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