Exploring Theme: "Govt. Commitments to Indigenous Education"

NationTalk: The Prince Albert Catholic School Division and Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation (PBCN) are teaming up to support students. The two groups submitted a proposal to the province as part of the Invitational Shared Services Initiative (ISSI) in June and received approval later that month. The ISSI develops partnerships between First Nation education authorities and...

The “Following Their Voices” initiative has been successful in improving First Nations, Métis and Inuit student credit attainment and grad rates at the 34 Saskatchewan schools that are participating in initiative. Since FTV has been put into place in these classrooms, positive outcomes of the initiative include: a 20% increase in credit attainment; and an...