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Indigenous Education
Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education, Australia: concern has been expressed about the lack of consultation over proposed changes to BIITE. A Facebook group is asking people to act urgently and write to Hon Julia Gillard Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. A draft letter has been placed on the site. You can also download a copy of the letter sent from RNLD's Board and Directors.
An online petition has been set up in coordination with a range of other activities to support the First Nations University of Canada (FNUC) in Regina, which is threatened with closure. On June 2, the Canadian Government announced that it would continue to fund the FNUC until 31 March 2011.
Australia's Indigenous Education Action Plan 2010-2014 Consultation. The Ministers for Education, Early Childhood Development and Youth Affairs are calling for submissions on a draft national Indigenous education action plan that is designed to improve educational outcomes for Indigenous students. The public consultation process on the draft Indigenous Education Action Plan closes on 28 February 2010. The draft plan can be downloaded from the site.
Language policies
Australia's National Indigenous Languages Policy 2009
Bilingual Education
AuSIL (formerly SIL) Advocates for Indigenous Languages in Education in the Northern Territory, Australia
Senator Trish Crossin (Senator, Northern Territory, Australia) Matters Of Public Interest: Bilingual Education - Speech 28 October 2009
Supporters of Bilingual Education in the Northern Territory, Australia Facebook group
Lobbying
Support Siraya, a low-land, Austronesian language of Taiwan lobbying for official status