Kwe readers, 

March break is already here! We have been preoccupied by several recent events, including the COVID-19 vaccine rollout in First Nations communities, the FNEC’s education symposium for its French-speaking members, Laval University’s action plan for First Peoples, and a warming tent set up in Cabot Square in honour of Raphaël André, one of our Innu brothers living among the homeless population in Montréal, who died in inhumane conditions.   

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GENERAL MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT

Federal Relations

Canada is committed to transforming First Nations education in support of the complete takeover of education by First Nations. On the path toward reconciliation, two new federal agencies were created in 2017 to help achieve Indigenous self-government.

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Provincial Relations

Several key issues related to First Nations student success are being discussed with Quebec’s Indigenous affairs office. One of these issues we are focussing in particular is the review of the Charter of the French Language. The FNEC is working in accordance with the chiefs’ instructions to eliminate barriers to First Nations student success.

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As part of a series of meetings the Conseil supérieur de l’éducation is holding with Indigenous education organizations, the FNEC director general recently sat down with the president of the Conseil to discuss the provincial government’s commitment to greater representation of Indigenous realities and concerns in education.

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