Cumberland College has announced that it will introduce an Elders-in-Residence program at its campuses in Nipawin, Melfort, and Tisdale. The program will offer students an opportunity to meet with Métis and First Nation Elders from around the region to engage in traditional teaching on various topics. All three Cumberland College campuses will have elders available on Monday and Friday, rotating between First Nation and Métis.

British Columbia’s Ministry of Advanced Education has announced that it is funding partnerships to connect Aboriginal students with education and training programs in their communities. Funded initiatives include partnerships between the University of Northern British Columbia and the Tsilhqot’in National Government, College of New Caledonia and the Saik’uz First Nation, and Justice Institute of British Columbia and the Vancouver Aboriginal Friendship Centre and Metro Vancouver Aboriginal Executive Council.

This month, the Winneway First Nation celebrated the grand opening of the Amo Ososwan School in Winneway, Quebec. The community reportedly received an investment of over $9M from Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada, more than $6M of which went towards the construction of the Amo Ososwan School. The new school will house approximately 130 students from pre-kindergarten to Secondary V and will contain 14 classrooms, science and computer labs, a library, a cafeteria, a home economics room, and a gym.

The Chair of the Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board in Quebec City says that both Indigenous and non-Indigenous students can benefit from more cross-cultural exchanges of knowledge and experiences, reports the Suburban. Board Chair Jennifer Maccarone has warned, however, that Quebec’s tight control over school curriculum could make it difficult to change things quickly. “Obviously there’s a problem with the curriculum,” she said. “There are more than 3,200 native students currently enrolled in public education system in both English and French schools.