About Us

Our Mission

Our Children Are Sacred. Our work will strive to protect and enhance that sacredness by providing Aboriginal children and their families with holistic education, supportive social services, and programs of high quality and cultural relevance.

Today

The Society continues to support the School but primarily provides services to the larger community through its wide range of programs.

 

 

History

In 1980, a group of concerned citizens began to look at Indigenous education in the City of Edmonton and discovered that some 80% of Indigenous children did not complete high school. Their solution was to establish a school where Indigenous children felt accepted, culturally comfortable and thus encouraged to remain in school and complete their grade twelve. With the collaboration of the Catholic School Board, the Ben Calf Robe Society school was created.

Our fundamental beliefs reflect those of our namesake, Ben Calf Robe. He was a Blackfoot Elder and residential school survivor, who worked to bridge the gap between the non-Indigenous population and the Indigenous people.

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