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Mi’kmaw Child Development Centre – Mi’kmaq Native Friendship Centre – Alyssa Atkins – Parent – Halifax, Nova Scotia

Alyssa Atkins describes her experiences having a child in the Mi’kmaw Child Development Centre in Halifax and talks about the ways the program fosters a sense of community and identity.

Alyssa Atkins describes her experiences having a child in the Mi’kmaw Child Development Centre in Halifax and talks about the ways the program fosters a sense of community and identity.

Blanket Exercise/Cultural Competency Training – MNFC – Debbie Eisan – Elder – Halifax, NS

Debbie Eisan, Community Events Planner and Resident Elder at the Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre, discusses her work with the Blanket Ceremony and Cultural Competency Training in Halifax.

Debbie Eisan, Community Events Planner and Resident Elder at the Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre, discusses her work with the Blanket Ceremony and Cultural Competency Training in Halifax.

Blanket Exercise and Cultural Competency Training – Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre – Denise John – Victim Support Navigator – Halifax, Nova Scotia

Denise John, leader of the Blanket Exercise at the Mi’kmaq Native Friendship Centre in Halifax, discusses the importance of the Blanket Exercise and the powerful ways it acts as an educational tool for Cultural Competency Training.

Denise John, leader of the Blanket Exercise at the Mi’kmaq Native Friendship Centre in Halifax, discusses the importance of the Blanket Exercise and the powerful ways it acts as an educational tool for Cultural Competency Training.

“Fostering a sense of identity”: χpey̓ Elementary, The Vancouver School Board’s Indigenous Focus School

χpey̓ Elementary School was developed by the Vancouver School Board in 2012 in response to calls from the community for an education that was culturally relevant for Indigenous youth and encompassing of local and surrounding traditional Indigenous knowledges. χpey̓’s students are largely Indigenous, although the school also has many non-Indigenous students who attend. The teachers […]

χpey̓ Elementary School was developed by the Vancouver School Board in 2012 in response to calls from the community for an education that was culturally relevant for Indigenous youth and encompassing of local and surrounding traditional Indigenous knowledges. χpey̓’s students are largely Indigenous, although the school also has many non-Indigenous students who attend. The teachers at χpey̓ are each Indigenous and bring their own cultural knowledge and experiences to the school. They infuse Indigenous pedagogies into the BC curriculum with the aim of providing classrooms and teaching which encompass a holistic model of education. The school is focused on teaching “the shared worldviews of Indigenous people and environmentalists” and aims to “honour the shared values, experiences and histories of all Indigenous peoples as well as the aspects that make each nation unique.”

Nunavik Sivunitsavut

Unique in Quebec, Nunavik Sivunitsavut offers one-year courses on Inuit and circumpolar history, politics, governance, culture, and language. Students explore global modern issues from an Inuit perspective. In doing so, they gain invaluable insight into Nunavik, its people and their culture. This post-secondary urban program is specially designed for Nunavik students and began in the […]

Unique in Quebec, Nunavik Sivunitsavut offers one-year courses on Inuit and circumpolar history, politics, governance, culture, and language. Students explore global modern issues from an Inuit perspective. In doing so, they gain invaluable insight into Nunavik, its people and their culture. This post-secondary urban program is specially designed for Nunavik students and began in the fall of 2017.  It is based on the model of the Nunavut Sivunitsavut model in Ottawa, ON.  To learn more, visit: https://sivunitsavut.ca/about-us/.

Nunavik Sivunitsavut signifie Nunavik: notre avenir en langue inuktitut. Unique en son genre, ce programme postsecondaire en milieu urbain spécialement conçu pour les étudiants du Nunavik a été inauguré à l’automne 2017 d’après le modèle du modèle du Nunavut Sivunitsavut d’Ottawa et à l’initiative concertée de Kativik Ilisarniliriniq (anciennement nommé Commission scolaire Kativik ) et du Collège John Abbott. En plus de ces deux partenaires, la Corporation Makivik, le Gouvernement régional Kativik et de l’Insitut culturel Avataq composent aujourd’hui le comité consultatif de Nunavik Sivunitsavut. La collaboration du Collège John Abott et de la commission scolaire inuite remonte à plus d’une vingtaine d’années. Initié en 2015, l’élaboration du programme Nunavik Sivunitsavut fait suite à des discussions amorcées il y a plus de 10 ans par l’organisme Saputiit et répond à une demande clairement exprimée par les communautés du Nunavik lors des consultations Parnasimautik en 2014. Les cours de niveau postsecondaire offerts par Nunavik Sivunitsavut permettent aux étudiants inuit du Québec d’étudier l’histoire, la langue et les cultures circumpolaires dans le but de contextualiser les enjeux territoriaux, politiques, culturels et socioéconomiques du Nunavik et de ses populations. Il vise ainsi à favoriser le développement du Inuguiniq ou l’autonomie et la confiance ainsi que le leadership de chacun de ses étudiants à travers l’engagement communautaire, la fierté identitaire, le développement académique et l’imminik illinianiq (ou la connaissance de soi). Le programme combine un passage tremplin vers les études collégiales à travers une offre de cours adaptés et accrédités dans le but de favoriser la diplomation postsecondaire. La première cohorte comprend dix-huit étudiants inuit, de 17 à 38 ans. Nunavik Sivunitsavut bénéficie du soutien financier du Gouvernement du Canada par le biais du ministère des Affaires autochtones et du Nord Canada ainsi que du soutien financier du ministère de l’Éducation et de l’Enseignement supérieur du Québec.

 

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RÉFÉRENCES

Hinkson, K. (2017, septembre 20). New post-secondary program puts Inuit youth in touch with their culture. Consulté à l’adresse http://sivunitsavut.ca/en/ John Abbott College. (2017a).

Nunavik Sivunitsavut. Consulté à l’adresse http://www.johnabbott.qc.ca/2017/09/nunavik-sivunitsavut-program-launch/ John Abbott College. (2017b).

Nunavik Sivunitsavut. Consulté à l’adresse http://www.johnabbott.qc.ca/2017/09/nunavik-sivunitsavut-program-launch/ Kativik School Board. (2017).

Nunavik Sivunitsavut. Consulté à l’adresse http://sivunitsavut.ca/en/ Rogers, S. (2017, septembre 12).

Nunavik Sivunitsavut is a go. Consulté à l’adresse http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674nunavik_sivunitsavut_is_a_go/

Transition Year Program (TYP)

A one year university access program for Canadian Aboriginal Students who may not be prepared to enter a faculty through regular admissions. This is not an upgrading program, but a full-time university program offered by the Aboriginal Student Services Centre and Open Studies.

A one year university access program for Canadian Aboriginal Students who may not be prepared to enter a faculty through regular admissions. This is not an upgrading program, but a full-time university program offered by the Aboriginal Student Services Centre and Open Studies.