Maskwacis Cultural College

Maskwacis Cultural College
Former names
 Maskwacis Cultural Centre
Motto Start your journey
Type Two-year tribal college
President Doris Wolf
Location P.O. Box 960 Maskwacis T0C 1N0, Alberta
Campus urban/suburban reserve
Website http://www.mccedu.ca

Maskwacis Cultural College (MCC) is a Private Post-Secondary Institution within the Four Nations of Maskwacis, Alberta, Canada. MCC offers programs from basic adult literacy, two-year college diplomas, to university transfer programs.

Mission and vision

Maskwacis Cultural College's philosophy, processes, and functioning are based on the values, wisdom, teachings and beliefs of the Cree culture.

Partnerships

Maskwacis Cultural College is a member of the First Nation & Adult Higher Education Consortium, a non-profit organization in Western Canada, which coordinates the efforts of its members to provide quality adult and higher education, controlled entirely by people of the First Nations.[1]

History

In 1974, the Four Bands of Hobbema established Maskwacis Cultural Centre under the Cultural/Educational Centres Program of Indian Affairs Canada. From 1974 to 1986, the Maskwacis Cultural Centre's mission was to preserve Plains Cree culture and history, to support Cree language development and to provide Post-secondary opportunities to members of the Four Nations by brokering courses from various public institutions.

In 1986, the Board of Governors, with assistance and support of the Chiefs of Samson, Ermineskin, Louis Bull and Montana Bands, sought formal recognition for Maskwachees Cultural Centre as a post-secondary institution. In July 1988, the Legislative Assembly of Alberta passed the Maskwacîs Cultural College Act (Bill PR20), establishing the Maskwachees Cultural College as a Private Post-Secondary Institution in Alberta with authority to grant certification to students at the Certificate and Diploma levels.

In 1987, Maskwacis Cultural College's university courses were recognized as transfer equivalencies to the University of Alberta, the University of Calgary, the University of Lethbridge and Augustana University College. Since then Maskwachees Cultural College's university courses were brokered to Yellowhead Tribal Council in Edmonton and the MCC Early Childhood Development Program was brokered to Lesser Slave Lake Indian Regional Council at Grouard, Alberta.

Programs

Students can complete the first two years of various university degrees at MCC, as well as a variety of upgrading, certificate and diploma programs.

Academics

Students are instructed by professors from affiliated universities and colleges. Some of the academic programs offered at MCC are as follows:

Scholarships and bursaries

The Government of Canada sponsors an Aboriginal Bursaries Search Tool that lists over 680 scholarships, bursaries, and other incentives offered by governments, universities, and industry to support Aboriginal post-secondary participation.[2]

See also

External links

References

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  1. ↑ http://www.fnahec.org/ First Nation & Adult Higher Education Consortium
  2. ↑ Aboriginal Bursaries Search Tool