Indigenous Education

Indigenous Education in British Columbia

Melanie Jansen — Tue, 07 Feb 2023 17:29:44 +0000

Indigenous Education seeks to improve success and supports for Indigenous students, and increase the presence of Indigenous culture, languages and history for all students. It also aims to help teachers bring Indigenous knowledge into their teaching practice.

https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/education-training/k-12/administration/program-management/indigenous-education?keyword=Indigenous&keyword=education

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Indigenous Focused Graduation Requirements

Melanie Jansen — Thu, 01 Sep 2022 17:53:57 +0000

Effective the 2023/24 school year, all students working toward a B.C. Certificate of Graduation (“Dogwood Diploma”), in English or French, must successfully complete at least 4 credits in Indigenous-focused coursework. This requirement applies to students in B.C. public, independent, First Nations, and offshore schools. There is no change to the total number of credits required to graduate, which remains at 80.

https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/education-training/k-12/support/indigenous-focused-graduation-requirements?keyword=new&keyword=Indigenous&keyword=focused&keyword=Grad&keyword=requirement&keyword=2023-24?

https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2022EDUC0007-000297

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First Nations Education Steering Committee

Melanie Jansen — Sat, 27 Aug 2022 17:51:08 +0000

The First Nations Education Steering Committee (FNESC) is a policy and advocacy organization that represents and works on behalf of First Nations in British Columbia. FNESC has a mandate to support First Nations students and advance First Nations education in BC.

https://www.fnesc.ca/

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Equity in Action

Melanie Jansen — Fri, 02 Oct 2020 17:44:57 +0000

The ‘Equity in Action Project’ represents some of the current directions our School District partners and us are taking to address systemic barriers impacting Indigenous student achievement. A focus on ‘equity of opportunity’ and a co-constructive approach is driving a review of practices and policies that may be creating obstacles for Indigenous learners in the B.C. public school system.

https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/education-training/k-12/administration/program-management/indigenous-education/equity-in-action

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2016 Handgames Tournament

danielleb — Thu, 30 Jun 2016 16:08:47 +0000

This traditional game was fun for the students participating! The Annual Handgames Tournament includes elementary students. This year’s was held at the Pomeroy Sports Centre.

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Art!

danielleb — Wed, 29 Jun 2016 17:32:37 +0000

Students Presenting their Art at the Treaty 8 Youth and Elders forum.

Art with Alex Janvier–1 of the Aboriginal 7.

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Frontier Horsemanship at Dr. Kearney

danielleb — Wed, 29 Jun 2016 17:21:35 +0000

Teaching Shared with the Pilot program run at Dr. Kearney

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Ignite Our Spirits

danielleb — Wed, 29 Jun 2016 16:57:49 +0000

Ignite Our Spirits featured Teddy Anderson, an internationally-known hoop dancer. He has performed in many different countries. In addition to being a hoop dancer, he is also a motivational speaker.

Other talents showcased were the Spirit of the Peace dancers, the hip-hop group Legacy One, Metis entertainer Bev Lambert, and many more.

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2015 Handgames Tournament

danielleb — Wed, 29 Jun 2016 16:37:19 +0000

This year’s Handgames winners were the students from Upper Pine! Ecole Central got second place. The students had fun participating, and this is what they had to say about the Tournament:

What did you like best about the handgames?

How there was lots of different games
It was fun
Seeing familiar faces
The Subway food
The opportunity to meet new people
Trying traditional games

What would you recommend to improve the tournament?

Video camera the game just in case if someone cheats
More prizes
Food (preferably pizza) and hot guys
KFC
Nothing
Primary and secondary tournaments separated

The handgames committee in charge included Amanda Dejarlais, Kerri Kirk, Candace Bigfoot, Diane Barclay and Cory Cooper (not pictured)

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Aboriginal Education at the ELC!

danielleb — Tue, 28 Jun 2016 22:06:20 +0000

Traveling Museum was held at the Energetic Learning Campus, where students got to experience and learn about Aboriginal Culture. They got to play the traditional Handgames as well. These activities were in time with their Métis unit for Social Studies.

Pat Jensen served as a tour guide for a group of ELC students on their Community PBL Tour. She gave local Aboriginal History to the students. The pictured stop was at Charlie Lake, which was named after an elder at Blueberry, Charlie Yahaey.

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