Indigenous Education platforms
Here's what the 2021 Canadian election parties are promising.NDP
- Implement Shannen's Dream of equitable access to education with federal investments & infrastructure.
- Provide financial assistance & increased education opportunities for children who grew up in care.
- Provide support for post-secondary distance learning for rural & remote students.
In government, New Democrats will ensure that every child is provided a safe place to learn and an opportunity to succeed, whether on or off reserve. We will implement Shannen’s Dream of equitable access to education, backed by federal investments and infrastructure, so no student will be forced to learn in dangerous environments, as we have witnessed in Kashechewan First Nation.
Recognizing that barriers to post-secondary education and training continue, we will support Indigenous youth and help them bridge the gap to post-secondary education through expanded financial assistance and increased educational opportunities for children who grew up in care, and distance education for rural and remote students.
— Ready for Better, retrieved 2021-08-27
Green
- Ensure access to quality educational opportunities based on expressed cultural, political, & social priorities of Indigenous governments, following meaningful consultation.
- Support developing Indigenous education curricula that are language & culture-specific.
- Remove the 2% funding gap for post-secondary education.
- Support & sustain the transmission, proliferation, & regeneration of Indigenous cultural works & languages.
4. Ensure access to quality education for every First Nations, Métis Nation, and Inuit child.
● Ensure that every First Nations, Métis and Inuit child has access to quality educational opportunities based on the expressed cultural, political and social priorities of the First Nations, Métis and Inuit governments, following meaningful consultation.
● Support the development of Indigenous education curricula that are language and culture-specific.
● Increase access to post-secondary education for Indigenous youth by removing the two per cent funding cap, as well as fully funding the program backlog.
● Support and sustain the transmission, proliferation, and regeneration of Indigenous cultural works and languages.
● Educate non-Indigenous Canadians on the histories, customs, traditions and cultures of the First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples of Turtle Island.
— Be Daring., retrieved 2021-09-11