Books – Education

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  Decolonizing Employment

  Aboriginal Inclusion in Canada’s Labour Market

  Shauna MacKinnon (Author)

  How do we include one of Canada’s fastest growing populations in a job market they have essentially been denied access to?

  Published September 2015 | Education, Indigenous Studies

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  Creating Space

  My Life and Work in Indigenous Education

  Verna J. Kirkness (Author)

  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.

  Published October 2013 | Autobiography, Education, Indigenous Studies

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  The New Buffalo

  The Struggle for Aboriginal Post-Secondary Education in Canada

  Blair Stonechild (Author)

  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.

  Published October 2006 | Education, Indigenous Studies