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Mi’kmaw Child Development Centre – Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre – Lee Merrigan-Thomas – Coordinator – Halifax, Nova Scotia

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.

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.

Tsuu’tina Nation Gunaha Language Institute

Tsuut’ina Nation language director Steven Crowchild speaks on the direction that his program is heading and the future of the Tsuut’ina Nation language program

Tsuut’ina Nation language director Steven Crowchild speaks on the direction that his program is heading and the future of the Tsuut’ina Nation language program

Chief Atahm School & Language Nest

Chief Atahm School offers ECE and immersion classes for children up to grade 4. The Secwepemc Ka Language Nest focuses on full immersion for children from 6 months to 4 years old. Language classes are offered for students in the community in-person and online. Some language classes are provided to students grade 5 and up. […]

Chief Atahm School offers ECE and immersion classes for children up to grade 4. The Secwepemc Ka Language Nest focuses on full immersion for children from 6 months to 4 years old. Language classes are offered for students in the community in-person and online. Some language classes are provided to students grade 5 and up. Visit the website at: http://www.chiefatahm.com/index.html

Lii Michif Otipemisiwak

Métis specific programming of child and family services provided to community members in Kamloops and Merritt, B.C.

Drawing on the Michif language and Métis cultural teachings, holistic services are offered from birth to Elders to engage, build, and support the Métis community. Developing understandings of who we are as Métis people, the services help build the Métis community and encourage ongoing engagement with the agency and other community members.

Qqs Projects Society

The Qqs Project Society runs a variety of land based education programs for children and families. The Qqs Projects Society: – targets youth ages 8-15 and families. – consists of a camp, library, cafe, and community garden. – teaches both Heiltsuk culture and traditions, as well as the western society approach. For more information, visit: […]

The Qqs Project Society runs a variety of land based education programs for children and families. The Qqs Projects Society: – targets youth ages 8-15 and families. – consists of a camp, library, cafe, and community garden. – teaches both Heiltsuk culture and traditions, as well as the western society approach. For more information, visit: https://www.qqsprojects.org/

Qeq College Transition Project

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 Friendship Centre (TLAFC), Nanaimo-Ladysmith Public Schools and Vancouver Island University with support from early childhood educators, researchers and community organizations. Through an Early Childhood Development Working Group, […]

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 Friendship Centre (TLAFC), Nanaimo-Ladysmith Public Schools and Vancouver Island University with support from early childhood educators, researchers and community organizations. Through an Early Childhood Development Working Group, the community partners have a shared vision for providing culturally-safe and appropriate early childhood education based on sound principles of early learning. An advisory group provided guidance so that Indigenous language, culture, worldviews and ways of knowing are clearly expressed and integrated throughout the curriculum. Experienced early learning educators contributed practical ideas for activities to engage children and families, and extra support is offered throughout the school year to maintain and enhance individual progress plans. The findings of this evaluation reveal that the presence of Elders in the classroom to weave language and culture throughout the program is vital to the program’s success. Building relationships with children and families and among staff and administrators is also crucial to the positive impact Qeq College has on children and families as well as in the broader Indigenous community. –https://indspire.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/QEQ-Baby-College_final.pdf

Elder-in-Residence helps pre-K learners at Opokaa’sin Early Intervention Society feel at home

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. https://www.opokaasin.org/programs-serv  

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.

https://www.opokaasin.org/programs-serv

 

The Aboriginal Family Center

We are funded by PHAC, sponsored by the Labrador Friendship Centre, We offer Family Program, School Readiness Program, and Healthy Baby Club.

We are funded by PHAC, sponsored by the Labrador Friendship Centre, We offer Family Program, School Readiness Program, and Healthy Baby Club.

White Cloud Head Start Program

The White Cloud Head Start Program provides Indigenous pre-school children with a positive sense of themselves, their culture and offers them an opportunity to develop and learn different skills to be successful in the school system. The program is located at Sherwood Elementary School in Edmonton, Alberta. The program is one of 16 programs through […]

The White Cloud Head Start Program provides Indigenous pre-school children with a positive sense of themselves, their culture and offers them an opportunity to develop and learn different skills to be successful in the school system. The program is located at Sherwood Elementary School in Edmonton, Alberta. The program is one of 16 programs through the Bent Arrow Traditional Healing Society. It supports Indigenous children to walk proudly in two worlds while getting them ready for the regular school system. The White Cloud Head Start Program runs from September – June.