Post-Secondary

Facing the Future: Relations Between Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Canadians

Alternate Title
CRIC Papers ; 14
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ian Stewart
Carol Crowe
Marvin Tiller
Kelly Lendsay
Stephen Kakfwi ... [et al.]
Description
Includes discussion of friction in the East coast fishery and issues in post-secondary education, interviews with leaders from the Prairies, British Columbia, and the Northwest Territories, and commentaries. Also includes statistics from survey of Canadian's attitudes about important Aboriginal issues.
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Fact Sheet: First Nations Post-Secondary Education

Alternate Title
First Nations Post-Secondary Education
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Assembly of First Nations (AFN)
Description
Looks at participation in and completion of post-secondary education for First Nations people in Canada.
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Factors Associated with the Personal Assessment of College Among American Indian Students at a Rural University

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Terry Huffman
Rural Educator, vol. 29, no. 3, Spring, 2008, pp. 18-29
Description
Study examined the relationship between gender, age, reservation background, and cultural traditionalism with three variables: assessment of, and transition to college, and the effect of college on appreciation of Native heritage.
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Factors Shaping Aboriginal Nursing Students' Experiences

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Donna E. Martin
Ardelle Kiplinga
Nurse Education Today, vol. 26, no. 8, December 2006, pp. 688-696
Description
Report the results and recommendations from Interviewing Aboriginal nursing students, Aboriginal nurses and nursing faculty members.
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Faculty Experiences Teaching Native Americans in a University Setting

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Suzanne Steffan Dickerson
Journal of Transcultural Nursing, vol. 10, no. 1, January 1999, pp. 56-64
Description
Explain faculties' academic worldview and experiences teaching Native American nursing students and provides strategies for successful preparation.
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Family Education Model: Meeting the Student Retention Challenge

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Iris HeavyRunner
Richard DeCelles
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 41, no. 2, Special Issue, 2002, p. [?]
Description
Describes a family-centred culturally appropriate program for marginal students that has been replicated in several American and Canadian colleges.
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The Far North Act (2010) Consultative Process: A New Beginning or the Reinforcement of an Unacceptable Relationship in Northern Ontario, Canada?

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Holly L. Gardner
Stephen R. J. Tsuji
Daniel D. McCarthy
Graham S. Whitelaw
Leonard J. S. Tsuji
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 3, no. 2, 2012, pp. 1-23
Description
Explores the lack of consultation of Bill 191 beginning in 2009 and concludes that minimum standards and protocols are not being met and there has been little improvement in process.
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Fighting Isolation: How Four Native Women Created Change at UNC– Chapel Hill

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brian Peteres
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 42, no. 3, Summer, 2018, pp. 344-374
Description
Article uses a critical race analysis of oral histories and documents to examine how and why the first historically Native American fraternity and sorority (HNAFS), Alpha Pi Omega, was created, and the role that it played in experience of Indigenous students attending UNC – Chapel Hill in the mid-1990s.
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Final Report: Spring 2010 Workshop on the Recruitment and Retention of Native American Male Students in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)

Alternate Title
Native American Males in STEM
Quality Education for Minorities Network (QEM) Native American Males Workshop Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
The Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) Network
Description
Workshop involved representatives of institutions which serve this particular population. Objective was to identify best practices for channeling enrollment into science programs and increasing graduation rates.
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Finding Points of Resonance: Nunavut Students' Perceptions of Science

Alternate Title
Ministry of Advanced Education's 3rd Annual Post Secondary Education Forum
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marc Higgins
in education exploring our connective educational landscape, vol. 17, no. 3, Autumn, 2011, p. [?]
Description
Examines Canadian Nunavut Aboriginal students' views on Western teachings in science education and the development of a culturally responsive curriculum.
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Findings Associated With a Novel Program Designed to Support Indigenous Faculty Members of U.S. Health Professions Schools

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Patricia A. Carney
Cynthia Taylor
Allison Empey
Dove Spector
Amanda Bruegl ... [et al.]
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 16, no. 1, Honouring the Sacred Fire: Ending Systemic Racism toward Indigenous Peoples, 2021, pp. 54-71
Description

Looks at the development of a program created to address the challenges of Indigenous faculty at American colleges. 

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Firing Up White Clay

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Kurt Umbhau
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 21, no. 2, K-12 Education, Winter, 2009
Description
Describes the White Clay Language Immersion School in Harlem, Montana and its mandate to preserve the nearly lost language of A'ani.
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First Aboriginal Doctors

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Rose Ellis
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 14, no. 2, June 1990, pp. 3-4
Description
Recounts historic moment at Newcastle University.
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First Aboriginal Environmental Health Officer Trainee Graduates

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Catherine Dentrinos
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 26, no. 3, May/June 2002, p. 22
Description
Commemorates the graduation of the first students from the Bachelor of Science program offered at the University of Western Sydney in Australia.
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First Nations Adult Secondary Education Research Project

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jean Cockell
Marg Penney
Description
Discusses topics such as characteristics of students, barriers to success, funding, program structures, literacy, research, and information sharing in preparation for program reviews.
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First Nations and Economic Prosperity in the Coming Decade

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Perrin
Thorau & Associates Ltd.
Description
Discusses the need for governments to remove barriers to First Nations economic activity and how more needs to be done to ensure that Aboriginal youth complete skills training, K-12 schooling and post-secondary education.
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