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Q&A with Shawn Alteo: Atleo pushes education in fight for First Nations

AFN national chief Shawn Atleo says education is the key to success in a modern economy and is pushing for 65,000 post-secondary graduates for First Nations in the next five years.

Shortly before AFN national chief Shawn Atleo's 87-year-old grandmother died, she told him it was time to turn "the heavy page" in a "dark chapter" on First Nations history and fill the next one with hope. Elsie Robinson, a mother to 17 children and who outlived three husbands, said it was time f...

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