They fear it will be cut as part of Laurentian University's restructuring Author of the article: Star Staff Publishing date: Apr 08, 2021 • 2 hours ago • 3 minute read • Danielle Yasko, events and communications coordinator at Laurentian, shows off trilingual signs at the university. Students, faculty and anyone visiting campus will be greeted by signs in English, French, and Anishinaabemowin, the language of the First Nations people who originally inhabited this area. Jim Moodie/Sudbury Star Article content Almost 1,500 Indigenous educators from across Canada have signed an open letter in an effort to save Indigenous programming threatened by Laurentian University’s insolvency negotiations. Closing the program “would have an immense impact on Indigenous communities and Canada, and would represent the first Indigenous Studies program to be shuttered since the discipline began in 1969,” the letter said. “We urge you to ensure the continuation of the Indigenous Studies program at the Laurentian University Federation.”