Indigenous Education K-12

The First Nations, Métis & Inuit Education Association of Ontario is a subject association for First Nations, Métis and Inuit education in Ontario, Canada. "We support and help all educators understand issues related to First Nation, Métis and Inuit Peoples in Canada as well as offer strategies for teaching this content to all learners". Current Lakehead University students, staff and faculty can access the "Members Only" area of this site. Please send an email to edlib@lakeheadu.ca for login details.

Established in 1992, the First Nations Education Steering Committee works to advance quality education for all First Nations students in British Columbia and to support communities in their efforts to improve the success of First Nations students.

Mission: The First Nations Schools Association will collaborate with First Nation schools to create nurturing environments that develop learners’ pride and competence in their First Nations language and heritage and will equip them to realize their full potential, within self-governing First Nations communities.

Kwayaciiwin Education Resource Centre is a respected First Nation community-driven, sustainable Centre of Excellence. We provide comprehensive support to schools to promote bilingual, bicultural student success.

Better education is necessary to ensure that Indigenous children and youth in Canada have the chance to succeed. That’s why the Martin Family Initiative (MFI) is committed to improving not only K-12 education for Indigenous children, but also the wider determinants that influence their educational outcomes, including health and well being. To achieve this, we are proud to work in partnership with Indigenous leaders, educators, governments, other foundations, and private sector partners.

The Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO)’s Statement of Prime Purpose states that as one of its key objectives that the MNO is, “to encourage academic and skills development and to enable citizens of the Métis Nation to attain their educational aspirations.” In pursuit of this goal, the MNO began offering training initiatives in 1996 with funding from the Métis Human Resource Development Agreement. Over the last two decades the MNO has built an comprehensive infrastructure to deliver employment and training opportunities to qualified Métis candidates

The National Centre for Collaboration in Indigenous Education (NCCIE) is hosted by First Nations University of Canada, which has a 40-year history of being indigenous-owned, operated, and controlled. The Centre is grounded in principles of respect, reciprocity, and relationship, which are understood in Indigenous ways and honoured according to indigenous protocols and customs.

The Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Education Unit assists in advocacy for adequate and sustainable funding for high quality education programs and services by the Government of Canada and delivered by NAN First Nations and First Nations organizations.

The Education Unit carries out the direction of the NAN Chiefs-in-Assembly and is mandated to work with the NAN Chiefs Committee on Education and the NAN Education Committee.

NNEC is a First Nations, band-empowered, non-profit educational organization under the direction of the Sioux Lookout District Chiefs. NNEC delivers secondary and post secondary education programs and services for First Nations people through the Pelican Falls First Nations High School and Centre, Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School, and Wahsa Distance Education Centre. NNEC also hosts post-secondary programs and has offices in Lac Seul, Sioux Lookout and Thunder Bay.

Ontario's Indigenous Education Strategy is supporting First Nation, Métis and Inuit students to achieve their full potential. The Ministry of Education is committed to improving Indigenous education in Ontario, improving student achievement and well-being, and closing the achievement gap between Indigenous students and all students.