The main purpose of the AAEDIRP is to improve the knowledge base concerning Atlantic Aboriginal economic development in order to improve the lives of the Aboriginal people in the region. [...] The four primary objectives of this project were: To understand the education and employment experiences of Aboriginal people who had completed post-secondary education (PSE) in the past five years, and to identify any barriers or challenges they experienced in moving into careers of their choice and interest related to their field(s) of study. [...] The study begins with an examination of the national and Atlantic region Aboriginal PSE and labour force policy literature and sets the policy and socio-economic background context for the study. [...] Challenges and Barriers for PSE and Employment Identified in the Policy Literature Findings in the current literature stress that the impact of residential schools and colonization has created many social and cultural challenges for Aboriginal children and youth being schooled in Canada. [...] In terms of the improving the numbers of Aboriginal people in the labour force, Canadian economic prosperity and well-being is related to supporting better Aboriginal post-secondary and labour force results.