This report was produced in 2012 by the New Agenda Working Group, established by the Chiefs of Ontario. It continued the important work and objectives set out in previous reports, studies and resolutions on First Nations education in Ontario. This report builds on the Manifesto that was completed in 2004 and is meant to be an overview of what has been accomplished to date. It also emphasizes the steps that are required to bring about substantive improvements in First Nations education.
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In order to ensure that the Indian Control of Indian Education (ICIE) of 1972 reflected the current challenges and changes in education and continued to support the realization of education as a tool to eradicate poverty, on February 21, 2007 the AFN Chiefs Committee on Education (CCOE) and the National Indian Education Council (NIEC) recommended that the thirty-eight year old ICIE 1972 policy be updated. The work for the revision was mandated by the Chiefs-in-Assembly Resolution 13/2009 at the AFN general Assembly held in Calgary, Alberta in July 2009.
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A Declaration of First Nations Jurisdiction over Education. This Declaration was unanimously approved and adopted by the Chiefs of Canada at the Meeting of the Confederacy of Nations in Ottawa on the 13th December 1988. This Declaration is a result of the National Review of First Nations Education - a major study of First Nations education in Canada. The wealth of information, important conclusions and recommendations for future action is contained in Volumes 1, 2, and 3 of this National Review series.
Full report- Tradition and Education: Towards a Vision of Our Future