CMEC Indigenous Education Data Webinar Series - February – April, 2021

The event was an opportunity to learn from the experiences of a broad range of partners, including Indigenous organizations, provincial/territorial ministries and departments of education, Statistics Canada, and school administrators, in using data to improve Indigenous education outcomes and to support the collection of better data to inform evidence-based policy and decision making. [...] The CMEC Secretariat is located in Toronto, which is the traditional territory of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples and is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. [...] Overall, the aim of the event was to identify and highlight the importance of, and ways to create, learning environments that reflect and respect Indigenous ways of knowing and being. [...] Building on the success of the first technical workshop in 2011 The webinar series was informed by the findings of the first CMEC Technical Workshop on Pan- Canadian Aboriginal Data in 2011, which provided the opportunity for technical experts and stakeholders to discuss issues relating to the improvement of pan-Canadian data on Indigenous learners in elementary-secondary education. [...] Disaggregated data inform this conversation on Indigenous student success by exploring big questions related to the barriers and the pathways to completion, school wellness and mental health, the relationship between attendance and suspension, and initiatives that can support Indigenous students’ sense of belonging and safety in school.