“The Instructor Development Program is one of the best programs
that I’ve taken,” says Seyed Afshin Manglori, Regional Training Officer with
Passport Canada. “The courses provided by the JIBC are designed so that, at
any level, you will benefit from them. The instructors of the courses played
an important role in bringing out the existing knowledge of the students in
the class. I met and worked with people from varying employment back-
grounds, which also made the courses more interesting”

As Pam White says, “What we believe is that if you're good at conflict
resolution, youre also a good leader. The paradigm for the kind of lead-
ership we teach emphasizes teams and interpersonal skills. It’s based on
values. The people who teach here feel they are really making a difference,
and so do the students.”

his sentiment applies as well to the programs offered by the JIBC’s
Centre for Aboriginal Programs and Services. The culture, issues
and concerns of Aboriginal peoples have always been a part of

Sayed Ayshin Maenalon, the education and training across all Divisions since the mid-1980s.
win Camplelce tae For example, corrections and probation officers started to take courses
instructs? lavelenreani in Aboriginal awareness in 1984 and, year by year, those courses were
ogra, says, “i expanded. In 1990-91, the JIBC hired a First Nations Advisor to provide
Pave brovenn ina feo input on Aboriginal issues for all programs. The impact of this appoint-
nesiive cnenges io the ment was immediate: the Corrections Academy presented a two-day work-
frunlig Corerimart shop for managers on Aboriginal Justice and started offering a one-week
within Pastecet Canada program for Aboriginal prison liaison workers.

Wesiarn Region and Aboriginal Programs and Services at the JIBC are guided by a twelve-
nest of tham “eve bean member Aboriginal Education Advisory Council. Members of the council
iisoved bv tha cavses represent Aboriginal communities through British Columbia and provide
boave vaxer cc JIC, advice and guidance to the JIBC with respect to programs and services for
Each course I’ve ietor Aboriginal learners.

has iie'ped aie 0 2 grevt In 2007, the JIBC introduced new programming in the form of the
extol Vimy eeyto-Cay Aboriginal Leadership Certificate and Diploma programs for leaders and
work: aspiring leaders within and outside of Aboriginal communities. Such lead-

ership positions include executive officers, Aboriginal police, corrections
and probation officers, fire fighters, Aboriginal band council members,
education coordinators and social services administrators. The program,
which includes a work-based practicum, incorporates an awareness of
different Aboriginal cultures as well as the diversity of unique issues and
challenges that Aboriginal communities face in contemporary Canadian
society. The courses include a history of Aboriginal justice, governance
models, wellness and values and ethics.

In 2008, the JIBC undertook an initiative to enhance indigenization
throughout the Institute as part of the JIBC’s strategic direction. Indigeni-
zation, for this purpose, is defined as a process of identifying, prioritizing