Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation on behalf of Calgary Aboriginal Education Consortium
Database ID | 31432 | |
Institution | University of Saskatchewan Archives | |
Fonds/Collection | Native Law Centre fonds | |
File/Item Reference | Reference Library, RCAP vol. 139 (Box 22) | |
Date of creation | May 27, 1993 | |
Physical description/extent | 32 pages of textual records | |
Number of images | 32 | |
Scope and content | This file contains a presentation by the Calgary Aboriginal Education Consortium, represented by George Calliou, Native Centre, University of Calgary; Elsie Wuttunee, Calgary Catholic Separate School District No. 1; Doreen L'Hirondelle, Calgary Board of Education; Doreen Spence, President, Plains Indians Cultural Survival School; and Nancy Lynch, President, Alberta Vocational Centre. Their presentations focus on the challenges and effort of providing adequate education programs and facilities for Aboriginal students. Recommendations include Aboriginal representation on the Board of Trustees and on school councils; the Aboriginal teachers and other specialist should be employed by the Calgary Catholic Separate School District No. 1; and the school districts must make it policy for Student Services personnel and teaching staff to become educated in First Nations cultures. A question-and-answer session with the Commissioners follows the presentation. | |
Other terms governing use and reproduction | Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions, 1992-1993. Reproduced with the permission of the Minister of Public Works and Government Services, and Courtesy of the Privy Council Office, 2008. | |
Type | Published | |
Primary Media | Textual documents | |
Provenance Access Point | University of Saskatchewan. Native Law Centre | |
Other notes | Part of Volume 2, Hunters Room, Skyline Plaza Hotel, Calgary, Alberta; Wednesday, May 27, 1993. Pages 554-585. | |
Place | Calgary, Alberta, Canada | |
Treaty boundaries | Treaty 7 | |
Cultural region | Plains | |
Names | Alberta Vocational College Calgary Board of Education Calliou, George L'Hirondelle, Doreen Lynch, Nancy Native Education Program Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Spence, Doreen Wuttunee, Elsie | |
Subject | Government commissions -- Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Indigenous Peoples General Indigenous Relations Children Culture Education Metis -- Education Cree Blackfoot Confederacy Tsuu T'ina (Sarcee/Sarci) Stoney Post-secondary education | |
Date Range(s) | 1990-1999 | |
Permanent Link | https://digital.scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy/permalink/31432 |