Exploring Theme: "University and College Commitments"

President of the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, Natan Obed, speaks to reporters after a meeting of Canada’s premiers and Indigenous leaders at the Council of the Federation, in Halifax in July. Photo: Darren Calabrese/The Canadian Press.  APTN News: The dream to open an Inuit-led university is one step closer to realization, the president of Inuit Tapiriit...

NationTalk: VAL-D’OR, QC and MONTREAL – The Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT) and the Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) are announcing new master’s and Ph.D. programs in Indigenous Studies. With their creation, the two Université du Québec institutions become the first universities in Canada to offer French-language graduate programs in the field. Creating...

Starting this fall, those Indigenous students from communities in Quebec are eligible for waiver on tuition, mandatory fee  Manon Tremblay, senior director of the office of Indigenous directions at Concordia University, was involved in the launch of the university’s tuition-free program for First Nations and Inuit students. (Photo courtesy of Concordia University) NationTalk: Nunatsiaq News...