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Advancing Aboriginal Education in Canada : Giving Voice to Our Ancestors Kirkness, Verna J.

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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

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Title
Advancing Aboriginal Education in Canada : Giving Voice to Our Ancestors
Creator
Kirkness, Verna J.
Contributor
Indigenous Education (University of British Columbia); Xwi7xwa Library (University of British Columbia)
Date Issued
2005
Description
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
Subject
Indigenous Education
Genre
Other
Type
Text
Language
eng
Notes
[The speeches in this collection come from the Verna J. Kirkness fonds housed at the X̱wi7x̱wa Archives. This rich collection includes speeches, publications, correspondence, photographs, and other materials from the storied career of Verna J. Kirkness, a foundational figure in the history of the Indigenous Teacher Education Program (NITEP), the First Nations House of Learning, and Indigenous education in Canada. For more information about the Verna J. Kirkness fonds please contact X̱wi7x̱wa Library.]
Series
Verna J. Kirkness speeches
Date Available
2013-04-05
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
DOI
10.14288/1.0103065
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/44103
Affiliation
First Nations House of Learning; Education, Faculty of; Teacher Education; President's Office
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/
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