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Advancing TRC and UNDRIP at the TDSB
Guided by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)鈥檚 Calls to Action and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), the TDSB continues to strengthen Indigenous student success, educator capacity, and community partnerships through the Urban Indigenous Education Centre (UIEC). In 2024-2025, the UIEC directly supported over 19,000 students, engaged 365+ educators, and coordinated cultural events that reached 1,500 community members.
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Student success, well-being & transitions
Through the Aanse: Indigenous Student Well-Being and Achievement Strategy, eight Focus Schools received wrap-around supports, including Indigenous Social Workers, Learning Coaches, Cultural Instructors, and Graduation Coaches.
Enrollment grew at Kapapamahchakwew (from听43 in 2022-23 to听49 in 2024-25), Native Learning Centre East (from 18 to to 27), and Downtown (from 14 to to 21). Graduation Coaches supported 176 secondary students in 2024-2025, while Indigenous Social Workers supported 80 students and facilitated 19 consultations for site-based staff.
Summer and leadership opportunities expanded as well. The Indigenous Student Summer Leadership Program grew in听participation over two years (from听27 to 39 students), granting 38 co-op credits with attendance rates above 80%. The Nimkii-Kwe Akiing Summer Cultural Leadership Camp engaged 16 students, 7 of whom earned co-op credits, while the Toronto Indigenous Youth Council represented over 13 schools in 2024-2025. Access to Anishinaabemowin learning reached 357 students across 10 schools and a virtual class.
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Curriculum, resources & learning about indigenous histories & perspectives
The UIEC advanced system-wide learning through Aanse and Biidaaban projects, engaging 178 schools and more than 370 administrators and teacher leaders. More than 90% of participants reported increased capacity to support Indigenous student learning and well-being.
Curriculum implementation expanded with the mandatory NBE3 English course, which enabled enrolment to surge听from 2,003 students in 2022-23 to 10,151 in 2023-24, to 9,168 in 2024-25, representing all students taking grade 11 English. Over 331 teachers participated in professional learning inquiries on NBE3, NAC1O, and NAC2O, impacting more than 19,000 students.
In 2024-2025, 207 staff participated in seven multi-session inquiries, covering Land-Based Education, Food Sovereignty, STEAMMD, Confronting Anti-Indigenous Racism, Trauma-Informed Practices, and Two-Spirit and Indigequeer Identities. Additionally, 48 schools engaged in school transformation collaboration, and 170 educators accessed individualized coaching.
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Capacity building & staff development
The UIEC advanced system-wide learning through Aanse and Biidaaban projects, engaging 178 schools and more than 370 administrators and teacher leaders. Over 90% of participants reported increased capacity to support Indigenous student learning and well-being.
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Relationships & engagement
Partnerships with Indigenous organizations nearly doubled in three years, expanding from 32 in 2022 to 50 in 2024, with 58 projected for 2025. Community events engaged more than 1,500 participants, including 1,200 at Powwows, 250 at Winter Solstice celebrations, and 60 at Drum Socials. These gatherings affirmed Indigenous rights to cultural heritage and strengthened school-community relationships.
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Data, policy, self-identification & accountability
The Urban Indigenous Community Advisory Committee continued to guide board policy, with 25-50 members attending monthly meetings. Concurrently, research on leadership in decolonizing education produced a draft competency framework emphasizing humility, relational accountability, and Indigenous sovereignty.