Gladstone Secondary English teacher and SFU alumna, Shirley Burdon, is pioneering a high school course in Vancouver that introduces a new generation of students to the rich tradition of First Nations literature. Just halfway through her first year of teaching the course, Burden is already witnessing the engaging power First Nations literature is having on her students. [ Read more ]
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