Election may scuttle education plans: Duncan
Federal politicians are back on Parliament Hill after a long Christmas break and a new face is now handling the Indian Affairs file for the government.
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School Funding Cuts
Cullen Crozier, aptn National News A successful alternative school program in the town of Fort…
FNUC: LESSON LEARNED? PART 1
The First Nations University of Canada came perilously close to closing. What went wrong? Has it been fixed? What will the future bring? APTN Investigates the state of higher education today and tomorrow at Canada’s First Nations University.
FNUC: LESSON LEARNED? PART 2
The First Nations University of Canada came perilously close to closing. What went wrong? Has…
Harper agrees to meeting with First Nations leaders
Prime Minister Stephen Harper says he is interested in a formal meeting with First Nations leaders and has asked his office to engage in discussions with the country’s main First Nations organization on a wide-ranging reform package to overhaul governance and economic development.
Ottawa continues to fail First Nations: Auditor General
Canada’s auditor general called for major changes to the relationship between First Nations, Ottawa and provincial governments to break the persistent and growing gap between quality of life on reserves and the rest of the country.
Govt, AFN launch panel to study education
A blue ribbon panel is expected to soon begin studying ways to improve on-reserve education with a report and recommendations on their findings expected sometime in the middle of 2011, Indian Affairs Minister John Duncan said Thursday.
‘We’ll shut this darn country down’
Ontario First Nations believe the Conservative government is ignoring their voices on First Nations education and they are warning of a nation-wide shut-down unless things change.
Anishinabe plan Ontario highway slowdown, brief blockade over education
Anishinabe leaders in Ontario are planning a traffic slowdown and a brief highway blockade for Monday to remind the federal government First Nations communities need to be consulted on any planned reforms to First Nations education, says Garden River band Coun. Darrell Boissoneau.