1976      Métis Cultural Conference initiated planning for a Métis Educational Institute.

 

1980     The Gabriel Dumont Institute is formed and SUNTEP began operations. The Institute hosts first Annual Cultural Conference.

 

1983       Initiation of federally sponsored preparatory, credit skills training, and university programs.

 

1985      The Napoleon LaFontaine Scholarship Foundation is established.

 

1989      The Institute begins publication of the Journal of Indigenous Studies.

Saskatchewan Justice and the Institute establish the first residential Community Training Residence (CTR) for female offenders in Saskatchewan.

 

1991      Dumont Technical Institute was established as a federated institute of the Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology.

 

1992       Master Agreement between the Institute and Saskatchewan Education providing for the operation of DTI. DTI delivers technical and Adult Basic Education (ABE) programming within all provincial community colleges and SIAST institutions.

 

1993      The Institute signs an Affiliation Agreement with the University of Saskatchewan creating the GDC.

 

1995      A two-year Métis Teacher Associate Certificate Program was developed by the Institute and the University of Saskatchewan.

 

1996      GDC began offering Arts and Science classes.

 

2001      DTI purchases a central administration building in Saskatoon.

 

2002      GDI receives a Saskatchewan Book Award for Ken Carriere's The Bulrush Helps the Pond and Métis Legacy.

 

2003      GDI receives two Saskatchewan Book Awards for Cheryl Troupe's Expressing Our Heritage: Métis Artistic Designs.

 

2003      GDI moves into new centres in Saskatoon and Regina.

 

2003      GDI launches The Virtual Museum of Métis History and Culture

            (www.metismuseum.ca)

2004      GDI Publishing moves into a new centre in Saskatoon.

2005     GDI celebrates 25 years of excellence and achievement.