25 Sep Renewing the Accord on Indigenous Education: Listen to the podcast interview

September 25, 2024 | Listen to the podcast interview

In 2010, the Association of Canadian Deans of Education released its Accord on Indigenous Education, a document that responded to legislative and policy shifts supporting Indigenous control of Indigenous education. The Accord articulated a vision that “Indigenous identities, cultures, languages, values, ways of knowing, and knowledge systems will flourish in all Canadian learning setting” (Accord on Indigenous Education, page 9).

While many aspects of the 2010 Accord still resonate, evolving policy directives and emerging sociopolitical movements point toward the need for a revised Accord that better responds to today’s contexts. ACDE is honoured to continue the work of the Accord through a revision of the 2010 document.

The revision work, led by Dr. Jan Hare (UBC) and Dr. Jennifer Tupper (Alberta), aims to disrupt the colonial foundations of education and to create and sustain different ways of thinking about and doing education in Canada. ACDE’s goal is to ensure the integration of Indigenous knowledges into education in order to create more inclusive and equitable environments for all learners.

During this Truth and Reconciliation week, learn more about the renewal of ACDE’s Accord on Indigenous Education by listening to Drs. Hare and Tupper In Conversation with Stephen Hurley.

Listen to the podcast and join the conversation on how Canadian education can be a path to truth and reconciliation.