No – not as a formal group. Conference and reunion held infrequently. Q:
How do you sustain these good ideas? Energy is needed to proceed with activities. Reached the limit of our own capacity – “need more resources to get more resources”
Q:
Primarily elementary programs – how to include secondary level? Aboriginal education – foundations course, but some methods course.
Comment: Remote community, fewer resources. What is “doable’ away from university sites? In Nunavut courses are 3 weeks at a time. Difficult to accomplish with small children.
Language reclamation difficult – elementary focus allows for this specialization – language preservation.
What is not funded properly, cannot be sustained. Colonization – frustrating, but there are tremendous gains. Teaching booklet – TEPs in BC Suggestion: A national TEP magazine – responsible for 2 pages of content. Raise awareness, recruitment enhanced for all programs. Why can’t we do this? Enough to distribute to all TEPs. CMAC – walk the talk. More access to international indigenous scholars. (Valued by students & faculty. Challenged to think on more global level).
98 | P A G E