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Carolyn Roberts

@carolynroberts.bsky.social

Faculty UBC, Indigenous educator and speaker. Passionate about Indigenous education and changing the conversations. Proud St'át'imc & Stó:lō Warrior. Author Re-Storying Education carolynorberts.net

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Come and join us educ.ubc.ca/book-talk-wi...

30.05.2025 17:10 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Book Talk with Jody Wilson Raybould and Carolyn Roberts | June 9, 2025 – Faculty of Education Event Description The UBC Faculty of Education and Peter A. Allard School of Law invite you to attend a powerful fundraising evening in support of the Hemas Kla-Lee-Lee-Kla Memorial Fund, featuring a ...

I am so looking forward to this Fundraiser for Hemas Kla-Lee-Lee-Kla Memorial Fund, I will be sitting down in conversation with Jody Wilson Raybould and Roshan Danesh about how our books are interconnected through history and education. Get your tickets today! educ.ubc.ca/book-talk-wi...

26.05.2025 19:25 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Book Talk with Jody Wilson Raybould and Carolyn Roberts | June 9, 2025 – Faculty of Education Event Description The UBC Faculty of Education and Peter A. Allard School of Law invite you to attend a powerful fundraising evening in support of the Hemas Kla-Lee-Lee-Kla Memorial Fund, featuring a ...

I am so looking forward to this Fundraiser for Hemas Kla-Lee-Lee-Kla Memorial Fund, I will be sitting down in conversation with Jody Wilson Raybould and Roshan Danesh about how our books are interconnected through history and education. Get your tickets today! educ.ubc.ca/book-talk-wi...

26.05.2025 19:25 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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How to Transform Classroom Practices for Meaningful Indigenous Inclusion, Indigenous Education practice How you can take small steps in your teaching practice to include Indigenous education.

New Blog post! Come and have a read. How to transform classroom practice for meaningful Indigenous inclusion. www.carolynroberts.net/single-post/...

25.05.2025 16:44 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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So excited for this collaboration!

24.05.2025 17:18 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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New Blog post today as we move into June and Indigenous History Month. Have a read about some things you can do in your classroom for Indigenous history month. Exploring Lesson Plans for celebrating Indigenous History Month. www.carolynroberts.net/single-post/...

24.05.2025 17:16 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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May the 5th is Red Dress Day. The first thing you can do to enact change is to read the report! This will help you understand the harm and colonial violence that continues to happen to Indigenous Woman and Girls. It's time to stop the harm www.mmiwg-ffada.ca/.../06/Final...

04.05.2025 19:34 — 👍 8    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0
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Red Dress Day Lesson plan for grades 1-3 This lesson plan is for grades 1-3

Looking for a lesson plan for grades 1-3 about Red Dress Day, check out my free lesson plan. www.carolynroberts.net/single-post/...

02.05.2025 14:21 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Red Dress Day Lesson plan for grades 1-3 This lesson plan is for grades 1-3

Looking for a lesson plan for grades 1-3 about Red Dress Day, check out my free lesson plan. www.carolynroberts.net/single-post/...

02.05.2025 14:21 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Thinking about Red Dress day for elementary students? What can I do for Elementary Children for Red Dress Day? May the 5th is coming soon! This is Red Dress Day, an important day to remember Indigenous Women and girls, though every day is important to re...

There are so many new amazing books from Indigenous authors about the relationship of Indigenous women and their families. This is such a huge part of what we can do as educators to support this learning and understanding for the younger grades. Update www.carolynroberts.net/single-post/...

01.05.2025 20:43 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Can you decolonize assessment? I have been working alongside educators all over BC this past year in decolonizing teacher practice and one of the most common questions I get is how can we decolonize assessment? This is a complicate...

Thinking about how and what we assess is an important way to engage students in their learning. Here is my blog post about my thoughts about assessment and how we can do this work in relationship. www.carolynroberts.net/single-post/...
Re-Storying Education one step at a time.

22.04.2025 15:30 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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How can you decolonize a lesson? Working alongside educators who want to step into the work of Indigenous education and decolonizing practices, is always a joy for me. I can see that educators are shifting and great work is being don...

Wondering about what steps you can take in decolonizing your lesson plans? I have some steps you can take to look deeper into what you are teaching, have a read: www.carolynroberts.net/single-post/...
Re-Storying Education one step at a time.

19.04.2025 16:44 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Such a good day yesterday. I am still feeling all the love from Campbell River SD. I was so lucky to be speaking along side the Honourable Jody Wilson Rabould. It was such a powerful and wonderful morning. Thankful for the district for having me in. Look for us doing some more book talks together.

01.04.2025 14:49 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

And I am off again! This time heading up to Thompson River University to talk to the teacher Ed students, Inidgenous Ed, and Faculty. It’s going to be a fun time! Re-Storying Education one step at a time.

25.03.2025 17:51 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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What an amazing honour it is to hear my book is a finalists in non fiction category of the Foreword Indies Book of the Year Awards, which celebrate outstanding literary works. This is so amazing!!
Announcements will happen in June!
Re-Storying Education one step at a time! What a journey.

24.03.2025 19:59 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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I had the best time yesterday speaking with educators across Vancouver Island and beyond about my book. So many great conversations and lovely people. It was their first Indigenous Education Early years conference and it was amazing! Hoping to see everyone again next year at this event.

08.03.2025 15:21 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It was another beautiful day of Re-Storying education. Today I was at Westwrn University. It is such a beautiful space. So thankful for connections.

28.02.2025 22:26 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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This was the most amazing morning. I loved talking with folks and connecting with educators about the work I do. I felt so loved and connected with all the educators today. Needless to say I am loving my trip to Toronto.

28.02.2025 02:52 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

“In community, it’s always multiple perspectives… I tried really hard in my classrooms to create that community, so students get that feeling, e.g. by giving opportunities for students to learn collaboratively”: @carolynroberts.bsky.social

27.02.2025 15:08 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Carolyn Roberts speaking in front of a projected screen showing a slide with a diagram with Indian Act in its centre arrowing out to many implications

Carolyn Roberts speaking in front of a projected screen showing a slide with a diagram with Indian Act in its centre arrowing out to many implications

@carolynroberts.bsky.social draws crucial connections between colonial history and popular-media stories *about* Indigenous people to encourage us to rethink how we teach through re-storying in the keynote to @gbcollege.bsky.social’s 25th Annual Mental Health Conference.

27.02.2025 14:57 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

This was such a fun afternoon, speaking to new educators and the Indigenous education department. Thanks so much for the invitation @scotemeek.bsky.social

26.02.2025 16:02 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Happening this week 👇🏼👇🏼Join us if you can to hear @carolynroberts.bsky.social #decolonizingeducation

23.02.2025 15:24 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1
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Looking forward to coming out to Brock University at the end of the month to talk about my book and education. Come and join us if you can.

11.02.2025 17:19 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Indigenous Educational Studies @BrockUniversity is excited to host @carolynroberts.bsky.social on campus to speak abt her recent book! Please join us! #decolonizeeducation

08.02.2025 01:49 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1
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Started the week in -32 Edmonton speaking to 1100 Indigenous educators and ending the week on the beautiful Sunshine Coast, keynote for their teachers conference. Lucky me!

07.02.2025 01:06 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Starting the day in a good way. I am so lucky to be the opening keynote today for this amazing conference. It’s going to be a good day! Re-Storying Education one step at a time.

03.02.2025 13:12 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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A little bit of blue sky as I head out to an all Indigenous teacher education conference IKWC in Edmonton. I love these conferences so much! Being a keynote is even better. Leaving the sun for snow.

01.02.2025 20:25 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Harm continues to happen to Indigenous students in the classroom, how can we make things better? We are 6-7 weeks into this school year and I cannot tell you how many folks have been coming to me with issues they have been having with their own Indigenous children in the classroom, issues happeni...

There continues to be harm in classrooms for Indigenous students. Have a look at this blog post to find out the ways this happens and ways to do things differently. www.carolynroberts.net/single-post/...
#Re-Storying Education one step at a time. carolynroberts.net

19.01.2025 04:43 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1
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Wishing all you the very best in the year to come. Looking forward to connecting, learning, and growing! carolynroberts.net

31.12.2024 16:31 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thank you so much. I am so happy that you enjoyed it and it will be helpful to your practice.

31.12.2024 16:31 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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