Aboriginal Students and Canadian Citizenship Education

Résumé

Canada's Aboriginal population represent identities that are divergent from that which can be regarded as Canadian. The implication of this state of affairs is that the development of a shared identity with other Canadians in a collective, democratic community may be difficult. Aboriginal students, who are frequently taught by non-Aboriginal teachers with the use of government-developed curriculum and Eurocentric pedagogical practices, may be caught in a struggle of competing values when involved in citizenship development. The following article is a discussion of Aboriginal education and its relationship with accepted conceptions of Canadian citizenship that are used in contemporary schooling.