Good education will help develop the leaders of tomorrow. Chignecto has experience in all levels of schooling including early learning (ages 0-6), K-12, and post-secondary. To that end, we provide the following services:

• K-12 School evaluations
• Strategic planning
• Education policy analysis and planning
• Capital plan development
• Education research and report writing
• Education negotiation support and technical advice
• Education planning
• Education jurisdiction implementation

Examples of our work include:

Sharing Our Success – Best Practices in Aboriginal schooling. Chignecto undertook two of the ten case studies to identify best practices among schools with a high proportion of Aboriginal students on behalf of the Society for the Advancement of Excellence in Education. (2006)

Pan Canadian Working Inventory of Post-Secondary Initiatives targeted to Aboriginal students for the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada. (2006)

Assembly of First Nations/Indian and Northern Affairs Canada Joint Committee on PSE – Evaluation of the Indian Studies Support Program. In partnership with Katenies Research and Management Services, Chignecto undertook an evaluation of the Indian Studies Support Program, particularly considering the role that Indigenous Institutes of Higher Learning play in progress in Aboriginal post-secondary education. (2006)

Comparison of Federal and Provincial Funding Formulae Applied to First Nations Schools; Atlantic Region. Submitted to INAC. (2004)

Mi’kmaw Kina’matnewey Capital Plan & Strategy. This was an analysis of capital needs and funding for member communities and adoption of an overall plan. (2001)

Mi’kmaw Kina’matnewey Strategic Planning Project. Strategic Plans for all nine MK member communities and a complementary MK Organization Plan. (2000)