First Nation chiefs, education directors, principals and community leaders and youth from eight communities gathered at the Chippewas of Rama First Nation last month to strategize improvements for Indigenous education and First Nation schools on reserves.  The 2023 First Nations with Schools Collective (FNWSC) three-day Education Summit included Anishinaabe and Haudenosaunee nations working together to […]

On October 12, 2023, a letter signed by Ontario Regional Chief Glen Hare was sent to the ministers of Indigenous Services and Crown Indigenous Relations, stating support for the collective as passed in COO Resolution 22/12A, Affirmation of First Nation Education Sovereignty in the response to the Interim Funding Approach & Support for First Nations

The FNWSC’s calls for more Indigenous language programming were featured by Canadian media and at a Chiefs of Ontario conference this month.  A CBC journalist contacted FNWSC for interviews after seeing Leslee White-Eye’s submission to Canada’s Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs. In a five-page briefing, posted on our advocacy page, FNWSC called for amendments

In a public presentation to Canada’s Standing Committee on Indigenous & Northern Affairs (INAN) the FNWSC spoke about the urgent need to improve First Nation graduation rates and successful outcomes for Indigenous students. As one of six “witnesses” to appear before the committee on March 8, 2023, FNWSC Governance Director Leslee White-Eye, spoke about the urgent

First Nation youth from different communities joined a panel of Indigenous students and Elder Henry Pitawanakwat to talk about community-based education. First Nation youth from different communities joined a panel of Indigenous students to talk about community-based education. The young people were invited to join Elder Henry Pitawanakwat, a Knowledge Keeper from Three Fires Confederacy

Indigenous communities must ‘drive the process’ to hold Canada accountable to its United Nations obligations and ensure First Nations have capacity and resources needed for self-determined education systems, lawyers say. Indigenous rights lawyer Randall Kahgee and Justice Harry S. LaForme with the firm OKT told an FNWSC roundtable that Indigenous communities must hold the government