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The First Nations With Schools Collective (FNWSC) is asserting data sovereignty through redefining how First Nations’ lifelong learning is measured.  By Dr. Ashley Sisco, Jana George, & Alisha Fowler, Sisco & Associates Consulting Services Inc. – special to the FNWSC March 23, 2021 – First Nations have always had their own ways of gathering, protecting […]

Inadequate education funding inhibits First Nation education systems from addressing student achievement gaps. By Leslee White-Eye, Structural Readiness Co-ordinator March 11, 2021 – As the Ford government prepares to announce their education budget March 24, 2021, First Nations are left awaiting their school funding fate as the two budgets are now inextricably linked Every year

Education in First Nation communities has long been an exercise in education management of federal government dollars to run a school. The transformational change First Nations are looking for requires a much broader view of the role of First Nation governments in delivering education. April 10, 2021 – Education in First Nation communities has long

For First Nations to better realize their self-determining aspirations in education through the Bill C-15 “action plan” process, there are three key community-based reforms to organize and strive for. By Gabriel Haythornthwaite, FNWSC Intergovernmental Relations and Human Rights Policy Project Lead, June 2021 – The federal government is promoting Bill C-15, An Act respecting the UN Declaration

“The time will soon be here when my grandchild will long for the cry of a loon, the flash of a salmon, the whisper of spruce needles, or the screech of an eagle. But he will not make friends with any of these creatures and when his heart aches with longing, he will curse me.

What matters most in any community sovereignty discussion is with what intention and capacity will we as a people have control over and responsibility for a territory and how our local governance efforts strengthen our nation relations as a distinct community amongst other communities of the great Anishinaabek or Haudenosaunee or Cree nations in Ontario,