Culture and education geared for social work students

First Nations University (FNU) Indian Social Work students spent 10 days immersed in First Nations culture during the annual culture camp, held June 14 to 23 at the Lac La Ronge Indian Band’s (LLRIB) Youth Haven on Bigstone Lake.
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First Nations University of Canada officials fire back at government

First Nations University of Canada (FNUC) officials blasted the federal and provincial governments during an open house Thursday at the besieged university’s Saskatoon campus.
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Pilot project to hire 'commitment coaches' for at-risk aboriginal youth

At-risk aboriginal students at three Edmonton junior high schools will have better access to resources to help them deal with problems after a$207,000 grant from the province, Alberta Education Minister Dave Hancock announced Thursday at a preview celebration of National Aboriginal Day on Thursday.
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Ottawa withholds $2.4M from First Nations University

First Nations University of Canada has its main campus in Regina, next to the University of Regina. (CBC)The federal government is holding back payment of more than $2 million to the First Nations University of Canada — saying it wants to see changes at the institution before it hands over the money.
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Research in aboriginal policing, justice gets funding boost at U of Regina

Aboriginal society and justice will be among research areas benefiting from a $2.5-million endowment to the University of Regina’s police studies program.
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New Manitoba curriculum to cover residential schools experience

Manitoba students will soon be taught about the suffering experienced by First Nations people who forced to attend the federal residential school system.
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Northern colleges kick off push for Arctic university

Three colleges in Canada's North are joining forces to push the federal government to help create a university in the Arctic.
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Master's program graduates largest group of Aboriginal students

A partnership forged "where the waters divide" will produce what is believed to be the largest group of Aboriginal students to ever graduate en masse from a master's program at a Canadian university.
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Low aboriginal graduation rates may have early roots

The government of the Northwest Territories is stepping in to address a problem teachers in Northern schools have noticed for years: fewer aboriginal students are graduating from high school than their non-aboriginal peers, and the gap starts early when many children stop showing up at school.
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Aboriginal students paid $50 to study math

With only 47 per cent of B.C. Aboriginal students graduating high school, many kids need an extra push to beat the statistics.
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Small start, big dreams: creating young aboriginal entrepreneurs

In just four short months, 15-year-old Eric Gladue has come to see the world a little differently thanks to an entrepreneurial program at Edmonton's Amiskwaciy Academy.
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Writer helping First Nation youth pursue dreams

Joseph Boyden has long known that writing would be his career. He didn't know how much impact his own dream would have on First Nation youth. When Boyden was awarded the Giller Prize last November, it provided him with the chance to start up a scholarship for First Nation youth.
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