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A Northern Perspective on Northern University Initiatives Sarah Wright Cardinal ACUNS Banquet October 2010 Purpose To provide: Background on Aurora College & Aurora Research Institute Background on desire for northern university
Sarah Wright Cardinal ACUNS Banquet October 2010
Gwich’in, Sahtu Dene & Metis, Tlicho
Northwest Territory Metis Nation
countries of origin
community learning centres, and a research institute
Services
Apprenticeship & Industrial Training
Programs
School of Education, 105, 14% School of Health, 161, 22% School of Trades, 59, 8% Business Programs, 90, 12% Environemntal Programs, 26, 4% Developmental Studies, 295, 40%
2010 Fall Enrollments
(Full and Part-time Students)
Initiatives 2009-2011:
Traditional Knowledge policy
Who are the stakeholders? Residents of the three territories seeking northern opportunities for university level programming and/or research. Proponents/Interested parties University of the Arctic (UArctic) UArctic Canada Walter Duncan Gordon Foundation Dechinta Institute University North Society Federal Government Three Territorial governments Yukon College, Aurora College & Nunavut Arctic College
universities, colleges, and indigenous
education and research in the North.
Delivered by distance with circumpolar co-hort OR by member institution within program of study
ULapland)
Example: University of the Arctic – Institute for Applied Circumpolar Policy, Considering a Roadmap Forward: The Arctic Marine Shipping Assessment, Workshop Report 2009
not represented at the international organizations
harmonization
cooperative SAR agreements
communicate with – organizations, community leaders and spokespersons.
avoidance and communicating importance of building trust
Aurora Research Institute: A researcher tests the thickness of Arctic ice as part of a study being carried
and 4th year courses by distance and member institution delivery
programs with circumpolar universities
Position of the three Northern colleges:
possibly territorial funding, there is
Studies Centres at each college to host the UArctic BCS, UArctic Mobility Program, create links to our college research institutes, and future graduate programs.
and of itself. This expands university degree offerings and research
relevance.
environment, education, the arts, and public policy research
Towards a University in the North”
an NWT field school, piloted 4 courses in Summer 2010, seeking accreditation
Dechinta: Bush University Centre for Research and Learning is a northern- led initiative to deliver land-based, university credited educational experiences led by northern leaders, experts, elders and professors to engage northern and southern youth in a transformative curricula based
Canada’s North.
a university in Yellowknife
university
need/desire for universities in Nunavut, NWT and Yukon
Aurora College Distributed campus model: Yellowknife campus (top), Inuvik’s Aurora campus (middle) and Fort Smith’s Thebacha campus (bottom). The Challenge: Do not have strong physical presence in the captial city. The Opportunity: A doorstep in almost every community of the NWT.
DFAIT, HRSDC); the Northern Strategy
September 5, 2009: Recognizing importance of research and innovation in building healthy and sustainable northern communities; committed to examining options for development of a Northern university
capacity-building, governance, land claims initiated and self-government roles
2009
government, Education Council established 2008
Board of Governors and Minister, Education Council in process, requires legislative change
is a Deputy Minister
The three Northern Colleges submitted a working paper in February 2010 to the territorial Ministers responsible for education supporting the commitment of the Territorial Premiers and offering a vision for a pan- territorial university anchored in the territorial colleges with a front door in every northern community.
The vision of a pan-territorial university is built on the following principles:
services, and research;
and programs;
Communication Technology;
needs;
affiliations;
The vision of a pan-territorial university honours Northern knowledge and experience by supporting and promoting:
researchers and communities;
recognized across Canada.
research
programming
by northerners
professors and researchers
ACCC Fall 2010 Symposium “Serving Aboriginal Learners in Rural & Remote Communities”
Opportunities:
boardroom
Aurora College degree partnerships
Opportunities:
learning
partner colleges & universities
capability in almost every learning centre
infrastructure project
communities synchronous
5 10 15 20 25 30 35 All Persons All Aboriginals All Non-Aboriginals Percentage Ethnicity
Highest Level of Schooling by Ethnicity (NWT)
Source: NWT Bureau of Statistics, 2004
Less than Grade 9 High School, No Diploma High School Diploma Other Certificate or Diploma University Degree Not Stated
for 7.2 million dollars;
80,000 in Fairbanks; and 20,000 in Juneau;
signed by President Nixon on December 18, 1971;
states history;
claims by transferring titles to twelve Alaska Native regional corporations and over 200 local village corporations.
created for Alaska Natives living outside Alaska
What should it look like? Real or Virtual Linked with existing Colleges or not Networked or single location Physical (one location, or three) Led by one territory, or led by three What role should cultures and languages play? What role should Aboriginal governments play? What would legislation need to look like? Funding How would it be funded?
Aurora College Environmental Sciences Winter Camp