Aboriginal Choice School Concept is Growing
Looks at initiatives carried out by the Aboriginal Education board in Prince George, BC to address the needs of native students in Canada.
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Looks at initiatives carried out by the Aboriginal Education board in Prince George, BC to address the needs of native students in Canada.
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Criticizes the ADR (Alternative Dispute Resolution) as not being a satisfactory process to fairly compensate all residential school survivors in a timely fashion.
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Relates James Bartleman’s initiatives to institute educational programs that provide more learning opportunities, suicide counseling, and promote literacy and education to the youth.
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Looks at the need for quality education for First Nations children equitable to that of all other Canadian children.
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Examines the decision by the Court of Appeal regarding the violation of Cree rights by the Canadian and Quebec governments.
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Examines federal government's promise to provide funding that would ensure First Nations schools be on par with other provincial schools.
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Argues that the fort is a significant mythic symbol that reinforces colonial divides that continue to affect Aboriginal-Canada relations.
Focuses on the collaboration process among community groups, Aboriginal organizations and university researchers geared to improving retention and graduation rates among Aboriginal students.
Looks at the relationship between self-esteem and educational attainment, strategies that work for Aboriginal students and the changes needed to honour Aboriginal students’ culture, language, world view and knowledge.
Reports on the appointment of Deborah Pelletier as the first coordinator of Aboriginal resources and services at the National Library of Canada.
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Examines the idea of incorporating Aboriginal perspectives, content and knowledge into the school curriculum.
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Examines the concept of Aboriginal education as seen by four urban, inner-city elementary school principals and how they see it being put into practice in their schools.
Overview of the sixth World Indigenous Peoples Conference on Education (WIPCE) held in Morley, Alberta including the bidding process.
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Describes Saskatchewan’s Thunderchild High School excursion trip to visit the British Columbia Sechelt Indian Band, the first Indian band to obtain and practice self government.
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Brief profile of Muskawa Designs, a Saskatoon based business that designs graduation gowns and endeavors to incorporate Native flair in its creations.
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Focuses on Kuk-ke-nah Network of Smart First Nations in Ontario, a project using information and communications technology to support Native communities.
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Three recent teaching graduates of NORTEP advocate Aboriginal knowledge be added to the curriculum in Saskatchewan schools, focusing mainly on science.
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Details on an alternate school, the Lloydminster Education Advancement Program (LEAP), which is geared to help high school students stay in or return to school by offering education to young offenders, pregnant teens and moms, students from a lower social economic setting and those who need more flexibility or more discipline in the school system.
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