Maskwacis Nation signs education agreement for control of schools
The four nations that make up the Maskwacis community in Alberta will soon be given complete control over their school systems.
The four nations that make up the Maskwacis community in Alberta will soon be given complete control over their school systems.
For Indigenous students hoping to attend post-secondary school, it can often mean having to leave their home community along with their family, friends and support systems – but now a mobile classroom is changing that.
For students in the north, being able to get a degree while staying close to home and their own culture is a win-win situation. And the fact that land-based education is becoming more recognized by Canadian universities is a plus.
Indigenous Affairs Minister Jane Philpott addressed chiefs at the AFN SCA Monday saying more will be spent on First Nation child welfare.
Ten communities in Manitoba are celebrating the opening of a First Nations school system that comes with a unique curriculum and thousands of dollars more money per student.
It’s been a long time in the making, but the Grand Council of Treaty 3 is one step closer to taking ownership of its child welfare and related programs.
Pauls heads up the Dusk’a Headstart at the family learning centre for the Kwanlin Dun First Nation in Whitehorse.
Anishinabek First Nations signed a “historic” education self-government agreement Wednesday in Ontario what leaders said wasn’t about politics but the children.