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
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
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The Ipperwash Inquiry was established by the Government of Ontario under the Public Inquiries Act. Its mandate was to inquire and report on events surrounding the death of Dudley George, who was shot in 1995 during a protest by First Nations representatives at Ipperwash Provincial Park and later died. The Inquiry was also mandated to
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The purpose of this report is to determine the Government of Canada's funding requirement for First Nations schools, based on a capital budgeting methodology. INAC has a mandate to build and to meet the operating and capital expenditure requirements related to schools on reserve according to the Indian Act of 1867. The scope of this
Authors Don Drummond and Ellen Kachuck Rosenbluth reported in December 2013 how funding has a significant impact on the delivery of educational services and is integral to improving educational outcomes for First Nations students.
On January 21, 2019, the Honourable Seamus O'Regan, Minister of Indigenous Services, and National Chief Perry Bellegarde of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN), announced a new, co-developed policy and funding approach that will better support the needs of First Nations students on-reserve.
Understanding the nature of the systems that are currently working to serve First Nations students in Ontario at the K-12 level is an essential element for planning a world class Indigenous education system. In 2014 Chiefs Of Ontario conducted an EDUCATION ENVIRONMENT SCAN of the K-12 First Nations Programs and Services in Ontario. With the
Provided through Chiefs of Ontario, this project provides an update to the information gathered in 2004 to finalize the Early Learning Model for First Nations in Ontario. It gives a clearer understanding of current assets which support early learning; gaps and opportunities to create viable early learning strategies and ideas for potential partnerships.