There is a crisis relevant to the publicly funded education of Aboriginal students in Ontario.
This article, which presents the details of the crisis, analyzes recent policy statements
released by the Ontario Ministry of Education designed to address that crisis. By defining
the nature of this critical juncture, presenting how these policies may be gwidening the
voidh rather than gclosing the gap,h and offering opportunities to respond by improving
the capabilities of teachers to enact those policies in their classrooms, the authors appeal to
school boards, faculty associations, as well as Deans of Education, to act decisively to support
Aboriginal self]determination.