Indigenous education training in Canada receives $9.73 million boost
Ottawa-based Rideau Hall Foundation (RHF) has announced multiyear grants totaling C$13.2 million ($9.73 million) to seven Indigenous-led teacher education programs across Canada.
The four- and five-year grants were awarded to align with guidelines from the National Advisory Committee on Indigenous Teacher Education that call for a nationwide effort to add 10,000 Indigenous teachers to the Canadian education system. Recipients include: Yukon University, Yukon First Nation Education Directorate, and the First Nation School Board (Whitehorse, Yukon Territory–C$2 million, $1.47 million); University nuhelot’įne thaiyots’į nistameyimâkanak Blue Quills (St. Paul, Alberta–C$2 million); Gabriel Dumont Institute (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan—C$1.28 million, $940,000): Seven Generations Education Institute (Ontario—C$2 million); University of New Brunswick’s Mi’kmaq Wolastoqey Centre (Fredericton, New Brunswick–C$1.99 million, $1.47 million): University College of the North (Pas, Manitoba–C$2 million): and McGill University’s Office of First Nations and Inuit Education (Quebec City–C$1.98 million, $1.46 million).
“This moment marks an important step in a shared journey,” wrote RHF in a press release. “Together these projects will help to create transformative, long-lasting changes in Indigenous teacher education systems across Canada by increasing Indigenous representation in the workforce and through the inclusion of Indigenous knowledge, ways of being, and culturally responsive approaches.”
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