In 1951, the Canadian government changed the Indian Act to allow for the integration of previously segregated on-reserve aboriginal children into the nation’s public schools. Although British Columbia’s first integration initiatives actually predate the 1951 legislative changes, most on-reserve children did not attend off-reserve public schools until after 1951. As elsewhere in Canada, British Columbia heralded the 1951 legislation with fanfare and optimism. However, three decades later the Union of BC Indian Chiefs issued a policy statement calling for alternative options for aboriginal children. This paper traces the province’s earliest integration initiatives until 1981. It illustrates a complex and dynamic implementation process that ch...
This thesis examines the political interaction between the Canadian federal government and the India...
This paper describes and examines the transition of educational policies and initiatives for the Inu...
This dissertation examines Native-newcomer relations during the “integrationist” era in Canadian Ind...
AbstractHistorical accounts of Indigenous education maintain that until the early 1950s settler and ...
Following the 1949 recommendations of the Joint Committee of the Senate and House of Commons (SJC), ...
This article explores the unique circumstances surrounding the provincial school at Telegraph Creek ...
This paper provides a brief historical review of interpretation of Aboriginal education treaty right...
In the era preceding European contact there were many cultural and linguistic sub-groups within the ...
AbstractThis study deals with the educational policies in accordance with the educational opportunit...
In British Columbia (B.C.), Canada, 90% of Aboriginal students attend provincial public schools but ...
negotiated the numbered treaties, which not only addressed land issues but ultimately outlined the o...
In British Columbia, K-12 school Aboriginal students’ completion rates are far from equivalent to th...
The evolution of Canadian federal policy for Native elementary and secondary education has followed ...
British Columbia's education system has failed and continues to fail BC's Aboriginal students. This ...
state in which each province &dquo;may exclusively make Laws in relation to Education&dquo; ...
This thesis examines the political interaction between the Canadian federal government and the India...
This paper describes and examines the transition of educational policies and initiatives for the Inu...
This dissertation examines Native-newcomer relations during the “integrationist” era in Canadian Ind...
AbstractHistorical accounts of Indigenous education maintain that until the early 1950s settler and ...
Following the 1949 recommendations of the Joint Committee of the Senate and House of Commons (SJC), ...
This article explores the unique circumstances surrounding the provincial school at Telegraph Creek ...
This paper provides a brief historical review of interpretation of Aboriginal education treaty right...
In the era preceding European contact there were many cultural and linguistic sub-groups within the ...
AbstractThis study deals with the educational policies in accordance with the educational opportunit...
In British Columbia (B.C.), Canada, 90% of Aboriginal students attend provincial public schools but ...
negotiated the numbered treaties, which not only addressed land issues but ultimately outlined the o...
In British Columbia, K-12 school Aboriginal students’ completion rates are far from equivalent to th...
The evolution of Canadian federal policy for Native elementary and secondary education has followed ...
British Columbia's education system has failed and continues to fail BC's Aboriginal students. This ...
state in which each province &dquo;may exclusively make Laws in relation to Education&dquo; ...
This thesis examines the political interaction between the Canadian federal government and the India...
This paper describes and examines the transition of educational policies and initiatives for the Inu...
This dissertation examines Native-newcomer relations during the “integrationist” era in Canadian Ind...