families, caregivers, educators to have difficult conversations with children about Residential Schools, also known as Boarding Schools in the USA. I share some strategies for having these conversations as well as provide the names, and sometimes book covers of Indigenous authors who are both bringing the truth to light, but also the joy of our people to light.
Children’s book readings
Monique reads from her first children’s book, My Heart Fills with Happiness. Illustrated by Julie Flett
Monique reads from You Hold Me Up, illustrated by Danielle Daniel
TEDx talk: The Power of One
Monique Gray Smith at The Illumination Event
Building Resilient Students
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Listen to Monique on CBC’s The Next Chapter with Shelagh Rogers as they discuss how to talk to kids about Residential Schools and the importance of literature.
Listen to Monique read the first chapter of Tilly and the Crazy Eights. Complete book available on Audible https://www.audible.ca/pd/Tilly-and-the-Crazy-Eights-Audiobook/B085Z2WYCP
Below are 2 poems Monique wrote and recorded.