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About Aboriginal Education

Our Purpose is to ensure that Aboriginal students receive a quality education that fosters a strong sense of pride, confidence and knowledge of their heritage. We are working to bring authentic Aboriginal perspectives and culture to spaces throughout our school.

Culturally Responsive Education includes well established communication with local Nations and Aboriginal Education and Na’tsa maht Agreement school cultural plan.

The Aboriginal Education Department provides the following:

Academic and cultural support for all students
One on one instruction (within a classroom setting)
Help with transition for courses, program and post-secondary education
Provides cultural lesson plans and resources to enhance and enrich the classroom for ALL students
Aboriginal Education Role Model Program
Connects with parents/guardians and provides advocacy for Aboriginal students

The Aboriginal Education Department bases our educational practices around the following First Peoples Principles of Learning:

Learning ultimately supports the well-being of the self, the family, the community, the land, the spirits and the ancestors
Learning is holistic, reflexive, reflective, experiential, and relational
Learning involves recognizing the consequences of one’s actions
Learning involves generational roles and responsibilities
Learning recognizes the role of Indigenous knowledge
Learning is embedded in memory, history, and story
Learning involves patience and time
Learning requires exploration of one’s identity
Learning involves recognizing that some knowledge is sacred and only shared with permission and/or in certain situations