Welcome to the Promising Practices in Aboriginal Education Website, sponsored by the Martin Aboriginal Education Initiative (MAEI).  MAEI’s guiding vision is to empower Aboriginal students with the knowledge and confidence they need to complete secondary school and to continue their education.

MAEI is currently sponsoring the Aboriginal Youth Entrepreneurship Project, the Accounting Mentoring Project, a Banking Mentorship Project, a Model Schools Project as well as the Promising Practices in Aboriginal Education Website, a web-based Aboriginal education clearinghouse to foster the exchange of promising classroom practices.

This website allows educators, researchers and others to learn from the experiences of others about strategies described elsewhere that have been found to be successful in enhancing learning opportunities and improving educational success for Aboriginal students.

We will regularly update and add new material to the site. Materials posted will be in English and /or French, as they are received from their source. By registering you will receive these updates directly as they are posted.

Please contact us at:info@maei-ieam.ca if you have any relevant research, elementary or secondary classroom practice that you would like to share with others, and/or if you are interested in finding out more information about our initiatives.

From April 16 to 18 in Gatineau Quebec, nearly 175 people gathered for the national summit celebrating winners of the online Changemakers Competition Inspiring Approaches to First Nations, Métis and Inuit Learning—a competition of Ashoka Canada, Aboriginal organizations and several foundations, to solicit innovative projects and ideas to improve First Nations, Métis and Inuit Learning.

Competition winners—30 selected from 266 entries—received a share of $90,000 in prizes and summit attendees heard from featured speakers, including The Right Honourable Paul Martin; Mary Simon, President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami; and Commissioner Wilton Littlechild of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

On the final day of the summit, The Circle on Philanthropy and Aboriginal Peoples in Canada (The Circle) joined Askoha Canada to host a session on “The Path Ahead” and discuss plans for The Circle's Collaborative Circle on Education and Learning.

For more summit highlights, presentations and blog entries, click here.