Books – Education
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Decolonizing Employment
Aboriginal Inclusion in Canada’s Labour Market
How do we include one of Canada’s fastest growing populations in a job market they have essentially been denied access to?
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Creating Space
My Life and Work in Indigenous Education
The life story of Verna J. Kirkness, a Cree woman from Manitoba, whose simple quest to teach “in a Native way,” revolutionized Canadian education policy and practice.
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The New Buffalo
The Struggle for Aboriginal Post-Secondary Education in Canada
Post-secondary education, often referred to as “the new buffalo,” is a contentious but critically important issue for First Nations and the future of Canadian society. In The New Buffalo, Blair Stonechild traces the history of Aboriginal post-secondary education policy from its earliest beginnings as a government tool for assimilation and cultural suppression to its development as means of Aboriginal self-determination and self-government.