First Nations Holistic Lifelong Learning Model

First Nations Holistic Lifelong Learning Model

Through discussions with First Nations education professionals, researchers, and community experts, the Aboriginal Learning Knowledge Center, a branch of the Canadian Council on Learning, presents a framework for assessing the success of lifelong learning using a First Nations holistic model. This model honours the First Nations view that learning is an organic and reflective process that emphasizes the cyclical interconnectedness of life and the importance of sustaining it, while acknowledging and incorporating the presence of Western knowledge. It connects opportunities for lifelong learning to individual well-being and collective well-being that is further nurtured by mentors within the community.