Education is the key to reconciliation

A university education is transformative for individuals, for communities and for Canada. The opportunity must be open to all.

Aboriginal people protesting on the Hill in 2014. The federal government’s financial commitment towards primary and secondary education is a good first step in addressing the education gap for First Nations children. The next step will be to invest in aspirations for postsecondary education to equip students for the future, writes Paul Davidson. The Hill Times photograph by Steve Gerecke

Opinion

BY PAUL DAVIDSON

June 20, 2016

On the longest day of the year, we’ll see more than 15 hours of daylight in Ottawa. In Inuvik, land of the midnight sun, there will be no darkness at all. For indigenous communities, the summer solstice is a time for celebration, a prompt to remember our connection with the Earth and the bounty su...

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