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Mickey Vallee; Mary Weasel Fat; Samantha Fox – Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, 2024
On October 20, 2023, Red Crow Community College ("Mikaisto") board of governors, elders, staff, and students made their grand entry into their long-awaited new campus. This marked a new era for adult education on the Kainai First Nation Blood Tribe, in Stand Off, Alberta, Canada. The college's former campus was located at St. Mary's…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Tribally Controlled Education, Minority Serving Institutions, Canada Natives
British Columbia Ministry of Education, 2017
The Ministry of Educations's goals are to help government achieve the following three commitments to British Columbians: (1) Make life more affordable. British Columbians are counting on government to make their lives easier by containing costs and service fees; (2) Deliver the services that people count on. Government services touch the lives of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Change, Educational Finance
British Columbia Ministry of Education, 2019
This service plan outlines how the Ministry of Education (British Columbia) will support the government's priorities, including selected action items identified in the Minister's Mandate Letter. Over the previous fiscal year, the Ministry of Education made progress on these priorities by: (1) completing the funding model review to inform the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Change, Educational Finance
British Columbia Ministry of Education, 2016
The Ministry of Education (British Columbia) will continue to work towards improving outcomes for every learner in their educational system. Through three goals, it will support government priorities including the BC Jobs Plan, BC's Skills for Jobs Blueprint, #BCTECHStrategy, and Taxpayer Accountability Principles, while strengthening the K-12…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Change, Individualized Instruction
Williams, Robert B. – Online Submission, 2019
Data and information are shared about: (1) First Nations educational infrastructure--new schools, repairs and renovations of schools, project planning, teachers' residences, and operational and maintenance funds. (2) The monitoring of primary and secondary education on reserves. (3) Challenges of schools located in remote areas and with fewer than…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Canada Natives, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education
British Columbia Teachers' Federation, 2014
The British Columbia Teachers' Federation and a number of its locals annually present to the Select Standing Committee. They do so because they think it is important to inform the committee and the public about the difference between the education funding decisions made by government and the reality of the needs in the schools. In reading through…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Finance, Financial Support, Elementary Secondary Education
British Columbia Ministry of Education, 2015
The performance measures included in the 2014/15-2016/17 Service Plan have been reviewed, resulting in the replacement of some measures and the introduction of new measures to more accurately reflect the Ministry's mandate and strategic directions. These changes are discussed in relation to each relevant performance measure. In keeping with the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Change, Individualized Instruction
British Columbia Ministry of Education, 2014
The Service Plan outlines the work the Ministry of Education will continue to undertake to modernize education in British Columbia (B.C.) and achieve its vision. The Ministry's work on that transformation focuses on two broad priority areas: (1) Transforming how they support and enable better learning outcomes for B.C. children; and (2)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Change, Individualized Instruction
Lewington, Jennifer – Education Canada, 2012
School districts in Canada are part of a growing international movement that puts strong emphasis on school design to serve the diverse needs and learning styles of students for the 21st century economy. Diverse, purposeful spaces for individual and group activities, "schools within schools," support for cross-disciplinary collaboration…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, School Construction, Educational Facilities Design
Drew, Robert – Educational Facility Planner, 2011
The Samuel Brighouse Elementary School, located in Richmond, BC, a city adjacent to Vancouver on the west coast of Canada, is a five-hundred student elementary school. When completed in September 2011, it will replace an existing older school on the same site. This project was identified early on as an opportunity for the Richmond School Board to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Boards of Education, Stakeholders, Sustainability
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Roberts, Lance W. – Journal of Educational Administration, 2009
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to argue that taking the educational purposes of schools into account is central to understanding the place and importance of facilities to learning outcomes. The paper begins by observing that the research literature connecting facility conditions to student outcomes is mixed. A closer examination of this…
Descriptors: Research Needs, Educational Facilities Improvement, Outcomes of Education, Foreign Countries
Marks, Judy – National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities, 2009
The Educational Facilities Laboratories (EFL), an independent research organization established by the Ford Foundation, opened its doors in 1958 under the direction of Harold B. Gores, a distinguished educator. Its purpose was to help schools and colleges maximize the quality and utility of their facilities, stimulate research, and disseminate…
Descriptors: Educational Facilities Design, School Construction, Organizational Objectives, Organizational Effectiveness
Thibault, Cyrille – PEB Exchange, 2003
Describes two recent vocational education school construction projects in Quebec: a school of forestry and wood technology, and a steelwork training center. (EV)
Descriptors: Educational Facilities Design, Foreign Countries, School Construction, Secondary Education
Brown, Daniel J. – School Business Affairs, 2001
Describes partnership between public and private sectors to build an elementary school in Abbotsford, British Columbia, including the context, the participants, the school, special features of the partnership, the financing, the nature of the relationship, an evaluation by the major partners, and lessons learned and questions raised. Includes five…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Partnerships in Education, Private Sector
Alberta Office of the Ombudsman, Edmonton. – 1984
The Ombudsman for Alberta investigated five allegations raised by the Lubicon Lake Indian Band: (1) that provincial officials had deliberately allowed fires in the Band's traditional area to rage unchecked; (2) that provincial and oil company workers had been instructed to bulldoze deliberately Indian traplines and to scare game out of the area by…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Canada Natives, Federal Indian Relationship, Foreign Countries
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