Mod #1 Post #5 Call to Action #10

Under the education section in the 94 Calls to Action, #10 states:

We call on the federal government to draft new
Aboriginal education legislation with the full
participation and informed consent of Aboriginal
peoples. The new legislation would include a
commitment to sufficient funding and would
incorporate the following principles:
i. Providing sufficient funding to close identified
educational achievement gaps within one
generation.
ii. Improving education attainment levels and success
rates.
iii. Developing culturally appropriate curricula.
iv. Protecting the right to Aboriginal languages,
including the teaching of Aboriginal languages as
credit courses.
v. Enabling parental and community responsibility,
control, and accountability, similar to what parents
enjoy in public school systems.
vi. Enabling parents to fully participate in the education
of their children.
vii. Respecting and honouring Treaty relationships.

What the government website says is happening…

Based on the policy proposal for transforming the Government of Canada’s support for First Nations elementary and secondary education that was co-developed with First Nations, Indigenous Services Canada has established a new policy framework for First Nations elementary and secondary education.

I’m not sure what the policy framework is, because it was not linked to the government site.  But suffice to say that I will be inquiring and investigating more about it and to see if it supports this call to action.