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Disciplines, Strands, and a Shared Process in the First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Studies Curriculum ｜ 23
- INTRODUCTION TO FIRST NATIONS, MÉTIS, AND INUIT STUDIES
This curriculum introduces students to the rich diversity of...
- The Ontario Curriculum Grades 9-12 - Ministry of Education
This document identifies both the expectations that...
- First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Studies
Curriculum and Resources. This curriculum policy replaces...
- INTRODUCTION TO FIRST NATIONS, MÉTIS, AND INUIT STUDIES
- Traditional Education
- Development of European-Style Education, 1600S-1830
- Residential Schools, 1830s to 1996
- Reserve Schools and Provincial Schools, 1867-1972
- Indigenous-Led Education, 1972-2010S
- Moving Forward: Challenges and Change
- Recent Directions
Traditional education among most Indigenous peoples was accomplished using several techniques, including observation and practice, family and group socialization, oral teachings and participation in community ceremonies and institutions. The adults responsible for educating youth included parents, grandparents, members of the extended family and co...
In the early 1600s, the formal European-style education of Indigenous children began in New France. Schools were operated by Catholic missionaries from French religious orders such as the Récollets, Jesuits and Ursulines. These schools established a pattern of church involvement in Indigenous education that dominated until after the Second World Wa...
Beginning in the 1830s, the settler churches, mainly the Roman Catholic and Anglican denominations, in cooperation with the colonial governments and later the federal government, began to establish residential schools. Some Inuit children were educated in mission schools in Labrador as early as the 1790s; however, formal European-style education fo...
After 1867, education for Indigenous youth fell into two categories: education for status Indians, which became a federal responsibility under the Constitution and various treaties, and education for non-status Indian, Inuit and Métis youth, which became a provincial or territorial responsibility. By 1900, there were 226 federally-funded day school...
In 1972, the National Indian Brotherhood (now known as the Assembly of First Nations) produced a policy on Indigenous education called Indian Control of Indian Education. The policy was subsequently adopted by the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (now Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada) as an unofficial education policy. It...
Improving the educational outcomes of Indigenous youth in Canada has been an ongoing challenge for more than a century. It is evident that major reforms will be required before substantive positive changes in the Indigenous graduation rates and outcomes at the secondary and post-secondary education levels will emerge. Some argue that federal and pr...
In 2009, Shannen Koostachin (born 12 July 1994; died 1 June 2010), a 15-year old Cree girl from Attawapiskat First Nation in Ontario, went to Parliamentto demand better education for Indigenous students. The only elementary school in her hometown had been closed down for many years, forcing the students into portables. Some students, including Koos...
This curriculum introduces students to the rich diversity of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit histories, cultures, perspectives, and contributions. Students will learn about the critical im portance of Indigenous knowledge and ways of knowing in a contemporary global context.
This document identifies both the expectations that explicitly address aspects of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit histories, cultures, and perspectives and those where connections can be made through the accompanying examples or teacher prompts. The First Nations, Métis, and Inuit connections identified in this document are only a sample,
Curriculum and Resources. This curriculum policy replaces The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 9 and 10: Native Studies, 1999 and The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 11 and 12: Native Studies, 2000. All courses in First Nations, Métis, and Inuit studies (formerly named “Native studies”) are now based on the expectations outlined in this curriculum ...
May 21, 2019 · The First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Studies, Grades 9 - 12, curriculum will provide secondary students a greater understanding of our shared history, and bring to life more holistic narratives and representation of Indigenous people that will support all students in their exploration and learning.
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The Elementary and Secondary Education Program provides funding to support First Nations control of First Nations education and the delivery of kindergarten to grade 12 educational services for all eligible students ordinarily resident on reserve.
