Huge Graduation at Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies
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Mike Gosselin
Eagle Feather News, vol. 12, no. 7, July 2009, p. 1,13,16
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Discusses the success of hundreds of graduates of all ages that received degrees and diplomas from the Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies.
Article located on page 1 and by scrolling to pages 13 and 16.
Canadian Journal of Development Studies, vol. 31, no. 1-2, 2010, pp. 189-207
Description
Uses Statistics Canada Aboriginal Peoples Survey to look at certain parts of economic and social well-being of people over 134 First Nations communities.
Awarding-Winning Novelist on the Link Between Residential Schools and the Devastation of Native Suicide
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Joseph Boyden
Maclean's, vol. 123, no. 25/26, July 5, 2010, pp. 20-23
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Award-winning novelist believes that there is a direct correlation between the high Aboriginal youth suicide-rate and the legacy of residential schools.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 33, no. 1, Connecting to Spirit in Indigenous Research, 2010, pp. 137-155
Description
Explores the writer's use of narrative inquiry, autoethnography, and Indigenous research paradigms to address her research on Indigenous spirituality and her journey with learning the Cree language.
Canadian Dimension, vol. 43, no. 1, January/February 2009, pp. 48-50
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Comments that while there have been some positive changes in Aboriginal education in the past 25 years, the retention rate of Aboriginal students is still low.
Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, vol. 29, no. 1, January-February 2008, pp. 62-75
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Longitudinal study conducted with 4307 students and average age ranged from 10.2 to 19.1 years old. Results were separated into five categories: always, preciously, subsequently, inconsistently and singly declared. Found that identification was related to whether or not they graduated from high school.
Children's Geographies, vol. 7, no. 2, May 2009, pp. 123-140
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Focuses on the centrality of Indigenous children and related concepts of childhood to colonial projects in Canada and, more specifically, in the province of British Columbia.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 4, no. 2, 2009, pp. 99-105
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Looks at a workshop focusing on the specific needs of Native American youth towards higher education, empowering the students to develop a better understanding of what higher education offers.
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 20, no. 2, Native Green, Winter, 2008
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Comments on the re-affirmation of Ilisagvik College in Barrow, Alaska following an 18 month review by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities.
INALCO 2009, Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference, Orality (Paris, 2006)
Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference
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Author/Creator
Jack Anawak
Description
Describes life as a student at a residential school starting in 1959 and a reunion of students twenty-five years later.
Paper from Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference edited by B. Collingnon and M. Therrien.
Discussion on the disparities in public education, policies intended to improve and enhance equity, and recommendations for accountability & policy reform.
Teaching Education, vol. 20, no. 1, Special Issue: Indigenous Education, 2009, pp. 7-29
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Profiles Native American communities, tribal sovereignty and relationship to the federal government, and explains the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001.
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
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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.
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
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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
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Discusses the successes and failures by the provincial government on their attempts to modernize schools, and promote racial tolerance and cross-cultural understanding.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 48, no. 2, 2009, pp. 18-32
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Findings from a study of nine state's curriculum reveal that all nine states mostly portray American Indians as victims rather than reporting on their contributions to society.