Aboriginal Education Committee

Goals:

To identify First Nations teachers including roles/utilization.
To review and promote First Naitons curriculum resources.
To examine all definitions/job descriptions pertaining to First Nations teachers (language, roles, expectations).
To promote Professional Development in First Nations Education/Curriculum.
To review criteria for the placement of First Nations Resource Teachers (FNRT).
To discuss roles and responsibilities of FNSSW and allocation process. To examine work of First Nations Steering Committee.
To review Collective Agreement as it pertains to First nations Resource Teachers.
To promote and support Employment Eqauity.
To create a data base of First Nations teachers within the VSB.

Chairperson: Francis Carlick

British Columbian Links:

Treaty Negotiations
Aboriginal Rights Coalition of BC
Provincial Nisga'a Referendum? A Bad Idea!
BC Government
Treaty Negotiations Office
BC Treaty Commission
Lower Mainland Treaty Advisory Committee (LMTAC)
BCTF
First Nations Education Association of British Columbia
Aboriginal Education
BC Government
Ministry of Education
Aboriginal Education
Shared Learnings: Integrating BC Aboriginal Content K-10
Ministry of Community, Aboriginal and Women's Services
British Columbia's First Nation (BCFN)
First Nations Education Steering Committee (FNESC)
First Nations House of Learning (UBC)
Museum of Anthropology (UBC)

Canadian Links:

Assembly of First Nation
Bill Henderson’s Links to Canadian Aboriginal Resources
Canada’s Digital Collections: First Peoples
Canadian Ministry of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
First Nation Profiles
Kids' Stop
Information Sheets
Resource Links
Teachers Section
Council for Canadian Unity: Aboriginal Peoples
First Nation Information Project
First Peoples on SchoolNet
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
Metis Culture and Heritage Resource Centre Inc

International Links:

Center for World Indigenous Studies
Indians
Native American Organizations And Urban Indian Centers
Native Web
Google: Indigenous People
Yahoo! Canada: First Nations
Yahooligans! Native Americans

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