I critically examine the need for required course material at all levels of schooling (elementary, secondary and post-secondary) regarding Canada’s tragic legacy of residential schooling. I briefly explore and recap issues facing Indigenous Peoples in Canada today and demonstrate how these are vastly a direct result of this truly unfortunate part of Canadian history. I analyze existing policy on the topic of residential schools as required curriculum and intend to develop alternative, new policy aimed at integrating such relevant material into all levels of classrooms in Canada. I propose methods by which this addition to required curriculum be made possible in a way that is accurate, appropriate and which draws from a variety of cultural teaching styles. I establish that this progression in curriculum may act as a catalyst in shifting attitudes and dismantling stereotypes.
