The Indigenous Education Network Presents:

 Strengthening  Aboriginal  Success:    

Aboriginal  Education  and  the  Council  of  Ministers  of  Education,  Canada   Who: Dr. Christy R. Bressette, Council of Minister of Education, Canada Where: OISE Room 2211, 2nd Floor, 252 Bloor Street West When: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.   The Council of Ministers of Education, Canada (CMEC) first declared Aboriginal education to be a priority issue in 2004. This was reaffirmed in 2008 in the CMEC ministerial declaration, Learn Canada 2020. CMEC’s coordinator for Aboriginal Education, Dr. Christy R. Bressette, will share examples of programs, policies, and practices from individual provinces and territories that are helping to eliminate the gap in academic achievement and graduation rates between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal students. She will also review key CMEC-sponsored pan-Canadian activities on Aboriginal education such as the CMEC Summit on Aboriginal Education, the CMEC Technical Workshop on Pan-Canadian Aboriginal Data, and the CMEC Educators’ Forum on Aboriginal Education. Bio: Dr. Christy Rochelle Bressette is an Anishinabe parent, student, teacher, and community member of Kettle and Stony Point First Nation. On June 23, 2008, Christy successfully defended her doctoral dissertation, Understanding Success in Community First Nation Education Through Anishinabe Meno-Bimaadziwin Action Research, making her the first Aboriginal student at the University of Western Ontario to earn a Ph.D. in Educational Studies. She is an active supporter of programs designed to empower Aboriginal youth and increase parental engagement and community participation in education.   OISE is a leader in Aboriginal education and is among the first Canadian faculties of education to prioritize Aboriginal values and educational research following the signing of the Accord on Indigenous Education by the Association of Canadian Deans of Education (ACDE) in June 2010.