This post, written by Melanie Jackson of the British Columbia School Trustees’ Association, is an excerpt from “The Way Forward is the Way Back: Saving the Haida Language.” When Haida Gwaii Trustee Wayne Wilson was a boy, his parents spoke their native Haida only when they didn’t want him to know what they were saying….
Abbotsford School District, located in the Fraser Valley of British Columbia, is home to The Aboriginal Hub, a truly unique initiative in British Columbia. The Aboriginal Hub, part of the Aboriginal Education Centre, offers a range of community programs for families and children in one central location. Programming is a joint effort between the Abbotsford…
Social consciousness, active citizenship, social justice, community activism and leadership. These are only some of the 21st century skills that many Canadian students are exposed to through “We Schools in Action” a program offered by Free the Children, an organization committed to “inspiring a generation to care about social justice and providing the practical tools needed…
British Columbia and Ontario are undergoing large-scale changes to their public school systems by implementing a gradual transition to full-day Kindergarten. With this change comes significant benefits. Research in early learning from the Centre of Excellence for Early Childhood Development has been linked to improved academic and social performance in later school years, as well…
