About Us

The Urban Indigenous Education Centre at the 污污漫画 (污污漫画) offers a variety of services with the goal of enhancing First Nations, M茅tis and Inuit students鈥� well-being and achievement, and creating opportunities for Indigenous Education for all staff and students in the 污污漫画. This mandate is guided by the Elders Council, the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action.

Who We Are:

The System Superintendent of Indigenous Education, Centrally Assigned Administrators of Indigenous Education, and staff who make up various teams within the Urban Indigenous Education Centre support staff across to the TDBS to put the UIEC mandate into practice. These teams include:

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A Timeline for the Urban Indigenous Education Centre

听1996Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (RCAP). Established by Canadian royal commission - Order in Council on August 26, 1991 - submitted in October 1996
听2007Ministry of Education First Nations, M茅tis and Inuit Policy Framework听created and released
听2008The Urban Aboriginal Pilot Project (UAEPP) begins - 3 Urban Boards: Simcoe, Lakehead, Toronto
听2008The Aboriginal Education Centre is formed
听2010Decolonizing Our Schools: Aboriginal Education in the 污污漫画, Dr. Susan Dion Report on Urban Aboriginal Education Pilot Project (UAEPP) in the 污污漫画 Document, evaluate and provide analysis of the UAEPP in service of understanding how to accomplish an education worthy of our children and our ancestors in a large, diverse urban context.
听2013Expressions of First Nations, M茅tis, and Inuit Cultures course offered (NAC10)
听2014Elders Council is formed
听2018Focus on the Seven Canopies established听(student voice, professional learning, curriculum development, community engagement, partnerships, research, and innovation, governance and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission)
听2018The Aboriginal Education Centre is renamed: The Urban Indigenous Education Centre is launched
听2019Aanse: Indigenous Student Well-Being and Learning Strategy begins听as a continuation of the five-year provincial inquiry on Indigenous education
听2022Board Motion听and resolution to embed the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action (TRC) and the United Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) in all policies, procedures and governance structures
听2022Biidaaban - Truth and Reconciliation Project begins
听2023A Board Motion to implement Understanding Contemporary First Nations, M茅tis, and Inuit Voices course (NBE3), which rolls out across the system in all secondary schools as a mandated grade 11 English course in summer
听2023-24TRC and UNDRIP embedded as guiding and foundational principles and a pillar of听the Multi-Year Strategic Plan
听2024-25Roll-out of the Indigenous Summer Leadership Program