Some examples of these types of partnerships include:
Assiniboine Community College
A partnership with the Manitoba Métis Federation for the delivery of Health Care Aide training
front ended by academic upgrading. In addition, Practical Nursing programs in Thompson and
Berens River, front-ended by academic upgrading, and Early Childhood Education programs in
several programs.
University College of the Fraser Valley (UCFV)
UCFV has a partnership with the following First Nations Bands for the delivery of programs:
Sault College
The Native Education and Training Council at Sault College is committed to providing Native
Education at Sault College in order to ensure that the seven generations hereafter of Native
People will have Native culturally appropriate and controlled education available to them.
Membership of the council consists of representatives from the following areas: (a) Indian
Friendship Centre (b) Batchewana First Nation (c) Métis community (d) Garden River First
Nation (e) Michipicoten First Nation (f) Nishnawbe Aski Nation (g) North Shore Tribal Council (h)
Missanabie Cree First Nation (i) Anishnaabek Credit Union (j) Off reserve Native community
member (k) Native Student Association
Aboriginal School Boards
College and institute partnerships with Aboriginal school boards are largely for the purpose of
providing post-secondary education transition programs and support services for students from
the communities served by those school boards. For example:
John Abbott College
John Abbott College in Montreal has two partnerships with Aboriginal school boards:
Camosun College
Camosun College works in partnership with the Saanich Indian School Board on a number of
initiatives including: