Post-secondary distance education gives students and their families living in remote and rural regions the option to stay in their communities while they study instead of moving closer to the universities in cities. Post-secondary distance education is an option in many rural and remote First Nation (Indigenous) communities in Canada. More...
By John Morgan. Completion rates are main worry despite better figures on admissions. More...
By and . Too few Indigenous Australians are making it as academics in our universities. This has a significant impact on Indigenous development.
By Andrew MacDonald. NTEU Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Unit Coordinator Adam Frogley was interviewed by NITV for a story about a recent meeting of Indigenous Victorians saying ‘No’ to constitutional recognition, and ‘Yes’ to treaty.
Some forms of prior learning assessment and recognition (PLAR) invite self-reflection and the generation of new knowledge leading to self-growth in granting credit for past experiential learning. This paper examines the experience of a northern Canadian community college using PLAR portfolio development to assist in individual self-growth among people of aboriginal ancestry. More...
By . You may or may not have noticed a story in the National Post over the weekend relating to a scholar at the University of British Columbia named Lorna June McCue, who has brought a human rights tribunal case against UBC for denying her tenure. More...
Today on the Academic Minute, Michelle Watts, faculty director and assistant professor in the school of security and global studies at American Public University, explores the uncertain future of many indigenous groups and their sacred sites in their Central American homeland. Read more...
By Andrew MacDonald. The National Tertiary Education Union welcomes news that there has been an increase in year 12 attainment rates among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, while cautioning that this outcome is not particularly cause for celebration. More...
By Matt Henderson. The University of Saskatchewan has partnered with the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation to provide students, faculty, and the public with information on Canada's history with Indigenous Peoples. More...
By Gareth Hampshire. A parent in the Sturgeon School Division is raising questions about how grants that follow indigenous students are being spent by the school board. More...
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