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The Urban Indigenous Education Centre at the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) offers a variety of services with the goal of enhancing First Nations, Métis and Inuit students’ well-being and achievement, and creating opportunities for Indigenous Education for all staff and students in the TDSB. This mandate is guided by the Elders Council, the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action.

Who We Are:

The System Superintendent of Indigenous Education, Centrally Assigned Administrators of Indigenous Education, and staff who make up various teams within the Urban Indigenous Education Centre support staff across to the TDBS to put the UIEC mandate into practice. These teams include:

 

A Timeline for the Urban Indigenous Education Centre

  •  1996Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (RCAP). Established by Canadian royal commission - Order in Council on August 26, 1991 - submitted in October 1996
  •  2007First Nations, Metis and Inuit Policy Framework
  •  2008The Urban Aboriginal Pilot Project (UAEPP) begins - 3 Urban Boards: Simcoe, Lakehead, Toronto
  •  2008The Aboriginal Education Centre is formed
  •  2010Decolonizing Our Schools: Aboriginal Education in the TDSB, Dr. Susan Dion Report on Urban Aboriginal Education Pilot Project (UAEPP) in the TDSB Document, evaluate and provide analysis of the UAEPP in service of understanding how to accomplish an education worthy of our children and our ancestors in a large, diverse urban context.
  •  2013NAC10 Course first offered
  •  2014Elders Council is formed
  •  2018Focus on the Seven Canopies established
  •  2018The Aboriginal Education Centre is renamed: The Urban Indigenous Education Centre is launched
  •  2019Aanse: Indigenous Student Well-Being and Learning Strategy begins
  •  2022Board Motion to embed the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action (TRC) and the United Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) in all areas of board processes and practices
  •  2022Biidaaban - Truth and Reconciliation Project begins
  •  2023/24TRC and UNDRIP embedded as a focused pillar in the Multi-Year Strategic Plan