Office of First Nations and Inuit Education (OFNIE): In-Community Indigenous Programs

The Sofia Discovery Tool is a search engine to locate physical and digital items in the McGill Libraries Collections (books, journals, journal articles, dissertations/theses, audiovisual material, microforms, etc.). *Subject Headings: e.g., Mohawk language, Mohawk language Texts, etc.

- EZproxy
- Virtual Private Network (VPN)

Request scanned copies of journal articles or book chapters from the print collections of the McGill Libraries, to be sent to a McGill email address. (Delivery time: normally 2 to 4 business days)

Provides animated storybooks which can be played with sound or a computer or read aloud by a child with the sound off. In addition to the animated storybooks, TumbleBooks also has a variety of games and audiobooks.

Can-core is a core curriculum content platform created for use in Canadian schools. It contains content produced in Canada selected for its strong curriculum fit with resources relevant to teachers and K-12 students. Every segment meets a specific area of the curriculum and course, grade and strand or expectations are easily viewable. Includes content for First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Studies.

An online video collection that provides unlimited access to 300,000 video clips in numerous subject areas.
Search examples:
- indigenous AND canada (272 results, 2025-11-03)
- indigenous AND canada AND mohawk (4 results, 2025-11-03)

Academic video online delivers video titles spanning a wide range of subject areas including anthropology, business, counseling, film, health, history, music, and more. Its platform tools enable users to view transcripts, create/ annotate/share video clips, etc.
Search examples:
- indigenous AND canada (500 results, 2025-11-03)
- indigenous AND canada AND mohawk (19 results, 2025-11-03)

Kanopy is an on-demand streaming video service for educational institutions.ollections include titles from the ArtMattan Films, BBC, Cinema Libre Studio, the Criterion Collection/Janus Films, DEFA Film Library, First Run Features, Flicker Alley, Frameline, the Great Courses, HBO, Kino Lorber, Music Box Films, National Film Board of Canada, New Day Films, PBS, the Orchard, Pragda, Ruscico, Samuel Goldwyn, and thousands of independent filmmakers.
Browse titles in:
- Indigenous Studies
- Indigenous Peoples of North America: Canada

Docuseek2 is the internet site where one can discover, access, license, stream and share over 1500 documentary and social issues films and videos. This database provides educational streaming access to content from Bullfrog Films, Icarus Films (including The Fanlight Collection and dGenerate Films), Kartemquin Films, MediaStorm, the National Film Board of Canada, Scorpion TV, Sincerely Films, Terra Nova Films and Villon Films. Topics covered include business and economics, health care, humanities, performing arts, and social sciences. Docuseek2 supports the ability to create clips, playlists, and save searches of the films and videos available through this website.
Browse titles in:
- Indigenous Studies
- Indigenous Spirituality and Religion

Criterion-on-Demand represents a large number of feature film producers, including, but not limited to: Paramount Pictures, Paramount Vantage, DreamWorks SKG, Mongrel Media, Sony Pictures Classics, Alliance Films, Miramax Films, Warner Brothers, Lionsgate Films, The Weinstein Company, as well as a smaller number of independent producers. The title selection includes 1920 classics, new releases, foreign films, literary adaptations, documentaries, animated titles, and independent features.
Browse titles in:
- Indigenous Studies

- Provides access to thousands of newspapers and magazines just as they appear in print. Includes
- Say Magazine that "celebrates First Nations, Métis and Inuit ingenuity by sharing success stories and stories of resilience"

The Eastern Door is a community-based newspaper serving the community of Kahnawake since 1992, regardless of birth, gender, age, language, politics or religion. Includes some text in Mohawk language.

McGill Students’ Indigenous Studies Journal (formerly KANATA) is a McGill-based student support community that explores, shares, and provides learning opportunities for anyone interested in Indigenous Studies and highlights information on the various organizations, events, and ongoing initiatives that are of interest to the "indigenous community."

The site provides links to Queen's University Library guides for Indigenous Language Revitalization (resources for Anshinaabemowin, Cree, Kanien'kéha (Mohawk), Inuktitut, etc.); Primary Junior Indigenous Education; Intermediate Senior First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Studies; Teaching for Truth and Reconciliation; World Indigenous Studies in Education (WISE), etc.

X̱wi7x̱wa Library is a centre for academic and community Indigenous scholarship. Its collections and services reflect Indigenous approaches to teaching, learning, and research. X̱wi7x̱wa Research Guides links to UBC Library Indigenous Research Guides on indigenous languages, films, librarianship, music & dance, maps, children's literature, education K-12, health sciences, etc.). The guides also include search strategies for finding resources that are relevant to the multidisciplinary study of Indigenous topics and materials written from Indigenous perspectives.

This guide is designed to help Initial Teacher Education students find materials that centre or focus on First Nations, Métis, and Inuit worldviews, experiences and knowledges for teaching in the K-12 classroom.