Education and Training

Aboriginal Awareness

Four Winds and Associates is located in Edmonton, Alberta, and provides numerous services in the areas of organizational development, community development, social development, economic development and Aboriginal Awareness.

Source: Four Winds and Associates

Aboriginal Education Programs – Awasis (Cree) Program

The Awasis Program, offered at the elementary and junior high levels, enables students to increase their knowledge and appreciation of Aboriginal cultures and traditions.

Source: Edmonton Public Schools

Aboriginal Interactive Media Training Program

Describes Aboriginal Training Initiatives, which is an 8 month custom-designed culturally sensitive training program that provides industry with leading-edge professional interactive media technicians.

Source: Heritage Community Foundation

Aboriginal Leadership and Management

The Centre is dedicated to the principle that its programs must enhance the leadership and management of Aboriginal Nations by using a consultative approach for program design, development, and delivery.

Source: The Banff Centre

Aboriginal Learning Centre

Aboriginal Learning Centre is a partnership between local schools and the Catholic church.

Source: Edmonton Catholic Schools

Aboriginal Training

Workforce Development assists Aboriginal communities in supplying proposals to government for educational funding. It can create customized training that addresses communities’ specific training needs.

Source: Grande Prairie Regional College

Amiskwaciy Academy

The Academy was created to honour Aboriginal traditions and to give students the opportunity to achieve academic excellence while learning to integrate respect, responsibility and balance into everything they do.

Ben Calf Robe Upgrading

The Ben Calf Robe Upgrading program is tailored to meet the needs of Aboriginal students by integrating Aboriginal perspectives within the Alberta curriculum.

Source: NorQuest College

Blue Quills First Nations College

The College is dedicated to increasing and accessing educational opportunities for students by empowering them to overcome barriers that restrict success in college and university settings.

Chinook Lodge Aboriginal Resource Centre

Chinook Lodge Aboriginal Resource Centre is a space dedicated to serving the learning and training needs of Aboriginal students at SAIT.

Source: Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT)

First Nations Adult and Higher Education Consortium

The purpose of FNAHEC is to provide quality adult and higher education, controlled entirely by people of the First Nations.

First Nations, Métis and Inuit Education

The Policy Framework is a realignment of the Government of Alberta's previous policies on Native Education, and seeks to ensure that all policy directions remain relevant to the educational needs of today's Aboriginal learners.

Source: Government of Alberta; Education

First Nations, Metis and Inuit Education Program

The FNMI program ensures district schools are responsive to the needs of Aboriginal students by offering various learning services.

Source: Lethbridge School District No.51

First Nations Schoolnet in Alberta and Saskatchewan

First Nations Schoolnet Program provides education and training for First Nations students in elementary schools. It features school profiles.

Kainai Studies

Kainai Studies aims at integrating the need of Niitsitapi knowledge, pedagogy, and philosophy, into classrooms of higher education.

Source: Red Crow College

Kayas Cultural College

Provides for the Adult and Post-Secondary Education and Training needs at the Little Red River Cree Nation and addresses the Cree language and culture concerns of the Nation.

Learning the Path

Source: CBC Edmonton

LYNX: Aboriginal Student Career and Employment Program

LYNX is a job site where Aboriginal job seekers and employers connect. The site also includes information about upcoming events and scholarships for Aboriginal students.

Mamele'awt Aboriginal Education

To provide support for Aboriginal students from kindergarten to grade 12.

Old Sun Community College

Old Sun Community College develops and offers quality courses, programs and services tailored to meet the needs of Siksika Nation individuals while preserving the Siksika way of Life.

Red Crow Community College

The mission of Mikai'sto Red Crow Community College is to meet the cultural, educational, and training needs for Kainai and beyond.

Sunchild E–Learning Community

The Sunchild E-Learning Community has met with remarkable success. In record numbers, students are re-entering the school system and staying in school. They are gaining valuable experience with computers, graduating and moving on to rewarding jobs or post-secondary education.

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