Ensuring an equitable education for all our youth means that we need to change the way schools and the community view education, how it is delivered and who is responsible.
If indeed we are to eventually have a teaching population that is representative of the students, then we need to do more than base our assertions on hunches
Having educators understand that equity is about inclusion, not exclusion, is a critical step in garnering the "WILL" to take the necessary actions needed
There’s a price to be paid – both socially and economically – if we all fail to address and correct the educational inequities between students in our First Nations communities and those in mainstream Canada
It is time that Indigenous peoples walk side by side on a shared education journey that is appreciative of the histories and contributions of both our world and the western world
To create spiritually inclusive schools, we will need to create a set of ground rules about spirituality in public education settings and by extension, public society
Equity will only be realized when learning is personalized and every student has the ability to access information at their individual speed or learning
To start, we need a federal action plan that involves the provinces, territories, Aboriginal governments, the community sector, the private sector, and people living in poverty
