Stories in this category are focused on Early Childhood Education and promote the development of cultural knowledge and language for young children, from birth to six years old and their families and caregivers, in a safe, supportive setting. Programs include Headstart, early years and family literacy, licensed child care, family resource, prenatal, Early On, and early years outreach. The goals of these programs include bonding, culture and language development, learning traditional crafts, cultural development, confidence, walking proudly in two words as they prepare to enter kindergarten, health, nutrition, and adapted programs through an Indigenous lens, focused on teaching parents and caregivers to use literacy as a way to connect with their children. Additional goals include speech and language support, teaching a foundational knowledge of Indigenous ways of knowing and being to Indigenous children and families, and outreach to schools and community partners.
Siyamtelot is Okanagan and registered Stó:lō by marriage. Swelimeltexw is Stó:lō from Stsálles are Elders from Okanagan. They share their educational experience along with stories and teachings....
L'agente culturelle de Matimekush Lac John nous parle des différentes activités qu'elle offre dans le cadre de son emploi. Il est question d'activités portant sur l'Innu aitun, l'intégration des aî...
Meeka is a well-known teacher of education, healing, and Inuit culture. She started teaching children in 1971, and moved onto adult education at Nunavut Arctic College for 18 years. Meeka believes that elder knowledge from experience is necessary have a foundation for living an Inuit life as our ancestor did. She hopes that healing and education from Inuit go a long way.
The KARA Family Resource Centre (Parent Link Centre) offers a Traditional Parenting for Indigenous Families. This program provides the opportunity to connect with Indigenous culture, develop litera...
NITEP, the Indigenous Teacher Education Program in the Faculty of Education at UBC, has celebrated graduating over 400 educators in its 44 years of existence. Part of NITEP’s success can be credite...
Candy Wigmore, a teacher at Wekatesk Head Start in Charlottetown, describes how language and culture are taught to the children and the impact the program has on them and their development.
Sharon O’Brien, the Executive Director of the Mi’kmaq Family Resource Centre in Charlottetown, describes the impact of the centre and its programs for off-reserve families in Charlottetown....
Lee Merrigan-Thomas, Aboriginal Head Start Coordinator and Community Action Program Coordinator, describes the Mi'kmaw Child Development Centre and the impact it has on children and families.
Kelsey Nash-Solomon is an Instructor and former student at the St. Mary's First Nation Adult Maliseet Immersion Program in Fredericton. She describes the program and the importance of language revi...
The Faculty of Education at the University of Regina offers an example of how settler institutions can support the work of Indigenous education programs.
James Tuplin discusses his experiences with Wekatesk Head Start and the impact the Mi'kmaq Family Resource Centre has had on him and his family.
Qeq College is a kindergarten transition program for Indigenous families whose children will be entering kindergarten in the fall. It is a partnership between the Tillicum Lelum Aboriginal Friendsh...
Opokaa'sin Early Intervention Society's elder-in-residence shares her work supporting the Early Learning pre-K program, and how young learners benefit from having a grandmother figure at school.
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