Lakehead to launch Aboriginal HBEd

As of January 2008, Lakehead University 's Faculty of Education will offer a four-year Honours Bachelor of Education in Aboriginal Education.  The program will be the first program of its kind offered by an Ontario university, to focus on Aboriginal education and pedagogy. Graduates will have an understanding of culturally appropriate education grown out of Aboriginal philosophies, as well as an understanding of the needs of Aboriginal learners at the primary/junior level.  Lakehead University News Release