It’s time for feds to make amends for historical inadequacies of First Nation education

It is time to repair the damage caused to generations of First Nations students. This can be done, in part, by consulting with First Nations in determining how reparations can best be made.

From approximately 1982 to 2016, the federal government was aware that its funding of First Nation schools on reserves was inadequate. When schools were transferred to ‘local,’ or First Nation, control, many of the education supports and services did not follow the children. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY SENATOR MARY JANE MCCALLUM AND RON PHILLIPS

November 30, 2023

It is time for the federal government to make amends for the historical inadequacies of First Nation education. In the December 2011 report from the Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples (APPA), entitled Reforming First Nations Education from Crisis to Hope, the re...

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