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The Manitoba Collaborative Indigenous Education Blueprint (MCIEB) is an initiative that commits to making excellence in Indigenous education a priority in our province. Our goal is to increase access to education for all Indigenous learners from recruitment to retention and to embed Indigenous knowledge and content within early education and onward into post-secondary levels. We do this through collaborative evaluation, development and implementation of policies, procedures and practices that will advance Indigenous education and reconciliation.

The Blueprint was first signed in 2015 between Manitoba’s six universities, three colleges, and the Manitoba School Boards Association signed the Manitoba Collaborative Indigenous Education Blueprint – an official partnership agreeing to advance 10 commitments informed by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada's Calls to Action. A steering committee was then established to develop an implementation plan. The steering committee is made up of representatives of the educational partners who signed the Blueprint, as well as additional educational institutions, Indigenous organizations, and the government of Manitoba.

On April 14, 2023, Manitoba's six universities, three colleges and the Manitoba School Boards Association gathered to reaffirm their commitment to making Indigenous education a priority in Manitoba.

The Blueprint partners also welcomed three new but long-standing ex-officio members, who became official signatory partners – The Manitoba First Nations Education Resource Centre and the Province of Manitoba Advanced Education and Training and Education and Early Childhood Learning.

For more information, you can contact the Blueprint Manager Denise Tardiff at Denise.Tardiff@umanitoba.ca, or email the Manitoba Collaborative Indigenous Education Blueprint at mcieb@umanitoba.ca.

https://www.mcieb.ca/index.html