According to the Levin article, curriculum is dealt with strongly through government control and sanctions. Levin talks about government being pulled in all different directions from the people. “polititians are constantly bombarded with requests or demands to do things, stop doing things, increase funding, decrease funding, pass legislation, repeal other legislation, and so on.” (Levin, p.11). These pulls in many directions, as well as re-elections as a pressure point, result “that important decisions are often made very quickly with quite limited information and discussion.” (Levin, p.12) Levin states that government involvement in curriculum comes into play in two major areas. The first being which subjects and classes should be included in school curriculum, and the second being the actual content of each subject. Government decisions handle those two major matters, as well as how many days the kids should be in school, how many subjects they cover, and then the public’s opinion about how many hours should be in a school day, after they have requested more subjects to be covered. There is constant pull in all directions which surprised me, though I don’t feel it should have. I guess I have not given it a tone of thought as to all the pull in direction of what is being taught in school or how often the kids should be in school. In my opinion, the school system works well, and I feel I received a well- rounded education. on page 15 of the Levin article, there is a statement about the issues of school have “an important element of the politics around education is that everyone has gone to school, so just about everyone has a feeling of being knowledgeable and a personal response to educational issues.” (Levin, p. 15) and how this is different than issue in the Medical field or other areas. Which got me thinking about how I had a positive educational experience, but the same could not be said for every other person across the country. I think it is important for Governments, at a more local level, to have more voices heard, and be able to carry them up.

After reading the Treaty Document, the connection I made is that the government has acknowledged it’s Treaty documents that were made years ago and is trying to educate the country on the importance of document signed that bonds the people of this nation to the promises made. Acknowledgement is huge, and the fact that the government has stood up and made it so that the past and true history are not being hidden or skirted over is very important. I imagine there would be backlash from people who do not have the knowledge or education behind the importance of Treaty Education and connecting the people of Canad through truth and acknowledgement. Some other tensions that could have risen, are if Indigenous voices and perspectives were not included in the reform of Treaty Education in Canada.