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Donation will grow ATEP in urban setting

November 25, 2015.

 

Newly donated funding to the Aboriginal Teacher Education Program will mean new partnerships in the city of Edmonton.

Last week, the University of Alberta faculty of education received $300,000 from an anonymous donor. That donation came after “a wonderful face-to-face meeting” and a shared passion for education, says Angela Wolfe, associate director for ATEP.

With that new funding, ATEP will hire a recruiter, who will be tasked, in part, with developing urban cohorts.

RISE to push Edmonton for long-term funding commitment for reconciliation

November 23. Two members of RISE will be making a presentation at Edmonton city’s public hearing on the budget today to ask council to consider long term, dedicated funding to move reconciliation forward in the city. The three-year operating budget being considered by council includes $250,000 to implement the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s calls to action that are directed at municipalities, but recommends that an additional request of $558,000 annually does not get funded.