$250K over 2 years ($99,342 in 2017-18 and $150,657 in 2018-19)

The Government of Canada is investing in a collaborative research initiative titled “Strengthening Education and Improving Academic Success” that aims to improve the quality of education for First Nations secondary students in the Sudbury area, across Canada, and ultimately, worldwide. Working with schools, community leaders and project partners, Laurentian University will conduct research into how curriculum, both provincially-driven and locally-implemented, can be developed and modified to improve First Nations student outcomes, enhance learning supports and be integrated in learning activities. Findings of the research will contribute to the global UNESCO research project, “Reorienting Education and Training Systems to Improve the Lives of Indigenous Youth”.