Education

File contains opening remarks by Senator Edward Head. Head discusses his Metis origins and gives an overview of his family's story from the time it left St. Norbert, Manitoba, to Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, back to northern Manitoba and his home community of Granville Lake.

File contains opening remarks by Stan McKay from Fisher River, Manitoba. McKay relates that his expectations for the Commission are not as high as previous presenters as his life experiences, including a stint in residential school, have made him cynical about such endeavours. He also expresses grave doubts about the presence of political will to make changes in Canada. That said, McKay expresses his hope that the Commission can be an educational opportunity for all Canadians, Aboriginal and Non, to right the wrongs of the past and work for a better future.

The file contains remarks by Viola Robinson. Commissioner Robinson thanks the participants in the day's youth circle for coming forward and sharing their stories. Robinson also discusses the importance of education for Aboriginal youth, and for Euro-Canadian society.

File contains a round table discussion on urban Aboriginal concerns with Bruce Yacatto, Isabel Bassett, Michael Bliss, Janet Maher, Susan Eng, Colleen Wassegijig, and Commissioners Blakeney, Harper, Sillet, and Wilson. The discussion incorporates a wide variety of issue relating to urban Aboriginal peoples including education, social services, community policing, and governance issues.

This file contains a part of a transcript of a portion of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at the Hunters Room, Skyline Plaza Hotel, Calgary, Alberta. This part includes a presentation by Allan Giroux at the Round Table discussion on Addictions.

This file contains a part of a transcript of a portion of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at the Hunters Room, Skyline Plaza Hotel, Calgary, Alberta. This part includes a presentation by Yvonne Meunier at the Round Table discussion on Addictions.

This file contains a part of a transcript of a portion of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at The Fern Resort, Orillia, Ontario. This part includes a presentation given by Judy Contin at the Round Table discussion on Healing issues(Body, Mind and Soul) in the Aboriginal Community.

This file contains a part of a transcript of a portion of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at The Fern Resort, Orillia, Ontario. This part includes a presentation given by Lorraine McRae at the Round Table discussion on Healing issues(Body, Mind and Soul) in the Aboriginal Community.

This file contains a part of a transcript of a portion of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at The Fern Resort, Orillia, Ontario. This part includes a presentation given by Martha Francis at the Round Table discussion on Healing issues(Body, Mind and Soul) in the Aboriginal Community.

This file contains a part of a transcript of a portion of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at The Fern Resort, Orillia, Ontario. This part includes a presentation given by Matilda Snache at the Round Table discussion on Healing issues(Body, Mind and Soul) in the Aboriginal Community.

This file contains a part of a transcript of a portion of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at The Fern Resort, Orillia, Ontario. This part includes a presentation given by Sharon Douglas at the Round Table discussion on Healing issues(Body, Mind and Soul) in the Aboriginal Community.

This file contains a part of a transcript of a portion of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at The Fern Resort, Orillia, Ontario. This part includes a presentation given by Sherry Lawson at the Round Table discussion on Healing issues(Body, Mind and Soul) in the Aboriginal Community.

This file contains a part of a transcript of a portion of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at the Hunters Room, Skyline Plaza Hotel, Calgary, Alberta. This part includes a presentation given by Cheryl L'Hirondelle at the Round Table discussion on Metis Issues.

This file contains a part of a transcript of a portion of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at the Hunters Room, Skyline Plaza Hotel, Calgary, Alberta. This part includes a presentation given by Ephram Bouvier at the Round Table discussion on Metis Issues.

This file contains a part of a transcript of a portion of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at the Hunters Room, Skyline Plaza Hotel, Calgary, Alberta. This part includes a presentation given by Gloria Contois at the Round Table discussion on Metis Issues.

This file contains a part of a transcript of a portion of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at the Hunters Room, Skyline Plaza Hotel, Calgary, Alberta. This part includes a presentation given by Mark Laycock at the Round Table discussion on Metis Issues.

This file contains a part of a transcript of a portion of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at the Hunters Room, Skyline Plaza Hotel, Calgary, Alberta. This part includes questions and a discussion by the Commissioners, Georges Erasmus and Viola Robinson, and the presenters and audience members at the Round Table discussion on Metis Issues.

This file contains a part of a transcript of a portion of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at The Fern Resort, Orillia, Ontario. This part includes opening remarks from Sherry Lawson, moderator of the Round Table discussion on Relationship issues with "ourselves, our families and our community."

This file contains a part of a transcript of a portion of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at The Fern Resort, Orillia, Ontario. This part includes a presentation by George St. Germaine at the Round Table discussion on relationship issues with "ourselves, our families and our community."

This file contains a part of a transcript of a portion of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at The Fern Resort, Orillia, Ontario. This part includes a presentation by Jim Commandment at the Round Table discussion on Relationship issues with "ourselves, our families and our community."

This file contains a part of a transcript of a portion of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at The Fern Resort, Orillia, Ontario. This part includes a presentation by John Bobbette at the Round Table discussion on Relationship issues with "ourselves, our families and our community."

This file contains a part of a transcript of a portion of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at The Fern Resort, Orillia, Ontario. This part includes a presentation by John Charlton at the Round Table discussion on Relationship issues with "ourselves, our families and our community."

This file contains a part of a transcript of a portion of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at The Fern Resort, Orillia, Ontario. This part includes a presentation by Linda Bruce at the Round Table discussion on Relationship issues with "ourselves, our families and our community."

This file contains a part of a transcript of a portion of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at The Fern Resort, Orillia, Ontario. This part includes a presentation by Merle Assance-Beedie at the Round Table discussion on Relationship issues with "ourselves, our families and our community."

This file contains a part of a transcript of a portion of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at The Fern Resort, Orillia, Ontario. This part includes a presentation by Neil Monague at the Round Table discussion on Relationship issues with "ourselves, our families and our community."

This file contains a part of a transcript of a portion of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at The Fern Resort, Orillia, Ontario. This part includes a presentation for the Simcoe County Board of Education by Peter Paul, Mary Ellen Smith, John Forrest and Bob McFadden, at the Round Table discussion on Relationship issues with "ourselves, our families and our community."

This file contains a part of a transcript of a portion of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at The Fern Resort, Orillia, Ontario. This part includes questions, answers and discussions of the presentation given at the Round Table on Relationship issues with "ourselves, our families and our community." Also included are closing remarks given by moderator, Sherry Lawson.

This file contains a part of a transcript of a portion of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at The Fern Resort, Orillia, Ontario. This part includes a presentation given by Curtis "Chopper" Assance at the Round Table discussion on Self-Sufficiency issues and economic development in the Aboriginal Community.

This file contains a part of a transcript of a portion of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at The Fern Resort, Orillia, Ontario. This part includes a presentation given by Fred Thomas at the Round Table discussion on Self-Sufficiency issues and economic development in the Aboriginal Community.

This file contains a part of a transcript of a portion of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at The Fern Resort, Orillia, Ontario. This part includes a presentation given by Gary Edgar at the Round Table discussion on Self-Sufficiency issues and economic development in the Aboriginal Community.

This file contains a part of a transcript of a portion of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at The Fern Resort, Orillia, Ontario. This part includes a presentation given by Mel Jacobs at the Round Table discussion on Self-Sufficiency issues and economic development in the Aboriginal Community.

This file contains a part of a transcript of a portion of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at The Fern Resort, Orillia, Ontario. This part includes a presentation given by Sharon Hayman-Howard at the Round Table discussion on Self-Sufficiency issues and economic development in the Aboriginal Community.

This file contains a part of a transcript of a portion of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at The Fern Resort, Orillia, Ontario. This part includes questions and comments by the assembled Commissioners, Mary Sillitt and Bertha Wilson regarding the presentations given at the Round Table discussion on Self-Sufficiency issues and economic development in the Aboriginal Community.

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 Round Table Discussion on the roles and responsibilities of the health care partners in ensuring that non-Aboriginal institutions are responsible to Aboriginal needs, as discussed on Day 3.

File contains a portion 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.

File contains a portion of the transcript the National Round Table on Aboriginal Health and Social Issues for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples. This part of the volume contains the discussions of a Panel of Elders assembled on Day 1 touching several Aboriginal Health and Social Issues.

This file contains a portion of a transcript of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at The Citadel Inn, Ottawa, Ontario. This portion is of the Round Table session moderated by Gilles Rheame between Keith Goulet, Harry Kits, Fred Shore, Alison Blackfoot, Alfred Linklater, Gilbert Whiteduck, Mitchell Beer, Ida Mills, Christine Boone and David Peters who focused on the provided Discussion Papers on education in the Aboriginal Community.

This file contains a portion of a transcript of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at The Citadel Inn, Ottawa, Ontario. This portion is of the Round Table session moderated by Gilles Rheame between Elder Noel Knockwood, David Perley, Joyce Goodstriker, Carola Lane, Ruth Bushby, Karen Allen, Don Robertson, Eber Hampton, Charles Coocoo, Gerald Vandezande and Harvey McCue who focused on the provided Discussion Papers on education in the Aboriginal Community.

This file contains a transcript of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at The Citadel Inn, Ottawa, Ontario. This is a Round Table Session on Education as a Tool for Self-sufficiency. Participating in the session are Elder Noel Knockwood, Brenda LaFrance, Sandra Delaronde, Lionel Orlikow, Dr. Isaac Mabindisa, George Calliou, Deanna Nyce, Gilbert Whiteduck, Joyce Goodstriker, Sheri Chisan, Del Anaquod, Jean Goodwill. Comments from the floor were made by Keith Goulet, Ruth Norton, Gordon Poulson, Charles CooCoo, Josepi Padlayat and Harvey McCue.

This file contains a transcript of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at The Citadel Inn, Ottawa, Ontario. This is a Round Table Session on the agenda's Fundamental Question No. 3 on Language and Culture. Participants in the session are Elder Noel Knockwood, Marian Dinwoodie, Josepi Padlayat, Keith Lickers, Carmen Rock, Jose Kusugak, Don Robertson, Dorothy Lazore, Marjorie Gould, Marie Battiste and Cecil King. Comments from the floor were made by Phillipe Mailhot Keith Goulet, Del Anaquod and Charles CooCoo.

This file contains a transcript of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at The Citadel Inn, Ottawa, Ontario. This is a Round Table Session on issues surrounding education reforms in northern and remote communities. Participants in the session are Elder Noel Knockwood, Don Couch, Dan Daniels, Simeonie Nalukturuk, Tim McNeil, Denise Kurszewski, Jose Kusugak, Jean-Paul Oliver, Ernie Lawton, Lena Metuq and Simona Arnatiaq-Barnes. Comments from the floor were made by Rose-Alma McDonald-Jacobs, Bob Turner and Gilbert Whiteduck.

This file contains a transcript of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at The Citadel Inn, Ottawa, Ontario. This is a Round Table Session on Metis and other Aboriginal Perspectives in Urban Settings on Education. Participating in the session are Elder Noel Knockwood, John Dorion, Brenda Neilson, Gloria Anderson, Cindy Ziorio, Philippe Mailhot, Audreen Hourie, Dianne Cooley, Louis Lamothe, Bonnie Laing and Ron George. Comments from the floor were made by Sheila Genaille, Sandra Delaronde, Rose-Alma McDonald-Jacobs and Ruth Norton.

File contains a presentation by Chief Andrew Kirkness in English and Cree (translation provided in text). Kirkness discusses the historical relationship between Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Canadians, land claims, intergovernmental affairs, the Constitution, the status of off reserve First Nations people, Education, nothern conditions, the Indian Act, economic issues, cultural issues, the importance of Elders to First Nations governance, and the situation of Aboriginal youth.

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 summary of the three day meeting by Dr. John O'Neil; closing remarks by Louis T. Montour and a presentation to thanks to the Elders present.

This file contains a transcript of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at The Citadel Inn, Ottawa, Ontario. This is a Summary of the Round Table Sessions by Dr. Guy Lavallee.

This file contains a round table discussion from a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at the Winnipeg Convention Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba, on Wednesday, June 2, 1993.

The file contains a Workshop Report for the Inuit Tapirisat of Canada by Debbie Klengenberg. Klengenberg gives a short summary of the results of his discussion group dealing with suicide and suicide related issues. Klengenberg discusses education, lack of funding, the importance of health and wellness isues generally, and ideas that have worked in various communities.

This file contains a part of a transcript of a portion of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples in Fredericton, New Brunswick. This part contains comments on the students' presentation by Rene Dussault and Viola Robinson that acknowledge the "vibrancy" of the students' presentations. After the Commissioners' remarks, the floor is opened for a discussion with the students.

This file contains a part of a transcript of a portion of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples in Fredericton, New Brunswick. This part contains a discussion between the 13 students and the Commissioners covering topics such as racism, employment, and a lack of recreational facilities on reserves.

This file contains a part of a transcript of a portion of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples in Fredericton, New Brunswick. This part contains an individual presentation by Maggie Paul. Her presentation focuses on the Alexander First Nation in Alberta, where social problems abounded in the 1980s. The residents joined together to hold cultural and recreational events in an abandoned school building on the First Nation.