Some First Nations positive towards education, so its not just about money
I do not view what is wrong with Aboriginal education as primarily due to a lack of federal government funding as recommended in the most recent report: “Nurturing the living spirit of First Nations students.” As this Windsor Star editorial states: “The chair of the three-member panel, Scott Haldane, president of YMCA Canada, said currently First Nations education operates [...]
AFN & Harper gov't panel to consult on fixing education for First Nations
Let’s hope that improvements may finally be coming to on-reserve schools across Canada. As Leith Dunick writes at this Thunder Bay link called tbnewsworld.com, the Conservative government of Stephen Harper and the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) will be creating a panel that will tour the country to consult on how on-reserve schools can be [...]
Aboriginal "Charter of Forgiveness" for residential school abuses
Too often bloggers and professional journalists don’t write about positive news because negative stories or partisan controversies get more readers — as in if it bleeds, it leads. Well, not today as we learn about the aboriginal community’s “Charter of Forgiveness.“ That charter is certainly good news because forgiving is one of the most difficult acts for human beings to do, particularly [...]
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