Indigenous Education

• Back to school: Creating community for Indigenous students on campus

  As student's head back to campuses across the country this week, UBC's Longhouse serves as a safe, culturally supportive space for its incoming and returning students.

  Education

  Sep 5
  
• Oliver, B.C. students paint teepee in honour of Indigenous Peoples’ Day

  Students from Oliver Elementary, Tuk El Nuit, and Sen’Pok’Chin were given the to leave an orange handprint on the canvas.

  Canada

  Jun 14
  
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• Future of reconciliation in Canada includes next generation of Indigenous youth

  Residential school survivors hope to pass down records and information to the next generation as they inherit the path to reconciliation.

  Canada

  Mar 17
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• Central Okanagan students learn Indigenous history at winter gathering

  Bright colours and the sound of drums filled the School District 23 Learning Centre over the past three days, as 280 Indigenous students learnt about their culture.

  Canada

  Jan 13
• ‘So uplifting’: Squamish Nation to reclaim education, enter new agreement with Ottawa

  The Squamish Nation in B.C., held a referendum last month, with 87.5 per cent of voters green-lighting the proposal to enter a new educational jurisdiction agreement with Ottawa.

  Education

  Jan 12
• Dealing with ‘erasure’: The role of Indigenous knowledge in drawing maps of Canada

  For centuries, Indigenous communities have had their traditional knowledge and cultural traditions overlooked, if not erased. But that is starting to change.

  Environment

  Dec 14, 2022
• Nuu-chah-nulth nations celebrate appeal dismissal in B.C. classroom smudging case

  Candice Servatius alleged the demonstrations at John Howitt Elementary School took place without parental consent or sufficient notice to opt her children out.

  Education

  Dec 13, 2022
• Indigenous youth camp combines traditional Mi’kmaw knowledge with STEM

  The free program for 13 Mi'kmaw youth provides hands-on experiences such as learning about fish cycles, building a sweat lodge and trapping.

  Canada

  Aug 16, 2022
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• Education ministers to meet in Regina for a symposium on Indigenizing education

  Canadian education ministers and Indigenous education leaders will gather over a course of two days at Regina's First Nations University of Canada for an education symposium.

  Education

  Jul 4, 2022
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• Students, Indigenous elders collaborate to decolonize B.C. museum exhibits

  Students teamed up with Ktunaxa knowledge keepers and elders from the Lower Kootenay Indian Band to add Indigenous perspectives to the museum's existing exhibits.

  Education

  Jun 10, 2022