The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) developed 94 Calls for Action (CATS) that must be implemented as an act of restoring justice for the ingenious people. Each CAT is expected to offer a basis of implementation through which the government will institute restorative action. CAT 62 outlines measures to be taken by the government to ensure the indigenous people have access to education from the kindergarten level to post-secondary education. CAT 62 is important to me as a student of early childhood education as it seeks to provide knowledge and awareness of the history and culture of the indigenous community.
The recommendations made by the TRC to the government at all national and federal levels should be acted upon as recommended. The implementation of the CAT 62 seeks to preserve the Aboriginal way of life, including their culture and history, through the allocation and provision of funds in the education sector to obtain the desired results.
Furthermore, CAT 62 requires that the government should provide adequate finances for the education of teachers to include Aboriginal knowledge in their teaching methodologies. According to Martens, such finances will also be critical in enabling the Aboriginal schools to incorporate indigenous knowledge into the pedagogy. The indigenous people will also be represented at the assistant deputy minister level or higher to oversee adequate incorporation of the Aboriginal content in education. CAT 62 is, therefore, relevant to my future professional practice because I will have the knowledge and awareness to implement the significant history of the indigenous people into the teaching space. Moreover, CAT 62 provides the platform upon which I will engage with indigenous children in activities that promote the culture and history of the first nation’s people.