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12 Tuesday June 16 2015 EDUCATION COLLEGE Elder of the Year Award Citizen of the Year Award Paul Currie Volunteer of the Year Award Fort Smith is fortunate to have many people who contribute to the betterment of life in Fort Smith. Please take the time to nominate these wonderful citizens. Nomination deadline June 26 2015 at 1200 noon Nomination forms available from Town Hall or on our website at www.fortsmith.ca Forms can be submitted to townoffortsmithfortsmith.ca The Town of Fort Smith is accepting nominations for BLACKCYANMAGENTAYELLOW 10100 TANSIEdlanetee Hello NATIONAL ABORIGINAL DAY IS JUNE 21ST. SHARE IN THE UNIQUE HERITAGE AND TRADITIONS OF ABORIGINAL CULTURE. LEARN MORE ABOUT EVENTS AT OUR SCHOOLS THAT CELEBRATE AND SHOWCASE ABORIGINAL VALUESCUSTOMS LANGUAGE AND CULTURE WWW.NSD61.CA Follow us on Thank youHaiHaiMasi chok Aurora College signs protocol on indigenous education B y M E AG AN W O H L B E R G Aurora College reaffirmed itscommitmenttoindigenous education last week in front of the most important audi- encetheycouldthinkoftheir future students. The board and president of Aurora College signed on to Colleges and nstitutes Canadas historic ndigenous Education Protocol last Tues- day before this years crop of young delegates participating in the colleges annual Youth Symposium in Fort Smith. We did it in front of youth to make a promise to them that we are going to focus on it and realize that we are re- sponsible and have an obli- gation to ensure that we are meeting these seven prin- ciples said Aurora College president Jane Arychuk. The aspirational document renews the colleges commit- ment to indigenous education based on seven key principles meant to better serve the in- digenous populations that often turn to colleges and in- stitutes for their post-second- ary education and training. Arychuk said those prin- ciples are already priorities of Aurora College but said the protocol will be posted visibly in all three cam- puses in order to share the vision and be accountable for meeting the promises it contains. think it was more for us to take note bring it again to the forefront because we do attempt to make sure that we are taking these principles into consideration when we offer these programs she said. Our whole college has to be indigenous-centered. We serve the people of the Northwest Territories and the original people of the Northwest Territories are Aboriginal so were re uired to offer indigenous-centered holistic services throughout the college she said. Arychuk said the protocol was first brought to the boards attention by Paul An- drew the boards Aboriginal elder representative who felt it was important for the col- lege to sign. The board im- mediately took up the pro- posal recognizing that as a Northern post-secondary institution whose students are primarily indigenous creating an educational en- vironment that supports reflects and is respectful of indigenous peoples is a key priority. We are accountable to our board so we will have to report back to the board on how we are moving some of these areas forward Ary- chuk said. I n d i g e n o u s Ed u c a t i o n P r o t o c o l S e v e n P r i n c i p l e s 1. Commit to making indigenous education a priority. 2. Ensure governance structures rec- ognize and respect indigenous peoples. 3. mplement intellectual and cultural traditions of indigenous peoples through curriculum and learning approaches relevant to learners and communities. 4. Support students and employees to increase understanding and reciprocity among indigenous and non-indigenous peoples. 5. Commit to increasing the number of indigenous employees with ongoing appointments throughout the insti- tution including indigenous senior administrators. 6. Establish indigenous-centered holistic services and learning envi- ronments for learner success. 7. Build relationships and be account- abletoindigenouscommunitiesinsupport ofself-determinationthrougheducation training and applied research. Aurora College b oard of directors chair S ydney O S ulliv an left president Jane Arychuk and E lder representativ e Paul Andrew hold the protocol that will b e displayed at all three campuses. PhotocourtesyofAuroraCollege