Advancing Aboriginal Education in Canada : Giving Voice to Our Ancestors

• Main Author: Kirkness, Verna J.
• Other Authors: Indigenous Education (University of British Columbia), Xwi7xwa Library (University of British Columbia)
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2005
• Subjects: Indigenous Education; Canada; First Nations
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/44103

The history of Aboriginal People in Canada is a story of social injustice. This presentation will describe how Aboriginal People are using education to address these injustices in ways that inform their lives and gain their security as a people. The link to the Ancestors provided by the Elders is crucial to the movement. Speech, 2005 First Nations House of Learning Education, Faculty of Teacher Education President's Office Unreviewed [This collection comprises a comprehensive sample of Verna Kirkness' speeches dating from 1973 to 2012 being housed at the Xwi7xwa Archives. Kirkness organized most of the materials in sequentially numbered file folders with some loose papers. The materials have not been further organized or analyzed by the Xwi7xwa staff. We hope this incredibly rich collection of works will continue to be a resource in the continuing efforts furthering Indigenous Education.] Faculty