Outreach Education
Completed Custom Programming Projects
Indigenous Partnership Development Program (2014-2019)
Executive Education at the ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ School of Business and the Faculty of Native Studies offered the Indigenous Partnership Development Program from 2014-2019 through a sponsorship from Stantec. This program helped non-Indigenous business and public sector employees to work more effectively alongside Indigenous communities with greater understanding. Through each learning experience, participants were provided with a forum for Indigenous and non-Indigenous leaders to discuss key issues and engage in dialogue about the way forward.
This program strengthened coalitions within ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ and beyond by creating a space where all parties could hear each other, and establish a shared knowledge of history and vision for the future.
Ministry of Education, Government of ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ (2019)
Faculty of Native Studies professors Shalene Jobin, James Dempsey, Frank Tough and Matthew Wildcat delivered 3 half day sessions about the academic perspectives on treaties. Presentations covered the following topics: a primer on Indigenous peoples in ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥, a history of numbered treaties in Canada, the settle period, social, political and economic implications, a contemporary example (the Maskwacîs Education Schools Commission), and the meaning of these treaties (with a particular emphasis on Treaty 6, 7 and 8).
ICD Forum on Understanding Aboriginal Governance (2018)
Training on Indigenous governance, past to present, and wise practices.
Indigenous Relations, Government of ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ (2017)
Facilitated discussion sessions with Indigenous scholars about Indigenous awareness training (IAT). Provided Indigenous Relations with an IAT framework for learning and a summary report.
AltaLink Executive Training (2017)
Delivered 4 half day sessions to leaders about Indigenous peoples (past and present), youth engagement, policy development, the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and facilitated applied learning projects.