Seven Generations Education Institute

Seven Generations Education Institute

Motto	Join us and explore how education and culture has been combined to create a holistic approach to your education
Type	Aboriginal-owned and controlled post-secondary institution.
Established	1985 as Rainy Lake Ojibway Education Authority
President	Brent Tookenay
Students	degree programs, apprenticeships, certificate programs and diploma programs
Undergraduates	university, and continuing education students
Location	1455 Idylwild Drive Nanicost Complex Fort Frances, ON, Ontario, Canada
Affiliations	Indian & Northern Affairs Canada, and the Ontario Ministry of Education,
Website	7generations.org

Seven Generations Education Institute (SGEI) is an Aboriginal-owned and controlled post-secondary institution co-founded by the ten bands in the Rainy Lake Tribal area in 1985. The ten bands are: Big Grassy, Big Island, Couchiching, Lac La Croix, Naicatchewenin, Nigigoonsiminikaaning, Ojibways of Onigaming, Rainy River, Seine River and Mitaanjigamiing. Each of the ten bands appointed one member to a Board of Directors of Seven Generations Education Institute, which functions with the leadership of the Executive Director.

Aboriginal institutes partner with colleges and universities to offer students degree programs, apprenticeships, certificate programs and diploma programs. SGEI was founded to provide greater access to post-secondary education for Aboriginal peoples. SGEI delivers post-secondary programs approved by the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities. The educational curriculum was adapted to meet the needs of Aboriginal learners to ensure it reflects community needs, cultural heritage and identity. SGEI is a strong advocate of lifelong learning - evident in its initiatives to raise Aboriginal student entry into post-secondary education through educational programs offered at the elementary and secondary level.

Campus

Anishinabe

Fort Frances Main Campus is 1455 Idylwild Drive Nanicost Complex P.O. Box 297 Fort Frances, ON P9A 3M6. The Thunder Bay Office is 409 George St., Main Floor Thunder Bay, ON P7E 5Y9. The Kenora Office is 240 Veteran's Drive Kenora, ON P9N 3X7.

History

The Rainy Lake Ojibway Education Authority was founded in 1985; Its initial role was one of an advisory capacity since college and university programs were offered through agreements with public colleges and universities. The Rainy Lake Ojibway Education Authority officially changed its name to Seven Generations Education Institute (SGEI) effective July 1, 1999.

The institute name Seven Generations refers to the Great Law of Peace of the Iroquois - "In every deliberation, we must consider the impact on the seventh generation... even if it requires having skin as thick as the bark of a pine." “The Constitution of the Iroquois Nations: The Great Binding Law.”

SGEI provides educational instruction at the secondary, post-secondary and vocational levels.Students consist of adults seeking skill training and adult returnees who wish to gain knowledge in specific course content or a secondary school graduation diploma in preparation for Post-Secondary Education.

Mission

Seven Generations Education Institute mission is

to provide excellence in lifelong learning and empowerment through Anishinaabemowin,
to provide community-based and student centered learning opportunities for Anishinaabeg.
to offer programs and courses of study which promote individual and collective economic and social well-being
to serve as a centre of excellence for indigenous community- based learning.

Partnerships

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SGEI offers programs and courses of study in partnership with all levels of government; commissions; industries; commerce and other education and training institutions.

As of 2013, the Seven Generations Education Institute has partnered with the Rainy River District School Board, the Ministry of Education, and local First Nations’ communities in development of new technologies and programs for revitalization of the Ojibwe language. ^[1]

Programs offered

University

Aboriginal Teacher Education Program
Honours Bachelor of Social Work
Bachelor of Arts (University Degree Program)
Master of Social Work 2013

College

Andaa Wiinjigewin
Culinary Skills - Chef Certificate
Indigenous Wellness and Addictions Certificate/Diploma Program
Personal Support Worker

Continuing Education

Indigenous Preparatory Studies

Scholarships & Bursaries

The Government of Canada sponsors an Aboriginal Bursaries Search Tool that lists over 680 scholarships, bursaries, and other incentives offered by governments, universities, and industry to support Aboriginal post-secondary participation. SGEI scholarships for Aboriginal, First Nations and Métis students include: Sandra Kakeeway Memorial Bursary; Biskaabiyang Bursaries ^[2]

References

↑ Latter, Heather (2013-04-10). "Native language initiatives enhanced". Fort Frances Times Online. Retrieved 2013-04-14.
↑ Aboriginal Bursaries Search Tool

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Post-secondary education in Ontario

Degree-granting institutions

Public Universities^[1]	Algoma Brock Carleton Dominican Guelph Lakehead Laurentian Laurier McMaster Nipissing OCADU Ottawa Queen's RMC Ryerson Toronto Trent UOIT Waterloo Western Windsor York

Private Universities^[2]	Baptist Bible College Canada Canada Christian Canadian Reformed Seminary Emmanuel FaithWay Baptist Great Lakes Bible College Heritage Baptist Institute for Advanced Judaic Studies ICS Maimonides Master's Redeemer St. Philip's Talpiot College Toronto Baptist Tyndale Yeshivas Ner Yisroel of Toronto

All above institutions are either established through an Act of the Legislative Assembly or through a Royal Charter

Degree Programs Offered^{under Ministerial Consent}	Adler School of Professional Psychology CMCC RCC

Affiliated Colleges	Assumption Brescia Canterbury Conrad Grebel Huron Iona King's Renison St. Jerome's St. Paul's

Community colleges

Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology	Algonquin^† Boréal Cambrian^† Canadore Centennial^† Confederation^† Durham Fanshawe^† Fleming^† George Brown^† La Cité^† Lambton^† Loyalist^† Mohawk^† Niagara^† Northern St. Clair^† St. Lawrence^† Sault Seneca^†

Institutes of Technology and Advanced Learning	Conestoga^† Humber^† Sheridan^†

Institutes of Advanced Studies	Georgian^†

^†Degree programs offered

Other recognized institutions

Specialist institutions	Michener

Affiliated Colleges	Assumption Brescia Canterbury Conrad Grebel Huron Huntington Iona King's PIMS Renison St. Jerome's St. Paul's Thorneloe

Aboriginal institutes

Anishinabek First Nations Kenjgewin Teg Iohahi:io Akwesasne Negahneewin Ogwehoweh Oshki-Pimache-O-Win Seven Generations Shingwauk Kinoomaage Gamig Six Nations Polytechnic

North American Tribal Colleges and Universities

Canada

Alberta	Blue Quills First Nations College Maskwacis Cultural College Old Sun Community College Red Crow Community College Yellowhead Tribal College

British Columbia	Native Education Centre Nicola Valley Institute of Technology

Manitoba	Yellowquill College

Nunavut	Akitsiraq Law School Nunavut Arctic College

Ontario	Anishinabek Education Institute First Nations Technical Institute Kenjgewin Teg Educational Institute Iohahi:io Akwesasne Adult Education Centre Negahneewin College Ogwehoweh Skills and Trades Training Centre Oshki-Pimache-O-Win Education & Training Institute Seven Generations Education Institute Shingwauk Kinoomaage Gamig Six Nations Polytechnic

Saskatchewan	First Nations University of Canada

United States

Alaska	Iḷisaġvik College

Arizona	Diné College Tohono O'odham Community College

California	D–Q University

Kansas	Haskell Indian Nations University

Michigan	Bay Mills Community College Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College

Minnesota	Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College Leech Lake Tribal College Mille Lacs Tribal College Red Lake Nation College White Earth Tribal and Community College

Montana	Aaniiih Nakoda College Blackfeet Community College Chief Dull Knife College Fort Peck Community College Little Big Horn College Salish Kootenai College Stone Child College

Nebraska	Little Priest Tribal College Nebraska Indian Community College

New Mexico	Institute of American Indian Arts Navajo Technical University Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute

North Dakota	Cankdeska Cikana Community College Fort Berthold Community College Sitting Bull College Turtle Mountain Community College United Tribes Technical College

Oklahoma	Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribal College College of the Muscogee Nation Comanche Nation College Pawnee Nation College

South Dakota	Oglala Lakota College Sinte Gleska University Sisseton Wahpeton College

Washington	Northwest Indian College

Wisconsin	College of Menominee Nation Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College

Wyoming	Wind River Tribal College

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