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Creating Space - My Life and Work in Indigenous Education (Hardcover)
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Verna J. Kirkness grew up on the Fisher River Indian reserve in
Manitoba. Her childhood dream to be a teacher set her on a lifelong
journey in education as a teacher, counsellor, consultant, and
professor. Her simple quest to teach ""in a Native way""
revolutionized Canadian education policy and practice. Kirkness
broke new ground at every turn. As the first cross-cultural
consultant for the Manitoba Department of Education Curriculum
Branch she made Cree and Ojibway the languages of instruction in
several Manitoba schools. In the early 1970s she became the first
Education Director for the Manitoba Indian Brotherhood (now the
Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs) and then Education Director for the
National Indian Brotherhood (now the Assembly of First Nations).
She played a pivotal role in developing the education sections of
Wahbung: Our Tomorrows, which transformed Manitoba education, and
the landmark 1972 national policy of Indian Control of Indian
Education. These two major works have shaped First Nations
education in Canada for more than 40 years. In the 1980s she became
an assistant professor at the University of British Columbia where
she was appointed Director of the Native Teacher Education Program,
founded the Ts''Kel Graduate Program, and was a driving force
behind the creation of the First Nations House of Learning.
Honoured by community and country, Kirkness is a visionary who has
inspired, and been inspired by, generations of students. Like a
long conversation between friends, Creating Space reveals the
challenges and misgivings, the burning questions, the successes and
failures that have shaped the life of this extraordinary woman and
the history of Aboriginal education in Canada.
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Imprint: |
University of Manitoba Press
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Country of origin: |
Canada |
Release date: |
September 2019 |
Authors: |
Verna J. Kirkness
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 14mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
224 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-88755-215-1 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Education >
General
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LSN: |
0-88755-215-3 |
Barcode: |
9780887552151 |
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