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"How can we develop aboriginal and First Nation human capital for our collective benefit?" - Proposed by Rosie S. Mosquito
- educational success contributes to the overall benefit of the community - post secondary abysmal - drop out rate - urban is even worse - institutional education system has not met the needs for a large segment of our people
Don Watson, Social Planning Council experience - regard self as elder. Important that TB will become 50% aboriginal population - education has to start at a young age , start early education programs - big issues is start early - High Scool may be too late
Heidi EDC Officer with Fednor - Dennis Comarty HS - partner in Hudson, SLO region - step to , learnig process, taking young away from familes - how to address education needs outside of he commuities- HS courses to adult students - sucess because one on one - meet needs of adults - adults want opportunity to finish education. Post secondary lever funding may be reduced or taken away
Rosie - have to think outside the box - mainstream doesnt address this. Innovative approach - 5 years ago no students - number of programs have been expanded now 70 in 4 years - that says 4 accredited programs, graduations - we are meeting the needs of people to build the workforce and refining and provided additional resources - people come INNOVATION to make the change for
Senator Robert McKay, MNO, sit on AB board of Educ and Cath Board, - Lakehead, TO board grass rooted this NOSM - Elder and Abor students is exciting applicant - Half Meti and Half Aboriginal very surprising. More females than males applying - education is very important - get to preschool - understand where they come from and for them to understand where they come from
Cheryl - how to start with young children in isolated communities - difficult - onRe on one is very difficult - when they move from Northern Communities - at a lower lever than those who already lived in the bigger centre.
NAN Legal - Mary Jane Make it cultural appropriate - comming from a house with 14 people who live in the home and water is contaminated - come to school in the am - starving from the early morning - basic needs are simply not to be tolerated.
At a very early age, adjust the social challenges in order to address education needs properly
Education Programming had cultural appropriateness and Child Care workers are being trained in this cultural appropriateness of education - text books that are relative to the young students - early chilhood education
Don Watson - son is principal - absence of students is a question - how to tackle?
Education Leadership with parents involvement is important. Hard to leave family - parents must understand importance of education for the children
Education Boards , groups, meetings, raise awareness at parental level - guidance councellors.
Is it correct to say - the general education system has to be questioned - there are issues with the standard education system -
Tax Drain is the perception among many non-Aboriginal population - what do we see in our future - Aboriginal Economy is big in TB but is not being recognized - Aboriginal business is big.....business, managing multimillion dollar budgets, different profession, child and family issues from entertainment to services to hotel to airlines. Many people are buying property - contributing to the tax base but this is not being known in an overt way.
What about Hope - there needs to be a sense of entitlement - there isnt the same sense as compared to the non aboriginal community - eg education
Cross Cultural issues permeate everything - education, justice, legal
There is a lack of understanding
The tradition way of passing information to children is different - passing this traditiona away has challenges with teaching abstraction.
Elementary school is easier to incorporate traditional teaching than high school where abstractions are taught
Kids coming out for highschool - generational fear - Residential School memories and this is a factor when elders fear the child leaving the commiunity
Contact North deliver High school programs - contact is difficult and there are challenges
Video Court Challenges
There needs to be a collective will to come together - what is valued - is basic literacy valued - how important and there are models - tutoring model - money is needed
Bob Baxter College - when kids from reserve come in to tB - INAC pays only 10000 per child per year - with no supports for special education - NO is the answer to address adjustment issues - No resources - maybe a school just for First Nations Schooling, there are FAS students - no extra funds
Cross cultural difficulties identifying children with learning difficuties - stumble along process - not addressed - need more funding
Resources from some reserves have done all their own research - university. Reserve has the rights to their research - loan out but retain the rights - thereby government should not have to come and do it again - When government does come and do a duplicate they claim their own as legitimate
John , Rotarian interested - special projects. Leadership Thunder Bay - group to cultivate membership in emergency industies - collective benefits - unique partnerships - include service clubs, leadership utilizing talents, skills and incorporate these and engage first nations - relationship building and trust building - inclusion. To offer opportunities to young adults post secondary education - what their role might be native and non native community. Need networks and partnership with people who are already there - complement tools - human capital can be achieved with existing capital and can be cultivated - why re-invent the wheel. In first nations communities there is mentorship, formal and informal ways to bridge gaps for young people
Engaging with secondary and post secondary institutions - success stories, mentorship, build some kind of co-op Is integration necessary
Mission Statement - if organization is floundering - expertice should be available and accessed - each should be autonomous - coming together does not mean integration, but sharing
There is comon groung but identities remain.
Collective benefits.
Circles overlap but are not individually obliterated. Question - how to identify - great care and resources are being used with various partners - challenge is the time and care, trust and respect that must be taken - adequate time must be taken for engagement and exploring - we have a collective responsibility - goals will be discovered along the way.
First there must be a will for participation - gray area, more openness,
Apprenticeship programs require grade 12 - there are individuls who dropped out - how can parents help kids
We are shutting out people without Grade 12 - how can we get the grade 12
On going piece work - there are timelines to acquire resources
What is your biggest challeges - ourselves. Values and attitudes of peope who are reluctant to let go and share.
Gathering traditional knowledge - unfortunate the past has led to lack of trust. We can share stories and see if we can move forward - we can do this together, surround self with resourceful supports, include non aboriginals in the dialogue . Word of mouth, story telling is very powerful. Oral tradition is strong and can strengthen. Utilize tools that are out there. Sharing vulnerabilities - overcome with appropriate values and if done correctly, can be overcome.
Lot of knowledge - little formal education - should be young peple attending this Agenda Camp. We are all the educators and the elders - where are the young people- students from high school, college & university. Get their engagement and involvement. Role models are important,
Robert McKay
Jonathon Knapp, Marketing Associate, Wellington West Capital Inc.
Heidi Strobl, Fednor
Rosie Mosquito, Executive Director, Oshki-pimache-o-win
Ursala Tannert, Thunder Bay Literacy Group
Bob McKay, Elder
Cheryl Jackson, Host of Your Voice, TVO
To Turn Things Aroung - is there a model for research and education - there are successful models - can this be shared
Self Identify -
Get more education, funding to help when children are young. More aboriginal applications to become teachers. Get the word out - career and education for the future
Partnership - Resources in the community can be utiized - there is more human capital - school cirriculum, groups that can be utilized - sharing of stories of ideas values to gain respect and trust building - common story and common cause and mutual respect
