The World Indigenous Nations Higher Education Consortium invites papers or articles for the 2011 edition of the WINHEC Journal.

The WINHEC Journal is a publication dedicated to the exploration and advancement of issues related to Indigenous education, research, culture and language central to the lives of WINHEC nations and members.

The 2011 edition will be published and launched, in printed and online form, during the August 2011meeting of WINHEC. The theme of this edition is to be: Indigenous Research: Elders and Knowledgeable Others in Higher Education.

Here is the new WINHEC Journal 2010. If you want a paper copy, please let us know at the Head Office.

WINHEC Journal 2010 Edition
WINHEC Journal 2010 Edition Cover

The WINHEC AGM 2010 starts today. If you want to follow the WINHEC AGM 2010 on the web you just follow this link:

http://sastream.samiskhs.no/winhec.sdp

We will stream the following days and times. All times are local Norwegian time (and that means CET or in other words GMT+2).

• Tuesday 24th August 9:45 am – 5:15 pm

• Wednesday 25th August 8:15 am – 2:00 pm

• Thursday 26th August 8:30 am – 8:45 am, 12:00 pm – 7:00 pm

On National Aboriginal Solidarity Day, June 21st, the Assembly of First Nations released a discussion paper entitled Taking Action for First Nations Post-Secondary Education: Access, Opportunity, and Outcomes.

The paper was prepared by First Nations experts on post secondary education and sets out an ambitious and innovative agenda to strengthen and enhance First Nations education.

The words above are cut from a text published on this site:

http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/June2010/21/c6408.html

The paper can be downloaded from here: www.afn.ca

WINHEC delivered a letter on indigenous higher education to the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, tenth session, during the first week of the forum.
The letter raises important concerns and recommendations regarding indigenous higher education. Read the whole letter here.

Veronica Arbon has asked if we could send a reminder out to our WINHEC members inviting them to contribute to this years Journal. We will do so, and we strongly encourage all of you that have articles, essays or papers in English to send them to the WINHEC Journal editor Veronica Arbon at mail: veronica.arbon(at)deakin.edu.au

The WINHEC Journal of 2010 will focus on Indigenous Research and will have the title of Indigenous Voices Indigenous Research.

4TH INTERNATIONAL INDIGENOUS TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE CONFERENCE, 6-9 JUNE 2010, AUCKLAND, AOTEAROA/NEW ZEALAND

"Kei muri i te awe kapara he tangata ke - behind the tattoed face a stranger stands: Recognising, engaging, understanding difference"

traditionalknowledge2010.ac.nz

The Conference will discuss strategies for generating social, educational, intellectual, and economic opportunities by building relationships that engage, understand, and accommodate difference to overcome the adverse effects resulting from failure to understand sufficiently the differences among indigenous and non-indigenous communities and societies. Target groups for the conference include: academics, emerging researchers, graduate students; community groups/workers/activists; tribal and community elders and leaders; and local and national government representatives. Welcome one and all!

You are invited to submit an abstract for the 6th International Conference on Indigenous Education: Pacific Rim to be held in Cairns, Australia from Saturday, December 18th to Tuesday, 21st December 2010.

The conference will take place at the Pacific International Hotel, The Esplanade, in tropical Cairns. This conference will draw together delegates from the Pacific Rim to present academic papers, poster or cultural displays on issues in Indigenous education. Twenty minutes will be allocated for each presentation.

The deadline for abstracts has been extended to April 30, 2010.

WINHEC Head Office invite all members to propose nominees for the WINHEC Honours according to the proposal guidelines:

Guide to Nominations for WINHEC Honours (pdf)

The four WINHEC Honours are

A) Chiefs of Indigenous Leadership
B) Elders of Indigenous Wisdom
C) Scholars of Indigenous Knowledge
D) Service to Indigenous Education

As we have done every year, we especially encourage the host nation of this year's AGM, Sápmi, to propose nominees.

The proposals (Nomination Form and other documentation) should be sent by e-mail to the head office: winhec@samiskhs.no prior to June 15, 2010.