The Learning Path

199156 min 50 secFilm: Documentary

Direction: Loretta Todd

Production: Cari GreenJames CullinghamPeter RaymontKent Martin

Script: Loretta Todd

Produced by Tamarack Productions with the participation of Telefilm Canada, the Ontario Film Development Corporation, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Canadian Studies Directorate of the Department of the Secretary of State of Canada, Teck Corporation, Rogers Telefund; in association with the NFB and TVOntario; in collaboration with TV5; with assistance from Access Network and Vision TV.

This title is an acquisition.

Generations of Indigenous children were taught in schools that to be Indigenous was somehow wrong. Indigenous people in Canada now have control over their own system of formal education. In this film, we meet three remarkable educators who are leaders on the path of enlightenment.

Subject categories

  • Education > Child EducationIndigenous PeoplesSocial Problems
  • Women > Cultural GroupsDiscrimination, Stereotyping and Equal RightsWorking Life
  • Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis) > DiscriminationEducationResidential SchoolsWomen
  • Education > Residential Schools History, Personal Accounts, Experience

Credits

director
Loretta Todd
script
Loretta Todd
narrator
Loretta Todd
producer
Cari Green
James Cullingham
Peter Raymont
Kent Martin
executive producer
Peter Raymont
cinematography
Kirk Tougas
sound
Garrell Clark
editing
Frank Irvine
Janice Brown
sound editing
Shirley Claydon
re-recording
Jean-Pierre Joutel
Shelley Craig
music
Annie Frazer
John Kim Bell
participation
Jane Paul
Anne Starr
Bertha Twin
Veronica Lozo
Lorelei Morin
Jessica Daniels
Ray Fowler