CUS event emphasizes importance of aboriginal education for all Canadian classrooms

More than 150 teachers, teacher educators, and teacher candidates will gather at OISE today for a forum on aboriginal education that emphasizes the importance of aboriginal education issues to all Canadian classrooms.  The event, called “Truth & Reconciliation: Canada’s Residential Schools,” is part of the work of the Centre for Urban Schooling in the area of equity and social justice in education. The event highlights a partnership with the Aboriginal Education Centre (AEC) at the Toronto District School Board (TDSB). 

 

According to Jeff Kugler, the director of the Centre for Urban Schooling, “The partnership we have with the Aboriginal Education Centre is so important to our work. The idea is that aboriginal education is for everybody, for all Canadians, and the AEC gives it its authenticity.”

 

The event includes a keynote by the Honourable James K. Bartleman. It also includes a multi-media presentation, workshops, and arts-based presentations.

 

Catherine Pawis, the Central Coordinating Principal of the Aboriginal Education Centre, Toronto District School Board appeared on CBC Radio’s Metro Morning this morning to highlight the details of the partnership, and the event.  

 

Photo: Qu'appelle Indian Residential School, ca. 1885; Families camped beyond the fence to be closer to their children 

Credit: The Legacy of Hope Foundation