Post-secondary institutes will sign Indigenous Education Blueprint

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EVERY post-secondary institute in Manitoba, as well as the Manitoba School Boards Association, will sign the indigenous education blueprint, a transformational framework to advance indigenous education and reconciliation, at a ceremony Friday morning on the University of Manitoba campus.

Participants include Assiniboine Community College, Brandon University, Canadian Mennonite University, the Manitoba Institute of Trades and Technology, the Manitoba School Boards Association, Red River College, University College of the North, the University of Manitoba, Université de Saint-Boniface and the University of Winnipeg.

They will be taking action on the recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, but declined to discuss Wednesday what they may mean in practical terms for curricula, courses and classrooms.

The education organizations are calling the blueprint an unprecedented partnership between Manitoba’s public school boards and the post-secondary education sector, which will help Manitoba become a global centre of excellence for indigenous education, research, languages and cultures.

An aide to Education and Advanced Learning Minister James Allum said the institutions have developed the agreement among themselves, and the province won’t comment on it.

It will be signed at 11:30 a.m. at Migizii Agamik, Bald Eagle Lodge.