ABORIGINAL EDUCATION
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The Aboriginal Education Enhancements Branch is responsible for developing policies, procedures and initiatives related to the education of Aboriginal students in British Columbia (Branch Goals and Responsibilities)
Enhancement Agreements to Support Aboriginal Student Success
42 school districts in British Columbia have a signed Aboriginal Education Enhancement Agreement. Agreements are developed in collaboration between the school district, all local Aboriginal communities, and the Ministry of Education. [more]:
- June 24, 2008 School District 20 (Kootenay-Columbia) [News
Release]
- June 21, 2008 School District 08 (Kootenay Lake) [Pictures]
[News
Release]
- June 20, 2008 School District 36 (Surrey) [News
Release]
- June 20, 2008 School District 49 (Central Coast) [News
Release]
- June 13, 2008 School District 63 (Saanich) [News Release]
- June 5, 2008 School District 41 (Burnaby) [News Release]
- March 7, 2008 School District 71 (Comox Valley) [News Release]
- November 13, 2007 School District 75 (Mission) [News Release]
English 12 First Peoples IRP and Examination - Curriculum Update
The Honourable Shirley Bond, Minister of Education and Deputy
Premier has approved the new English 12 First Peoples (EFP12) Integrated
Resource Package
[more] 
[PDF
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Aboriginal Curriculum Integration (ACI) Project
The Province is investing in new classroom
resources that profile Aboriginal people in BC in preparation
for the
August 2008 North American Indigenous Games. [news
release]
School District
No. 79 (Cowichan Valley) has embarked on a province-wide project
to develop K-12 multimedia resources that integrate Aboriginal
content into curriculum and raise awareness of the North American
Indigenous Games occurring in the Cowichan Valley in 2008. The
ACI
project will
feature a website of lesson plans initially focusing on core curricular
areas in Grades 7, 8, and 9.
First Nations Education Act
The First Nations Education Act (Bill
46-2007),
received Royal Assent in the BC Legislature on November 29,
2007. This historic legislation complements the Federal government
legislation, Bill C34, First
Nations Jurisdiction over Education in British Columbia Act.
Both pieces of legislation are the culmination of years of
negotiations involving Canada, the First Nations Education
Steering Committee (FNESC), and British Columbia. First Nations
who participate will be able to create their own legislation
governing First Nations education in their schools on their
lands. [First
Nations Education Steering Committee Press Release] [PDF
523KB] [more]
School District 78 Collaborates on a Curriculum Development Project
School District 78 collaborates with University College
of the Fraser Valley on a curriculum development project that incorporates
Nlaka’pamux and Stó:lõ content article [PDF
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Revised Shared Learnings - Integrating BC Aboriginal Content K-10
The Shared Learnings resource guide was developed
in 1998 as a tool for integrating Aboriginal content into all
subject areas from kindergarten through Grade 10. The
guide has now been revised to ensure resources and references
are up-to-date, accurate and relevant. Copies are
available for purchasing from Government
Publications Services or you can print
a copy .
