5. British Columbia
Aboriginal Child Care Society
They use culture and language at the heart of their approach to integrate these four pillars to
strengthen and generate innovation to increase knowledge and to support change in practice
- Research
-Resource Centre
-Education and Training
-Services
6. Research
Multi- age Grouping
Inclusion of Elders
Use of Traditional Food or Food from the land
7. Resources, Education and Training
Library
Advisors
Moe the Mouse
Cultural Resource Kit
Conferences and Upskilling
8. 6 components of Aboriginal Headstart
Culture and Language
Education and School Readiness
Health Promotion
Nutrition
Social Support
Parent and Family Involvement
37. Touchstones of Hope
Truth Telling
The process of listening and sharing, regarding the past;
Acknowledging
Affirming and learning from the past and embracing new possibilities for the future;
Restoring
Addressing the problems of the past and creating a better path for the future, and;
Relating
Having recognized that Indigenous peoples are in the best position to make decisions about
Indigenous children
44. Changes
Culture and Language
Literacy and Numeracy
Health Promotion/Nutrition
Social Support
Parent and Family Involvement
Family grouping
Inclusion of Elders
Encouraging traditional foods/ food from the
land
Seeds of Empathy
Community Liaison workers or cultural
workers
Touchstones of Hope to guide reconciliation