INCORPORATING ABORIGINAL CONTENT INTO PUBLIC EDUCATION: ONE WAY TO IMPROVE RELATIONS BETWEEN ABORIGINALS AND SETTLERS, OLD AND NEW, IN CANADA.

In the past decades, a number of inclusive educational programs aimed at incorporating Aboriginal cultural content and perspectives have been established in some provinces in Canada. This inclusive model has proved beneficial for mutual understanding and better relations between Aboriginals and settlers, old and new. This paper will first define and describe some of these programs and make a comment on what considerations should be taken into account to ensure that these inclusive programs best serve the needs of Aboriginal students as well as non-Aboriginal students. It is hoped that this inclusive model of education can be applied by other ethnic groups to help them address their own educational, cultural, and diversity issues. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]