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The opinions and conclusions expressed in the document, however, are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Aboriginal Learning Knowledge Centre members. [...] Aboriginal professionals and practitioners believe that the high rates of withdrawal from K-12 and advanced education and training and low levels of professional retention may be arrested through the guidance of Elders and Old People, traditional teachers, and supportive allies concerned not only with the recruitment and retention of Aboriginal professionals but also with the revision of supposed [...] Animation Theme Bundle 5 on Pedagogy of Professions and Practice and Aboriginal peoples (APOPP) is the first knowledge exchange project of this scale and scope in Canada to look at the current aspirations and perceptions of Aboriginal professionals and practitioners in self-regulated professions—that is professions governed in part by the Crown and in part by organizations given self-regulatory po [...] It seeks to study the serious challenges facing the professions and the institutions and organizations responsible for training, licensing, and regulating practice and provide guidance on what we consider to be the next steps toward attaining a critical mass of Aboriginal professionals and practitioners whose beliefs and values are naturalized into the pedagogy and curricula of those who train the [...] APOPP has focused on five related areas: (1) the documentation, identification, and examination of current initiatives and programs; (2) the recognition of the forces behind the initiatives and programs; (2) the definition of new approaches to the training of Aboriginal students and sharing accomplishments; (3) the nourishment of ties between the academy and the professions in hopes of successfull