Aboriginal education : fulfilling the promise

Castellano, Marlene Brant, 1935- (Added Author). Davis, Lynne, 1951- (Added Author). Lahache, Louise, 1953- (Added Author).

Summary: Aboriginal people in Canada and elsewhere have unquenchable hope in the promise of education. This collection of papers grew out of selected research reports and round table papers commissioned by the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.

Record details

ISBN: 0774807822
ISBN: 9780774807821
ISBN: 0774807830
ISBN: 9780774807838
Physical Description: print
xviii, 278 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Vancouver : UBC Press, c2000.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Towards a shared understanding in the policy discussion about Aboriginal education / Frances Abele, Carolyn Dittburner and Katherine A. Graham -- Voices of winter : Aboriginal languages and public policy in Canada / Mark Fettes and Ruth Norton -- The state of Aboriginal literacy and language education / Yvonne Hébert -- Telling our own stories : the role, development, and future of Aboriginal communications / Gail Guthrie Valaskakis -- Culturally negotiated education in First Nations communities : empowering ourselves for future generations / Brenda Tsioniaon LaFrance -- Honouring our past, creating our future : education in Northern and remote communities / Sheila Watt-Cloutier -- Urban Aboriginal education : the Vancouver experience / Lorna Williams -- The information legacy of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples / Marlene Brant Castellano -- Issues of pedagogy in Aboriginal education / Kathy L. Hodgson-Smith -- Métis post-secondary education : a case study of the Gabriel Dumont Institute / John Dorion and Kwan R. Yang -- First Nations House of Learning : a continuity of transformation / Ethel Gardner -- First Nations-controlled university education in Canada / Eber Hampton -- Electronic highways, electronic classrooms : distance education in Canada / Lynne Davis.