Transforming First Nations Education First Nations have the inherent and Treaty right not only to access education but to assert jurisdiction over education. The right to education appears in several international declarations related to the rights of Indigenous peoples, including the International Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination (1965), the International […]
A Culturally Appropiate Model for Measuring Success Performance Indicators are events, actions or behaviours that are important to a community and its members. The First Nations Performance Indicators Checklist contains items that are potentially important to a community’s educational success. The Performance Indicators, compiled from a number of First Nation sources and documents, are culturally […]
Introduction to the First Nations Holistic Lifelong Learning Model In 2007, the Canadian Council on Learning collaborated with First Nations, Inuit and Métis learning professionals and researchers to explore and articulate the recognition that the world of First Nations learners is one of interconnectedness, in which experiences and relationships are circular, cumulative and holistic. A […]
What is Cultural Competency? “The terms “cultural competency” and “cultural competence” or cultural proficiency have become important in recent years because they address issues that are inherent parts of pluralistic societies that are composed of different cultures. “Culture” is defined in many different ways, but all the definitions share common characteristics. The Western and Northern […]
Timelines Indigenous peoples in North America have complex histories that precede and overlap European contact and colonization. Each First Nation, Inuit and Métis community has an experience that is unique to them. “Education will lead to understanding; understanding will lead to action. Education and understanding are going to be key to moving us forward.” -National […]
What are Residential Schools? Residential schools were boarding schools for Indigenous (First Nations, Inuit and Métis) children and youth, financed by the federal government but staffed and run by several Christian religious institutions— the Roman Catholic, Anglican, Presbyterian, United and Methodist Churches. Children were separated from their families and communities, sometimes by force, and lived […]
