Building the Faculty of Silatursarniq
The vision for an Inuit Nunangat University (INU) is becoming a reality—and at the heart of it is a groundbreaking new Faculty of Education that will centre Inuit ways of knowing and learning. With support from the Rideau Hall Foundation’s Indigenous Teacher Education (ITE) Initiative, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK) is leading the establishment of the […]
The Narwhal and the Toronto Star
Team: Emma McIntosh, Noor Javed, Charlie Pinkerton, Sheila Wang, Brendan Kennedy, Robert Benzie, Jesse McLean, David Bruser, Denise Balkissoon When Ontario’s auditor general presented her report on the Ford government’s Greenbelt scandal, she cited two newsrooms for providing her with significant new and revelatory details. Throughout 2023, the Narwhal and the Toronto Star revealed how […]
The Globe and Mail
Team: Grant Robertson, Robyn Doolittle, Colin Freeze, Joe Friesen, Susan Krashinsky Robertson It is our game, binding the country with pride in its unchallenged images of toughness, finesse, and international glory. Its players achieve mythic status in our pantheon of local heroes. So when TSN revealed that Hockey Canada had quietly settled a lawsuit filed […]
CBC Saskatoon / The Globe and Mail
Last summer, Jason Warick at CBC Saskatoon broke the story that the Catholic church — which had run the majority of the country’s government-funded residential schools — had paid out just a fraction of the $79 million it promised years ago to survivors. Instead, millions had been funnelled from that account to pay the church’s […]
Walking Together
Over the past four years, the Aboriginal Teacher Education Program (ATEP) at the University of Alberta has made bold strides to expand access to teacher education for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis students. Through culturally grounded pathways—like PLAR recognition for Indigenous language speakers, Open Studies routes, and flexible part-time options—ATEP has graduated nearly 150 Indigenous […]
Nothing About Us Without Us
Across the Yukon, the First Nation School Board (FNSB) is reshaping the future of education—led by community, guided by culture, and driven by the belief that Indigenous knowledge belongs at the heart of learning. With support from the Rideau Hall Foundation’s Indigenous Teacher Education (ITE) Initiative, Save the Children Canada and FNSB are partnering with […]
Building a Stronger Future Through Inuktitut Literacy
“Strong literacy skills are the foundation of academic success,” say the educators behind a new initiative led by the Nunavut Bilingual Education Society (NBES) and Inhabit Education (IE). With support from the Rideau Hall Foundation’s Indigenous Teacher Education (ITE) Initiative, NBES and IE are launching the Inuktitut Literacy Sequence (ILS) Resource Package—a landmark project designed […]
ODARA: The Ontario Domestic Assault Risk Assessment
About the Innovation ODARA is the world’s first data-driven tool for assessing the risk of future intimate partner violence based on specific risk factors in domestic incidents. Developed and expanded through a 25-year academic-police partnership, ODARA helps front-line responders and corrections systems to identify the most dangerous cases, enhance safety planning and efficiently allocate resources. […]
National Overdose Response Service – NORS
About the Innovation The NORS program is currently the only national service supporting individuals who use drugs alone. Currently, the opioid crisis is the largest public health crisis facing Canadians, and 70% of individuals who have died, died by using drugs alone. This program has prevented nearly 150 deaths, taken over 16,000 phone calls and […]
Anthony Efthimiadis
M-SCAHN: A Point-of-care Digital Dermoscopy Software System for Rapid Screening of Skin Cancers