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Our Children, Our Future, Our Vision A Summary of the Discussions 1. How would you suggest the federal government improve the way they uphold First Nations Rights to education? • Honour the spirit and intent of the Treaties and Crown obligations; • Develop transparent working relationships and consultation processes that respect First Nation jurisdiction over education; • Move away from unilateral/authoritative/oppressive policies; • Respect First Nation holistic vision of lifelong learning and decision-making processes; • Provide adequate and equitable funding for First Nations education. 2. What would make the First Nation education system here in Ontario function more effectively? • Emphasize language, culture and experiential learning; • Exercise the political will to follow our own path; • Set our own standards; • Understand and articulate what makes sense for us; • Develop a vision statement on what our education system looks like; • Provide our own professional development; • Develop research institutions with our own scholars; • Focus on capacity building; • Celebrate and share best practices; • Support a unified effort to create a system complete with second and third level supports; • Create partnerships that support students both on and off-reserve. 3. What are the barriers to achieving a superior education system for First Nations in Ontario/in your community? • The base funding provision is too low (BOFF) with too much competitive funding; • Foreign definition of student success; • Lack of a positive attitude towards education – intergenerational effects of residential school system; • Lack of collective thinking and knowledge sharing; • Lack of access to new technology; • Inadequate libraries and infrastructure; • Underfunding inhibits capacity building; 83 Chiefs of Ontario
Our Children, Our Future, Our Vision • Instability of funding inhibits planning; • Lack of accountability to First Nations by the provincial school system; • Teacher quality and retention. 4. Given the realities in Ontario / your community, what works best, and doesn’t work well in education? What works best? • Culture and language programming in the curriculum; • Good relations between First Nations and public school boards; • First Nations exercising control over education; • Indigenous knowledge is utilized; • Strong tuition agreements with public school boards; • Taking a rights-based approach and; • Setting our own standards. What doesn’t work well? • Inadequate funding; • Lack of second and third level services; • Political micromanagement; • Underestimation of student ability; • No economy of scale – small/isolated; • Poor relations with school boards; • High turnover of teachers; • Difficult transitions for students. 5. What would best support a quality education system that would serve the needs of the First Nation learners in Ontario/in your community? • Revitalize language, culture and traditional teachings and infuse them into the educational system; • Design our own quality education system; • Receive reliable, flexible and comparable funding; • Establish our own “boards” of education; • Educate the non-First Nation population on the reality of our conditions, our history and Treaties; • Increase parental and community involvement; • Focus on holistic vision of lifelong learning; • Separate education and politics; Chiefs of Ontario 84
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