03119nam 2200709 450 991078765390332120231206222126.00-88755-444-X10.1515/9780887554445(CKB)2670000000427008(EBL)3288483(SSID)ssj0001150864(PQKBManifestationID)11742108(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001150864(PQKBWorkID)11188829(PQKB)10007884(CEL)446460(OCoLC)860709306(CaBNVSL)slc00233233(Au-PeEL)EBL4828141(CaPaEBR)ebr11368043(CaONFJC)MIL551581(OCoLC)982020642(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/d8jgx6(MiAaPQ)EBC4828141(DE-B1597)664571(DE-B1597)9780887554445(MiAaPQ)EBC3288483(EXLCZ)99267000000042700820170419h20132013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierCreating space my life and work in Indigenous education /Verna J. KirknessWinnipeg, Manitoba :University of Manitoba Press,2013.©20131 online resource (227 p.)0-88755-743-0 Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.My family -- My teaching career -- Working provincially and nationally -- The University of British Columbia -- Retirement -- Leaving Vancouver -- Epilogue : Upon reflection -- Appendix 1 : Awards and honours -- Appendix 2 : Bibliography of selected publications -- Appendix 3 : Archival collections at the University of British Columbia.In the 1980s she became an assistant professor at the University of British Columbia where she was appointed Director of the Native Teacher Education Program, founded the Ts" Kel Graduate Program, and was a driving force behind the creation of the First Nations House of Learning. Honoured by community and country, Kirkness is a visionary who has inspired, and been inspired by, generations of students. Like a long conversation between friends, Creating Space reveals the challenges and misgivings, the burning questions, the successes and failures that have shaped the life of this extraordinary woman and the history of Aboriginal education in Canada."--pub. desc.Indian educatorsCanadaBiographyIndigenous peoplesEducationCanadaHistoryAboriginal.Assembly First Nations.Assembly Manitoba Chiefs.Cree.Indigenous education:policy.Ojibway.Indian educatorsIndigenous peoplesEducationHistory.370.92Kirkness Verna J.1554136MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910787653903321Creating space3815185UNINA