The Resource Shannen and the dream for a school, Janet Wilson
Shannen and the dream for a school, Janet Wilson
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The item Shannen and the dream for a school, Janet Wilson represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Internet Archive - Open Library.
This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
- Summary
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- "This is the true story of Shannen Koostachin and the people of Attawapiskat, a Cree community in Northern Ontario, who have been fighting for a new school since 1979, when a fuel spill contaminated their original school building. It is 2008, and thirteen-year-old Shannen and the other students at J.R. Nakogee Elementary are tired of attending class in portables that smell and don't keep out the freezing cold winter air. They make a YouTube video describing the poor conditions, and their plea for a decent school gains them attention and support from community leaders and children across the country. Inspired, the students decide to turn their grade-eight class trip into a visit to Ottawa, to speak to the Canadian government. Once there, Shannen speaks passionately to the politicians about the need to give Native children the opportunity to succeed. The following summer, Shannen is nominated for the International Children's Peace Prize. Her passion and that of the other students makes politicians stand up and take notice, and becomes a rallying point for the community and for the country
- Shannen will never see her dream fulfilled. Tragically, she was killed in a car crash in 2010. Her family, friends, and supporters are continuing to fight and to honor her memory as they work for equality for children in communities everywhere."--Pub. website
- Language
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- eng
- cre
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (206 pages
- Label
- Shannen and the dream for a school
- Title
- Shannen and the dream for a school
- Statement of responsibility
- Janet Wilson
- Subject
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- Indian activists
- Cris (Indiens) -- Ontario | Attawapiskat -- Relations avec l'Etat -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Children's rights -- Ontario | Attawapiskat
- Cree children -- Education -- Ontario | Attawapiskat
- Biography
- Cree teenagers -- Ontario | Attawapiskat -- Biography
- Children's rights -- Ontario | Attawapiskat -- Juvenile literature
- Attawapiskat (Ont.) -- Biographies | Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Indian activists -- Ontario | Attawapiskat -- Biography | Juvenile literature
- Native peoples -- Ontario | Attawapiskat -- Government relations -- Juvenile literature
- Cree children -- Education -- Ontario | Attawapiskat -- Juvenile literature
- Enfants cris -- Education -- Ontario | Attawapiskat -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Koostachin, Shannen, 1994-2010 -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Biography, Juvenile
- Cree Indians -- Ontario | Attawapiskat -- Government relations
- Cree teenagers
- Ontario -- Attawapiskat
- Koostachin, Shannen, 1994-2010
- Cree Indians -- Ontario | Attawapiskat -- Government relations -- Juvenile literature
- Attawapiskat (Ont.) -- Biography | Juvenile literature
- Enfants -- Droits -- Ontario | Attawapiskat -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Adolescents cris -- Ontario | Attawapiskat -- Biographies | Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Cree Indians -- Government relations
- Attawapiskat (Ont.) -- Biography
- Koostachin, Shannen, 1994-2010 -- Juvenile literature
- Juvenile works
- Koostachin, Shannen, 1994-2010
- Indian activists -- Ontario | Attawapiskat -- Biography
- Native activists -- Ontario | Attawapiskat -- Biography | Juvenile literature
- Children's rights
- Activistes indiens d'Amerique -- Ontario | Attawapiskat -- Biographies | Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Cree teenagers -- Ontario | Attawapiskat -- Biography | Juvenile literature
- Language
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- eng
- cre
- eng
- Summary
-
- "This is the true story of Shannen Koostachin and the people of Attawapiskat, a Cree community in Northern Ontario, who have been fighting for a new school since 1979, when a fuel spill contaminated their original school building. It is 2008, and thirteen-year-old Shannen and the other students at J.R. Nakogee Elementary are tired of attending class in portables that smell and don't keep out the freezing cold winter air. They make a YouTube video describing the poor conditions, and their plea for a decent school gains them attention and support from community leaders and children across the country. Inspired, the students decide to turn their grade-eight class trip into a visit to Ottawa, to speak to the Canadian government. Once there, Shannen speaks passionately to the politicians about the need to give Native children the opportunity to succeed. The following summer, Shannen is nominated for the International Children's Peace Prize. Her passion and that of the other students makes politicians stand up and take notice, and becomes a rallying point for the community and for the country
- Shannen will never see her dream fulfilled. Tragically, she was killed in a car crash in 2010. Her family, friends, and supporters are continuing to fight and to honor her memory as they work for equality for children in communities everywhere."--Pub. website
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- NLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1952-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Wilson, Janet
- Dewey number
- j971.004/97323092
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- portraits
- Index
- no index present
- Language note
- Includes some text in Cree
- LC call number
- E99.C88
- LC item number
- K66 2011
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- Series statement
- A kids' power book
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Koostachin, Shannen
- Koostachin, Shannen
- Koostachin, Shannen
- Koostachin, Shannen
- Indian activists
- Cree teenagers
- Children's rights
- Cree children
- Cree Indians
- Attawapiskat (Ont.)
- Activistes indiens d'Amerique
- Adolescents cris
- Enfants
- Enfants cris
- Cris (Indiens)
- Attawapiskat (Ont.)
- Cree children
- Indian activists
- Cree teenagers
- Children's rights
- Cree Indians
- Attawapiskat (Ont.)
- Children's rights
- Cree Indians
- Cree teenagers
- Indian activists
- Ontario
- Native activists
- Native peoples
- Target audience
- juvenile
- Label
- Shannen and the dream for a school, Janet Wilson
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Extent
- 1 online resource (206 pages
- Form of item
- online
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map, portraits)
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1082976359
- Label
- Shannen and the dream for a school, Janet Wilson
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Extent
- 1 online resource (206 pages
- Form of item
- online
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map, portraits)
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1082976359
Subject
- Activistes indiens d'Amerique -- Ontario | Attawapiskat -- Biographies | Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Adolescents cris -- Ontario | Attawapiskat -- Biographies | Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Attawapiskat (Ont.) -- Biographies | Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Attawapiskat (Ont.) -- Biography
- Attawapiskat (Ont.) -- Biography | Juvenile literature
- Biography
- Biography, Juvenile
- Children's rights
- Children's rights -- Ontario | Attawapiskat
- Children's rights -- Ontario | Attawapiskat -- Juvenile literature
- Cree Indians -- Government relations
- Cree Indians -- Ontario | Attawapiskat -- Government relations
- Cree Indians -- Ontario | Attawapiskat -- Government relations -- Juvenile literature
- Cree children -- Education -- Ontario | Attawapiskat
- Cree children -- Education -- Ontario | Attawapiskat -- Juvenile literature
- Cree teenagers
- Cree teenagers -- Ontario | Attawapiskat -- Biography
- Cree teenagers -- Ontario | Attawapiskat -- Biography | Juvenile literature
- Cris (Indiens) -- Ontario | Attawapiskat -- Relations avec l'Etat -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Enfants -- Droits -- Ontario | Attawapiskat -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Enfants cris -- Education -- Ontario | Attawapiskat -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Indian activists
- Indian activists -- Ontario | Attawapiskat -- Biography
- Indian activists -- Ontario | Attawapiskat -- Biography | Juvenile literature
- Juvenile works
- Koostachin, Shannen, 1994-2010
- Koostachin, Shannen, 1994-2010
- Koostachin, Shannen, 1994-2010 -- Juvenile literature
- Koostachin, Shannen, 1994-2010 -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Native activists -- Ontario | Attawapiskat -- Biography | Juvenile literature
- Native peoples -- Ontario | Attawapiskat -- Government relations -- Juvenile literature
- Ontario -- Attawapiskat
Genre
- Biographies
- Biography
- Biography, Juvenile
- Juvenile literature
- Juvenile works
- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
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