Exploring Theme: "Funding for Aboriginal Schools"

Kâpapâmahchakwêw, Wandering Spirt school, part of the Toronto District School Board, celebrates its first graduates. Welcomed its first cohort of Grade 9 students in the fall of 2107, added Grade 10 in 2018, Grade 11 in 2019 and Grade 12 in 2020. The school integrates values, language and culture into the curriculum. “Indigenous perspectives are...

Ontario Government – is expanding the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) for eligible programs at Indigenous Institutes starting in the 2020-21 academic year. This financial assistance will help ensure Indigenous learners have access to a culturally responsive and high-quality postsecondary education that will prepare them to meet local labour market needs. Beginning this year, Ontario is...

NAN Chiefs, in consultation with NAN communities, have been working together for over 30 years on developing a First Nation education system that would meet the needs of our communities. The NAN Chiefs-in-Assembly also adopted Resolution #17/65, mandating NAN to share the First Nations Education Framework with our First Nations communities and gather feedback. The...

The federal government has signed a self-governance agreement “Anishinabek Nation Education Agreement” with 23 Ontario First Nations, the largest such deal of its kind in Canada. The agreement grants communities greater control over education on reserve from junior kindergarten to Grade 12. It also allows First Nations to wield more administrative control of funding for post-secondary...