Discussion on the disparities in public education, policies intended to improve and enhance equity, and recommendations for accountability & policy reform.
Authors look at the retention and graduation rates of American Indian post-secondary students and suggests recommendations to increase retention rates.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 49, no. 1/2, 2010, pp. 50-68
Description
Discusses whether the program changed attitudes toward American Indians among young learners and therefore potentially improve interracial relationships among Native Americans and non-Native Americans.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 20, no. 2, 2000, pp. 251-261
Description
Describes a training program that upgraded homes at the Fort Albany First Nation and provided educational and employment opportunities, all on a limited budget.
Results from the 2003 International Adult Literacy and Skills Survey (IALSS) revealed a literacy gap between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal adults in Canada.
Colloquium on Improving the Educational Outcomes of Aboriginal People Living Off-Reserve
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Saskatchewan Educational Leadership Unit
Description
Colloquium had six themes: policy questions, context of K-12 education, curriculum questions, transitions from education on-reserve to off-reserve, governance and service delivery and publicly regulated education systems.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 32, no. suppl., Aboriginal Englishes and Education, 2010, pp. 83-99, 154
Description
Discusses the successes and failures by the provincial government on their attempts to modernize schools, and promote racial tolerance and cross-cultural understanding.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 20, no. 1, 2000, pp. 139-180
Description
Argues that one way to deal with the imbalance of the mainstream school system is through the process of negotiating, establishing and applying practical aspects of tuition agreements developed by both parties.
Presents a short story titled, The Indian in the Child, written by the seventeen-year-old winner of the Canadian Aboriginal Writing Challenge, Stephanie Wood.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 32, no. 2, Spring, 2008, pp. 178-203
Description
Author spotlights the programs at Bacone College between 1927-1955 which engaged Indigenous students and cultures, and how the unique environment allowed students to engage in cultural production that critically examined the intersection of Indigenous identity and colonial education.
Looks at suits filed by residential school survivors against the Canadian government for loss of culture, spirituality and physical and sexual abuse.
Duration: 7:13.
Report on the activities of the independent, quasi-judicial tribunal which administers the Independent Assessment Process for claims related to acts committed at the schools which resulted in physical and/or psychological injury..
Discusses how being raised in a unhealthy social environment and having cultural practices repressed contributed to Aboriginal criminality.
Duration: 6:35.
Reports on the progress of the Department established to attempt to resolve claims, address the results of the school system, and foster healing and reconciliation
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 39, no. 2, Special Issue 3, Winter, 2000, pp. 1-18
Description
Argues that increasing recruitment, reducing turnover, changing the low expectation of teachers, updating outmoded curriculum, and support from parents are essential to improving student outcomes.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 31, no. 1, Indigenous Knowledges and the University, 2008, pp. 107-122
Description
Describes the training of individuals in the graduate counselor education program who are destined to work in Aboriginal communities. The article also discusses the process used for implementing curriculum changes in an undergraduate prerequisite counseling skills course.
Education Canada, vol. 50, no. 5, Special Issue on Marginalized Youth, 2010, p. [?]
Description
Discusses Canada's failure to address training and educational needs of First Nation, Métis and Inuit learners resulting in under performance, drop out rate and under-representation at higher learning institutions.