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Indigenous Education Programs Partner with the Faculty of Education at the University of Regina

The Faculty of Education at the University of Regina offers an example of how settler institutions can support the work of Indigenous education programs.

Andrea Sterzuk is the Acting Dean, and Valerie Mulholland is the Associate Dean of Student Services and Undergraduate Programs, for the Faculty of Education at the University of Regina. The Faculty of Education partners with Indigenous teacher education programs in Saskatchewan and Nunavut as a way to support K-8 teacher education programs. Specifically, the Faculty of Education works in partnership with the Nunavut Arctic College for their Nunavut Teacher Education Program (NTEP), the Gabriel Dumont Institute for their Saskatchewan Urban Native Teacher Program (SUNTEP), and the Yukon College in Whitehorse for their Yukon Native Teacher Education Program (YNTEP). These programs are geared towards developing highly qualified, educated, community minded Indigenous educators. The Faculty of Education aims to facilitate the work of their partners by responding to their needs and concerns. Some of the ways that they have worked in partnership with these programs has been to stream-line and process admissions, ensure credits appear on transcripts, to advocate on credit requirements, and to bring leaders from Indigenous education institutions together to discuss the future of their programs. The Faculty of Education believes that they will remain in-service to their partners as long as needed.

Inuit Bachelor of Education

The Inuit Bachelor of Education program is a community-based teacher education program in Happy Valley-Goose Bay NL. It is a partnership between the Nunatsiavut Government and Memorial University. The program began in 2014 and is for Nunatsiavut beneficiaries. Sylvia Moore, Faculty Head, describes the program.

The Inuit Bachelor of Education program is a community-based teacher education program in Happy Valley-Goose Bay NL. It is a partnership between the Nunatsiavut Government and Memorial University. The program began in 2014 and is for Nunatsiavut beneficiaries. Sylvia Moore, Faculty Head, describes the program.

David Rattray – Former Aboriginal Counsellor at SD 60

The following is an interview with David Rattray who is now a retired educator. David was both a teacher and teaching principal in Telegraph Creek. He was also an Aboriginal youth counsellor in Fort St. John for School District 60: Peace River North.

The following is an interview with David Rattray who is now a retired educator. David was both a teacher and teaching principal in Telegraph Creek. He was also an Aboriginal youth counsellor in Fort St. John for School District 60: Peace River North.

Kenanaw Program

The Kenanaw program was created by Elders as a way to develop teachers in the North.

The Kenanaw Learning Model is an education system that served Aboriginal people well for generations throughout time and history. It is about identity, a place of belonging, community history, roles and responsibilities of generations of families and the process of handing down knowledge in a larger context, the community that supports and nourishes the heart, mind, body and spirit. For Ininiwak, the Cree, the education system was transmitted through the families and communities as represented in the Kenanaw Learning Model.  https://www.ucn.ca/sites/academics/facultyeducation/programs/bacheloreducation/kenanowmodel/Pages/Kenanow-Model.aspx

Community-Based Aboriginal Teacher Education Program

Phillip Baker explains the opportunities being provided by this program for Indigenous Education Assistants in Manitoba to gain a degree in the field of education.

CATEP is designed to provide Aboriginal Educational Assistants with the opportunity to complete the requirements of the Integrated BA/BEd, while continuing to work full-time in a partner school division.

From its website:  »

About CATEP

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CATEP Student

A joint venture between The University of Winnipeg Faculty of Education, Manitoba Entrepreneurship, Training and Trade and our partner school divisions.

If you share a passion for education and fostering the development of children and teens, the opportunity to take your career one step further is available. You can attain a university degree and become a certified teacher while working in a school as an Educational Assistant through the Community-based Aboriginal Teacher Education Program (CATEP).

It has long been recognized that there is an under-representation of Aboriginal people in the teaching profession. CATEP is designed to provide Aboriginal Educational Assistants with the opportunity to complete the requirements of the Integrated BA/BEd, while continuing to work full-time in a partner school division. »

https://www.uwinnipeg.ca/access-education/catep/index.html

Indigenous Language Instructor’s Program

The Indigenous Language Instructors Program is a teacher education program based out of Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario.

Casey Leslie speaks with Bryanna Scott (Indigenous Education Program Coordinator) & John O’Meara (Dean of Education) at Lakehead University.

The Indigenous Language Instructors Program is a teacher education program based out of Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario. It is a language program aimed at training fluent speakers in 1 of 4 Algonquin Languages (Ojibway, Cree, Oji-Cree, Delaware) to teach the languages in classrooms across Ontario.