Heritage Day Resources

PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS:

Nora Bernard Heritage Day Poster 11x17 (pdf)

Nora Bernard Heritage Day Poster 20x16 (pdf)

Social Media – Image 1

Social Media – Image 2

EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES:

Student resources produced by Mi’Kmaw Kina’matnewey  

Madeline Nora Bernard: A Legacy of Resistance and Resilience (pdf booklet)
Madeline Nora Bernard: Naqtmuksi’k Mlki-matnaqatinew aqq Mlkna’tinew (pdf booklet)
Madeline (Nora) Bernard: un héritage de résistance et de résilienceet resilience (pdf booklet)
Nora Bernard – Legacy and Timeline (one-pager) 

Teachers, for ideas on how to use these resources with your students, please check:

ARTICLES:

Bernard's lawsuit helped natives nationwide
Nora Bernard, Mi'kmaq activist -- Born Millbrook, 1935, Died Truro, Dec. 27, 2007

Slain elder Bernard awarded Nova Scotia's highest honour
CBC News, October 8 / 2008 

Millbrook Community Hall renamed after Mi'kmaw activist Nora Bernard
Saltwire, October 3 / 2024 

Halifax street renamed after Mi’kmaq activist and ‘unsung hero’ Nora Bernard
Global News, October 30, 2023

Wearing Nora's orange sweater: People in Yarmouth come together on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
Saltwire, October 1, 2024 

Nora Bernard fought for justice for residential school survivors
Windspeaker.com Archives, October 11, 2017

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation: Thursday, September 30
September 29, 2021. Remembering my friend Nora Bernard. McKiggan Hebert Lawyers.

VIDEOS: 

Millbrook First Nation community centre renamed in honour of Nora Bernard
CBC News, September 30, 2024

Nora Bernard to be honoured at 4th National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
CBC News, September 27, 2024

Stories by Mi'kmaq Elders: Mi'kmaw Language
Features various Elders sharing their stories in the Mi'kmaw language including Nora Bernard. Beaton Institute Youtube Channel.

Residential schools and the woman who started the road to justice for survivors
APTN National News, May 31, 2015

Nora Bernard – National Aboriginal History Month
APTN National News, June 2017

Nora Bernard Eastern Thunder
National Centre for Truth & Reconciliation.

National Film Board – Residential Schools Collection

RESOURCES:

Order of NS – 2008 Recipient: Nora Bernard
Millbrook Cultural & Heritage Centre
Mi’kmawey Debert Cultural Centre
Ta’n Weji-sqalia’tiek: Mi’kmaw Place Names Digital Atlas and Web Site
Millbrook First Nation
Mi’kmaq History Month
IRS (Indian Residential School) Legacy Project
National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation
Former Shubenacadie Indian Residential School National Historic Site
Indian Residential School Apology
Residential School Timeline
Nova Scotia Native Women’s Association
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation