Aboriginal Education : Current Crisis and Future Alternatives

Despite the enormous resources and thought that has been put into improving our educational systems, there has been little success in reducing the gap between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal educational success.

Jerry P. White serves as Associate Dean Policy at the University of Western Ontario and is the Director of the Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium (International). He has written and co-written eleven books on health care and Aboriginal policy. Julie Peters is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Sociology at the University of Western Ontario. She also works as a Research Associate with the Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium (International). Dan Beavon is director of the Research and Analysis Directorate, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada. He has worked in policy research for twenty years and manages an Aboriginal research program that focuses on a variety of issues, including increasing the amount and quality of strategic information available to the policy process. Nicholas Spence holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Western Ontario. He is a member of the Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium (International) and has authored several articles on Aboriginal policy.