The best practices listed below are programs, projects, or strategies that provincial and territorial governments, as well as Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, have selected as ones that show success in Aboriginal education and can benefit jurisdictions and organizations in improving Aboriginal education in their communities. These best practices were chosen with a view to facilitate their adaptation and implementation in a wide range of communities.

Please note that all best practices on this site were submitted in November 2007 and approved by Ministers in February 2008; updates to information found below are therefore required.

For additional information, visit the Martin Aboriginal Education Initiative’s Promising Practices in Aboriginal Education Web site. The link to the Promising Practices site is provided for information purposes. It does not constitute an endorsement by CMEC.

 

 Title           Jurisdiction      Theme       Level  
 
Aboriginal Academic Achievement (AAA) Grant     MB   Government and board policies     K-12  
 
Aboriginal Apprenticeship Program     MB   Transitions and linkages     Postsecondary  
 
Aboriginal Apprenticeship Program     AB   Transitions and linkages     Postsecondary  
 
Aboriginal Club     NB   Community-based practices     K-12  
 
Aboriginal Education Advisory Councils     MB   Community-based practices     K-12 and Postsecondary  
 
Aboriginal Education Enhancement Agreements     BC   Community-based practices     K-12  
 
Aboriginal Education Research Forum     MB   Government and board policies     K-12 and Postsecondary  
 
Aboriginal Education Research Network     SK   Government and board policies     K-12  
 
Aboriginal Language and Culture Based Education Directive     NT   Government and board policies     K-12  
 
Aboriginal Language Curriculum Development     SK   Curriculum/Materials     K-12  
 
Aboriginal Language Teacher Trainee Fund     YK   Teacher training programs     Adult Learning  
 
Aboriginal Languages Curriculum     MB   Curriculum/Materials     K-12  
 
Aboriginal Lesson Plan Resource Guide     NL   Curriculum/Materials     K-12  
 
Aboriginal Liaison Officer     MB   Transitions and linkages     Transitions  
 
Aboriginal Liaison/Consultant     MB   Transitions and linkages     Postsecondary  
 
Aboriginal Post Secondary Education Forum     BC   Government and board policies     Postsecondary  
 
Aboriginal Report – How are we doing?     BC   Government and board policies     K-12  
 
Aboriginal Sensitive Curriculum     AB   Curriculum/Materials     Postsecondary  
 
Aboriginal Social Studies Curriculum Development     MB   Curriculum/Materials     K-12  
 
Aboriginal Special Projects Fund     BC   Community-based practices     Postsecondary  
 
Aboriginal Studies 10/20/30     AB   Curriculum/Materials     K-12  
 
Aboriginal Teacher Education Programs     AB   Teacher training programs     Postsecondary  
 
Aboriginal Teachers Education Consortium     INAC   Teacher training programs     K-12  
 
Aboriginal Transitions     AB   Transitions and linkages     Postsecondary  
 
Aboriginal Youth Internship Program     MB   Transitions and linkages     Transitions  
 
ACCESS Programs     MB   Organizational/Structural     Postsecondary  
 
Adult Learning Centres     MB   Government and board policies     Adult Learning  
 
Ages & Stages in Arviat    IKU   NU   Assessment     Early Childhood  
 
Alternative Education     PE   Organizational/Structural     K-12  
 
Aulajaaqtut    IKU   NU   Curriculum/Materials     K-12  
 
British Columbia First Nations Coordinator Council     BC   Community-based practices     Postsecondary  
 
Building Student Success with Aboriginal Parents Fund     MB   Community-based practices     K-12  
 
CAMET Aboriginal Social Studies     PE   Curriculum/Materials     K-12  
 
CATEP - COPSE     MB   Teacher training programs     Postsecondary  
 
Circle of Hope     PE   Classroom-based practices     K-12  
 
Community Home School Liaisons     NL   Community-based practices     K-12  
 
Community Schools Program     SK   Government and board policies     K-12  
 
Conflict Resolution Studies     PE   Community-based practices     Adult Learning  
 
Consultation Practices: A Learning Alberta and Building and Educating Tomorrow’s Workforce     AB   Government and board policies     Postsecondary  
 
Credenda Virtual High School     INAC   Classroom-based practices     K-12  
 
Cultural Connections     NL   Curriculum/Materials     K-12  
 
Dene Drumming Activities     NT   Culture and language     K-12  
 
Dene Kede Curriculum     NT   Curriculum/Materials     K-12  
 
Development of Innu Curriculum     NL   Curriculum/Materials     K-12  
 
Education for Teenage Parents     PE   Government and board policies     K-12  
 
Eel Ground First Nation School     NB   Curriculum/Materials     K-12  
 
Elders and Curriculum     NU   Curriculum/Materials     K-12  
 
Elders in the Schools Program     YK   Teacher training programs     Adult Learning  
 
Enhanced Community-Based Access     AB   Community-based practices     Postsecondary  
 
Equity Program     PE   Transitions and linkages     K-12  
 
First Nations Celebration Week     NB   Community-based practices     K-12  
 
First Nations Curriculum Development     YK   Curriculum/Materials     K-12  
 
First Nations Education Steering Committee     BC   Community-based practices     Postsecondary  
 
First Nations Literacy Training     NB   Curriculum/Materials     K-12  
 
First Nations, Métis and Inuit (FNMI) Curriculum Infusion     AB   Curriculum/Materials     K-12  
 
First Voices Aboriginal Languages Project     YK   Curriculum/Materials     K-12  
 
Foundational Learning – Aboriginal Literacy Initiatives     AB   Community-based practices     Postsecondary  
 
Gabriel Dumont Institute     SK   Organizational/Structural     Adult Learning  
 
Heritage Week     NB   Community-based practices     K-12  
 
High School Native Studies Classes     SK   Curriculum/Materials     K-12  
 
Home Tutor Program     YK   Community-based practices     K-12  
 
Honour Ceremony for Aboriginal Graduates     NT   Community-based practices     K-12  
 
Igniting the Power Within     MB   Transitions and linkages     Transitions  
 
Individual Learning Centre     YK   Community-based practices     K-12  
 
Integrated Nursing Access Program     NL   Curriculum/Materials     Postsecondary  
 
Local Aboriginal Studies Course     PE   Curriculum/Materials     K-12  
 
Master Apprenticeship Program     YK   Community-based practices     K-12  
 
Medicine Wheel Systems     NB   Integrated learning     K-12  
 
Memorandum of Understanding with Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations     SK   Government and board policies     K-12  
 
Mi’kmaq Social Studies     NL   Curriculum/Materials     K-12  
 
Mi’kmaq Transition to High School     PE   Transitions and linkages     K-12  
 
Millennium Manitoba Opportunities Grant     MB   Government and board policies     Postsecondary  
 
Murdo Scribe Centre: IN the Community FOR the Community     MB   Transitions and linkages     Transitions  
 
Native Awareness     NB   Community-based practices     K-12  
 
NCSIS    IKU   NU   Assessment     Adult Learning  
 
Needs Based Financial Assistance for Students     MB   Government and board policies     Postsecondary  
 
New Paths Teacher Assistants     NB   Curriculum/Materials     K-12  
 
New Teacher Orientation     YK   Teacher training programs     Adult Learning  
 
Northwest Nations Education Council (NNEC)     INAC   Organizational/Structural     K-12  
 
Nuiyak School, Sanikiluaq, Nunavut    IKU   NU   Curriculum/Materials     K-12  
 
Nunavut Adult Learning Strategy    IKU   NU   Government and board policies     Adult Learning  
 
Nunavut Teacher Education Program    IKU   NU   Teacher training programs     Postsecondary  
 
Overview of Manitoba Aboriginal Education Policies and Initiatives     MB   Government and board policies     K-12 and Postsecondary  
 
Partners for Careers Program     MB   Transitions and linkages     Transitions  
 
Post secondary success for Aboriginal Learners (MOU)     BC   Government and board policies     Postsecondary  
 
Professional Improvement Day     NT   Teacher training programs     K-12  
 
Reading Recovery Program     YK   Classroom-based practices     K-12  
 
Restoring the Sacred     MB   Community-based practices     K-12  
 
Sakewew High School     SK   Organizational/Structural     K-12  
 
Specialization in Aboriginal Education – University of Prince Edward Island     PE   Teacher training programs     Postsecondary  
 
Stein Valley Nlakapamux School Language and Culture Project     INAC   Culture and language     K-12  
 
STEP – Student Employment Hiring Policy     MB   Transitions and linkages     Transitions  
 
Sunchild E-Learning Program     INAC   Classroom-based practices     K-12 and Postsecondary  
 
Support for Aboriginal Post-Secondary Institutions     AB   Organizational/Structural     Postsecondary  
 
Teacher Education Programs     SK   Teacher training programs     Postsecondary  
 
Teacher Training     NT   Teacher training programs     Postsecondary  
 
Teaching Treaties in the Classroom     SK   Curriculum/Materials     K-12  
 
Teen Parent Program     YK   Community-based practices     K-12  
 
The Gift of Language and Culture     INAC   Culture and language     K-12  
 
Transition to University Program     PE   Transitions and linkages     Postsecondary  
 
Treaty 6: Data Management System for Special Education     INAC   Organizational/Structural     K-12  
 
Treaty Four Indicators Document     INAC   Organizational/Structural     K-12  
 
Tripartite Framework Agreement     INAC   Government and board policies     K-12  
 
University College of the North (UCN)     MB   Government and board policies     Postsecondary  
 
Urban Circle Training Centre     MB   Curriculum/Materials     Adult Learning  
 
Vocational Training Centre     INAC   Curriculum/Materials     K-12  
 
Welcoming Atmosphere     PE   Classroom-based practices     K-12  
 
Youth Re-engagement Programming     MB   Transitions and linkages     Transitions  
 
Yukon First Nation Education Advisory Committee     YK   Government and board policies     K-12  
 

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