2024 National Indigenous Education Symposium

Colleges and Institutes Canada (CICan) and the Indigenous Institutes Consortium (IIC) are pleased to announce this year’s National Indigenous Education Symposium will take place October 27-29, 2024 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, located in Mi’Kma’ki, the ancestral lands of the Mi’Kmaq people.

Under the theme Indigenous Pathways to Address Canada’s Challenges attendees from across Turtle Island, will explore the role leaders in Indigenous education play in closing skills gaps and responding to the biggest challenges facing our communities and reflect on a unified vision for promoting, protecting, and valuing Indigenous culture, knowledge and history. Over 2.5 days, leaders in education, policy, and industry will share and learn from new and exemplary practices and programs that support the well-being, participation, engagement, and success of Indigenous learners.

In our continued commitment to advance reconciliation, this unique symposium will also provide a forum to launch a review, renew, and remobilization of the CICan Indigenous Education Protocol, now in its it’s 10th year. We will also acknowledge and celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Indigenous Institutes Consortium.