This theme issue of the Canadian Journal of Native Education (CJNE) is a cooperative editorship among the four co-principal investigators listed above for the BC ACADRE (Aboriginal Capacity and Developmental Re­search Environment), which is sponsored by the UBC Institute for Aboriginal Health/College of Health Disciplines and the First Nations House of Learning. Until now, theme issues of CJNE have not given attention to the relationship between education and health. The journal theme "Indigenous education: Creating and maintaining positive health" provides an opportunity to present research and scholarly articles that bring education and health together in meaningful, transformative ways.