Queen’s mandates B.Ed. students to take Aboriginal course

Starting in 2016, all
bachelor of education students at Queen’s University will be taking a mandatory
course on Aboriginal education, history and culture. Educators say the course
will help future teachers support Indigenous students while creating a
welcoming, inclusive learning environment. “If we have teachers in elementary
and secondary schools who don’t have enough awareness of Indigenous issues,
Indigenous intellectual tradition, and culture, then they’re not going to be
able to appropriately enact (Aboriginal education) strategies,” said Lindsay
Morcom, coordinator of the Aboriginal Teacher Education Program at Queen’s.