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Indigenous Cultural Competency Trainer Criteria
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s 94 Calls-to-Action (CTAs), released in June 2015, have galvanized the government, corporate, and private...
Education
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Aiden Adams: Thank You
When I joined Indigenous Corporate Training Inc. (ICT) last year, I was a determined Camosun College student pursuing a Business Administration...
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Why This Book and Why Now?
While writing my new book, 21 Things™ You Need to Know About Indigenous Self-Government, many people asked me, “why this book and why now?” The...
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Lower Education - #2 of 8 Key Issues for Indigenous Peoples in Canada
Education is considered a human right in Canada. Yet, while Canada has one of the world's highest levels of educational attainment, the graduation...
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8 Key Issues for Indigenous Peoples in Canada
Eight of the key issues of most significant concern for Indigenous Peoples in Canada are complex and inexorably intertwined - so much so that...
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Making Science Relevant to Indigenous Students
If only we could understand how students make sense of their natural world, we could design a science curriculum so that science makes sense to all...
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Insight on 10 Myths About Indigenous Peoples
The definition of “myth”, according to the Oxford Canadian Dictionary, is “a widely held but false notion.” When it comes to the topic of Indigenous...
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Indigenous Cultural Competency Self-Assessment Checklist
There’s a growing interest in Indigenous cultural competency in Canada and it’s very heartening to witness this change in attitude in government, the...
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15 Strategies for Teachers of Indigenous Students
The pedagogical challenge of Canadian education is not just reducing the distance between Eurocentric thinking and Aboriginal ways of knowing, but...
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Reading for Reconciliation: 6 Books on Residential Schools
To honour and support the Closing Events of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC), May 31 - June 3, 2015, in Ottawa, we have...