The session focuses on the updating of the First Nations, Inuit, Métis Essential Skills (FIMES) Inventory
Project (www.fimesip.ca). We will report on the inventory of innovative Aboriginal Essential Skills
Initiatives across Canada and highlight the 12 Markers of Promising Practices, sharing a self-assessment tool based on the 12 Markers that can be used to develop and strengthen FIMES programming.
Learning Outcomes:
- Current innovative FIMES initiatives: examples and models
- The 12 Markers of Promising Practice in FIMES programming
- Using the 12 Markers to strengthen your FIMES initiatives