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INDIGENOUS EDUCATION PARTNERS
Canadore is proud to partner with Aboriginal Institutes and Aboriginal Nations to offer programs providing opportunities for students to start and complete education credentials in culturally appropriate and safe learning environments, close to home. The two programs highlighted here demonstrate the diversity of choice available to students.
First Peoples’ Aviation Technology – Flight is the only accredited Indigenous post-secondary program of its kind in Canada. The First Nations Technical Institute (FNTI) Aviation Diploma program is offered in partnership with Canadore College. Training includes hands-on ight experience and takes place at the Tyendinaga Aerodome, a one-of-a-kind facility. The facility also includes a gym, hangars, classrooms and a student residence.
Early Childhood Education - Anishinaabemowin Diploma Program is a unique culturally-infused early childhood program and Canadore’s most recent collaboration with Kenjegwen-Teg Education Institute (KTEI) in M’Chigeeng First Nation and with Seven Generations Education Institute in Fort Frances. Designed to address the critically declining rates of Anishinabemowin speakers in Anishinabe communities, the program prepares pro cient Ojibwe language speakers for employment as early childhood educators in Ojibwe immersion settings.
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