Actions and Commitments

Call to Action # 63: Education for Reconciliation (62-65)

Alberta School Boards Association – 65 School Boards

April 1, 2018

Education Agreements: Currently, boards may apply to the Minister to have an appointed FNMI trustee, where they have a tuition agreement with a neighbouring First Nation, Métis, Inuit community who wishes its students to attend a publicly funded school. The new Education Act, passed but yet to be proclaimed by the new government, included provision for educational services agreements and the appointment of First Nation, Métis, Inuit trustees.

Curriculum Development for mandatory Indigenous history and culture The Ministry is just introducing a new Guiding Framework for the Design and Development of Future Kindergarten to Grade 12 Provincial Curriculum which includes a section on First Nations, Metis and Inuit Experiences and Perspectives within Curriculum. Additionally, school boards will consider a policy proposal in November 2016 which, if adopted, would indicate that “the federal government and relevant provincial and territorial governments should provide the necessary supports, including funding, to enable school boards to integrate recommendations specific to education contained in the ‘Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Call to Action’ report.”Teacher Education Programs: Post-secondary institutions govern their own programs and content