Examines parent and community engagement, cultural and language programming, teachers, instruction and curriculum resources, professional development, and individual students supports at Francis of Assisi Elementary School and Le Roi Daniels Elementary School.
RCAP 156 contains a transcript of the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at the Cherrywood Inn, Edmonton, Alberta. Subjects discussed are the Lubicon Lake Settlement, fishing and hunting and post-secondary education.
RCAP 159 contains a transcript of the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at the Cherrywood Inn, Edmonton, Alberta. Subjects discussed are health care, Metis and women's issues, business and economic development, and Aboriginal law education. Presentations can be viewed individually on this site.
This file contains a transcript of a portion of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at Elizabeth Metis Settlement, Alberta. This portion includes a presentation for Elizabeth Metis Settlement by Wilfred Collins concerning education, philosophy and spiritual believes in the Metis community.
This file contains a presentation by Anne-Marie Hodes relating to the Native Health Care Careers Program at the University of Alberta. Hodes examines the barriers affecting admission and retention of Aboriginal students to professional health facilities. The mandate of the Program focuses on encouraging Aboriginal students to consider a career in medicine in order to correct the under-representation of Aboriginal physicians in Canada. A question-and-answer session with the Commissioners follows the presentation. Everett Lambert acts as facilitator.
This file contains a presentation by members of the Aboriginal Student Council at the University of Alberta. Among their concerns is the hiring of a non-Aboriginal as Director of Native Student Services, funding cuts to Aboriginal post-secondary education in Alberta, and the necessity for a Native Student Centre. A question-and-answer session with the Commissioners follows the presentation.
This file contains a presentation by Jeff Loenen, Deloras Huff and James Mackay relating to the Native Brotherhood of the Edmonton Maximum Security Institution. The Native Brotherhood is incorporated presently under the Societies Act in Alberta as a not-for-profit organization whose objectives are to promote native culture and spirituality at the Institution. The group offers sweat lodge ceremonies, drumming ceremonies, elders' meetings and family support groups. But with the recent change in status of the Institution from medium to maximum security, a number of programs have been cut.
This file contains a presentation by Larry Chartrand and Troy Chalifoux of the Indigenous Law Program at the University of Alberta. Chartrand wonders if "my promoting the virtues of a legal education to Aboriginal students is essentially promoting Aboriginal society, or are we promoting the continued subjugation of Aboriginal people by the European-based colonial powers?"
This file contains a presentation by Melanie Omeniho that first describes her organization's mandate as being a political activist group that continues to develop and/or improve social structures to meet the needs of Metis women. The group assists in developing economic bases for Metis women, as well as developing educational and culturally sensitive opportunities to better the lives of Metis women.
File contains volume 3 of the transcript of the National Round Table on Aboriginal Health and Social Issues of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at Vancouver, British Columbia. This portion of the volume contains a presentation of Discussion Paper I by Brenda Sinclair on behalf Aboriginal people with disabilities on Day 3. Questions concerning this paper are found after the presentation of Discussion paper K.