Education and Training

Abenaki Associates  

As an Aboriginal business, their mission is to deliver services to First Nations and related entities; government agencies and organizations that will support the expanding management needs of First Nations.

Aboriginal Programs (15 years and over)  

Giwaykiwin courses combine the philosophy of Outward Bound with the values and teachings reflected in the Aboriginal community.

Source: Outward Bound Canada

Aboriginal Cadet Development Program  

Aboriginal Cadet Development program is a program for Aborigianl people. The Cadet will return to their local detatchment to participate in a mandatory program until they have satisfatorilly passed admission requirements.

Source: Government of Canada; Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)

Aboriginal Education Survey – Ontario Institute of Studies in Education  

The survey is part of a research study titled Aboriginal post-secondary participation, access and persistence in Ontario and is intended to improve postsecondary programs for Aboriginal students.

Source: University of Toronto

Aboriginal Financial Officers Association of Canada  

Focuses on the capacity development and day to day needs of those Aboriginal professionals who are working in all areas of finance, administration and management – today's leaders and those of the future.

Aboriginal Head Start On-Reserve  

This page outlines the Aboriginal Head Start On Reserve initiative, designed to prepare First Nations children for their school years, by meeting their emotional, social, health, nutritional and psychological needs.

Source: Government of Canada; Health Canada (HC)

Aboriginal Human Resource Council  

Their mission is to see full participation of Aboriginal people in Canadian labour markets by pioneering new ways to increase skills and training opportunities for Aboriginal people in Canada.

Aboriginal Leadership Institute Inc.  

Non-profit organization established to build leadership capacity in Canadian Aboriginal people that works closely with educational institutes, governments and the private sector.

Aboriginal Leadership Opportunity Year Program (ALOY)  

The Aboriginal Leadership Opportunity Year (ALOY) is a one-year program that is offered at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario, and at the Royal Military College Saint-Jean, Quebec.

Source: Government of Canada; Royal Military College of Canada (RMCC)

Aboriginal Learning Knowledge Centre  

This Centre was created to provide a collaborative national forum that will support the development of effective solutions for the challenges faced by First Nations, Métis and Inuit learners.

Source: Canadian Council on Learning

Aboriginal Population – 1996 Census Results Teacher's Kit  

Provide students with a better understanding of the Aboriginal peoples of Canada, and allows students to build interpretive skills by working with graphs and data.

Source: Government of Canada; Statistics Canada (SC)

Aboriginal School Books – First Language Children's Literature  

The books Nortext helps publish are almost always in first languages containing stories and illustrations created in the communities by Aboriginal authors and illustrators.

Source: Nortext

Aboriginal Training  

The purpose of this program is for pre-employment training for aboriginal people to assist them to find employment and to introduce knowledgeable workers into the health care industry.

Source: Visions En Route Consulting

Aboriginal Training Program in Museum Practices  

Offers Aboriginal participants professional and technical training in museum practices while providing the opportunity to work in both official languages.

Source: Government of Canada; Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation (CMCC)

AFOA Fellowship Programs  

The purpose of the program is to transfer vital financial management knowledge to Aboriginals and ultimately develop needed capacity in Aboriginal Communities.

Source: Aboriginal Financial Officers Association of Canada

Bridging Aboriginal Digital and Learning Divides, May 2002 (PDF)  

Provides an assessment of the role of Office of Learning Technologies' (OLT) programs in meeting the learning needs and challenges of Aboriginal Canadians and their communities.

Source: Government of Canada; Human Resources and Social Development Canada (HRSDC)

Canada's Polar Life  

This site is just one element in their integrated package of educational materials examining Canada's Arctic environments and the organisms that occur in them.

Source: University of Guelph

CINE's Community Courses  

Based on the short courses in nutrition given face-to-face with participants in Dene/Métis, Yukon First Nations and Inuit communities, since 1995.

Source: Centre for Indigenous Peoples' Nutrition and Environment (CINE)

Computers for Schools (CFS)  

Computers for Schools refurbishes computers and related equipment donated by governments and businesses, and then distributes them across Canada. This page contains a link to application forms.

Source: Government of Canada; Industry Canada (IC)

Council for the Advancement of Native Development Officers (CANDO)  

CANDO provides a national body that focuses on the training, education and networking opportunities necessary to serve their communities and/or organizations as professionals.

Education  

This page lists several INAC's programs, services and documents related to Aboriginal education.

Source: Government of Canada; Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC)

E–Spirit National Aboriginal Youth Business Plan Competition  

Designed to increase Aboriginal youth participants' awareness of entrepreneurial/business opportunities, management/business skills, and e-commerce and technological capacities.

Source: Government of Canada; Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC)

First Nations Reserve Land and Environment Management Program (RLEMP)  

The RLEMP is a new program that offers special training to First Nations to prepare them to assume new responsibilities in terms of land, resource and environment management.

Source: Government of Canada; Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC)

First Nations SchoolNet  

Links to the six non-profit Regional Management Organizations who worked with Industry Canada to deliver the program to First Nations schools.

Source: Government of Canada; Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC)

FirstVoices – Language Archives Celebrating World Indigenous Cultures  

Language Archive containing languages form world indigenous cultures.

Indigenous Leadership Development Institute  

Promotes good governance, identifies needed training and provides unique educational and skill-building opportunities.

Kids from Kanata  

Seeks to develop supportive and respectful cross-cultural relationships between Native and non-Native communities through a process of historical education, an evaluation of current realities and visions, etc.

Making it Work! – On-the-job Training for Aboriginal Apprentices  

This report contains 36 recommendations and an action plan, and is intended to stimulate the establishment of new "apprenticeship partnerships" and the implementation of new initiatives and Aboriginal apprenticeship projects.

Source: Canadian Apprenticeship Forum

Martin Aboriginal Education Initiative  

Mining Industry Human Resource Portal for Aboriginal Communities  

This resource is intended for Aboriginal organizations, career planners, community leaders and individuals, providing basic information about career opportunities and training/education requirements for individuals considering employment in mining.

Source: Mining Industry Human Resources Council

National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation  

NAAF promotes the development and education of Aboriginal peoples and their professional advancement in Canadian society through the implementation of four initiatives.

Native Access to Engineering Programme – Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science  

Looks at ways to address the low participation rate of Aboriginal people within the applied sciences in Canada.

Source: Concordia University

Native Canadians Specialty Group  

The Native Canadians Specialty Group brings together geographers who are interested in conducting Aboriginal-specific research.

Source: Canadian Association of Geographers

Native Law Centre of Canada  

This site contains general information on the Centre, the staff, the projects and the publications.

Source: University of Saskatchewan

Resources for Learning – Aboriginal Literacy  

Hands-on resource oriented to aboriginal literacy practitioners, educators and advocates who are working to strengthen the resource base of Aboriginal literacy programming in Canada.

Source: National Adult Literacy Database (NALD)

Strings Across the Sky  

Since 1988 Strings Across the Sky (SATS) has been working with youth in the High Arctic teaching them to fiddle. 

TeKnoWave (National Aboriginal Information Technology Training and Education Program)  

Non-profit corporation that oversees the delivery of IT, business and sustainable energy training programs which create the essential technical and managerial capacity within the First Nations, Inuit, and Métis populations.

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