General Information

Elk Island Public Schools supports programming and resource allocation that respects our local context, is in compliance with the First Nations, Métis and Inuit Education Policy Framework (2002) from Alberta Education and meets the needs of students within EIPS. Elk Island Public Schools has three main goals relating to FNMI Education:

Enhancing knowledge and appreciation among all students and staff of First Nations, Métis and Inuit cultures

Identifying resources, strategies and partners to meet the needs of individual First Nations, Métis and Inuit students and to enhance their success

Supporting the infusion of First Nations, Métis and Inuit perspectives into curriculum

For more information, please visit www.eips.ca/first-nations-metis-inuit/.

Becoming a citizen of the Métis Nation of Alberta is an important part of cultural and historical preservation. If you are interested in exploring the application process and want to research family and government records please see the following websites.

Métis Nation of Alberta 

Library and Archives Canada: The North-West Halfbreed Commission (Start with the communities listed then searching the archives) 

Library and Archives Canada: Métis Genealogy 

Glenbow Records

Gabriel Dumont Institute 

University of Saskatchewan iPortal

Resources

• Norquest inSTEM/STEM Programming
• Norquest inSTEM Program
• Yellowhead Tribal College is an inclusive and open learning institution in Treaty 6 territory. We provide accredited programs in a flexible, supportive academic environment that nurtures Indigenous cultures and traditions. To view more of the programs and courses we offer please go to the following website link: https://ytced.ab.ca/programs-courses/. YTC is open to all! Both Indigenous and non-Indigenous.
• We would like to arrange a virtual presentation to your high school students and teachers to provide information about who we are as a College, our programs/courses and the culture and academic support we offer our students! Please let me know if we can schedule a date and time in the near future. Alternatively, if you have a community event that you are hosting and would like us to present please let us know! 
• Look forward to hearing from you soon! Please see our following social media platforms:
• ·  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/YTCollege
• ·  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ytced/
• ·  Twitter: https://twitter.com/YTCollege
• YTC VIDEO
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQdlAbJPMas
• For further information, please contact Crystal Wood
• crystal.wood@ytced.ca

First Nations and Inuit Hope for Wellness Help Line

Health Canada recently launched the First Nations and Inuit Hope for Wellness Help Line (1-855-242-3310), which is available 24-7. The helpline provides immediate, culturally competent, telephone-based, crisis-intervention counselling to First Nations and Inuit people experiencing distress. All calls are answered in English or French by experienced crisis-intervention counselors. Callers can also ask if service is available in Cree, Ojibway and Inuktitut.

National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation

The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR) was created to preserve the memory of Canada’s Residential School system and legacy. Not just for a few years, but forever.

Officially opening in the summer of 2015, the NCTR will be the permanent home for all statements, documents, and other materials gathered by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC).

The NCTR will ensure that:

• Survivors and their families have access to their own history

• Educators can share the Residential School history with new generations of students

• Researchers can delve more deeply into the Residential School experience

• The public can access historical records and other materials to help foster reconciliation and healing

• The history and legacy of the Residential School system are never forgotten

The NCTR is a creation of the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement, signed in 2007 by representatives of former students of the schools, the Government of Canada, Churches, the Assembly of First Nations, and the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami.

One part of the Settlement Agreement created the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada and mandated the Commission to create a permanent archive for all of the statements, documents and other materials it would gather over its years of operation.

The NCTR operates according to a Trust Deed and an Administrative Agreement signed by the TRC and the University of Manitoba. View the signing ceremony. These documents set out the responsibilities and operations of the NCTR.  The Governing Circle and Survivors Circle play an important role in ensuring the promises undertaken in these agreements are honoured.

While the life of the NCTR begins with the statements and documents from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, in future, it will house other Indigenous collections. It will also encourage dialogue on the many issues that stand in the way of Reconciliation.

Our Future

Truth