06/09/2021
In 2018, I remember the day I went searching for the document, “Ontario First Nation, Métis, and Inuit Education Policy Framework,” and was met with an unkindly message. It was a week or so after the Ford government was elected and I was working on an independent study project related to Indigenizing Ontario’s education system. Needless to say, I was frequenting this document and the government website that hosted it, quite a bit, at the time.
A pop up appeared at the top of the government website dedicated to providing updates and resources on Ontario’s commitment to reconciliation with Indigenous peoples. The pop up read: “Page archived. This page is no longer current and is provided for archival and research purposes.”
This meant that the efforts, policy documents, money, and planning that was poured into addressing the legacy of residential schools, closing gaps and removing barriers, and the commitment to reconciliation efforts in Ontario’s curriculum all came to a halt.
Inclusive of this halt was the cancellation of Ontario’s curriculum rewrite that would boost Indigenous content in our education system. In 2016, the Liberal government promised that Ontario's schools would educate all students on the legacy of residential schools and incorporate Indigenous perspectives into the provincial curriculum.
Many, including Selo Inc., are calling on the provincial government to reinstate the curriculum rewrite project immediately.
LINK IN BIO TO SIGN THE PETITION!
Sources:
http://ow.ly/5nz550F6LLW
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-indigenous-education-1.6049104
https://indigenousfoundations.arts.ubc.ca/the_residential_school_system/
https://www.ontario.ca/page/journey-together-ontarios-commitment-reconciliation-indigenous-peoples -9