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Helping youth leaders work together to heal past harms

Ermineskin elder Wilton Littlechild told an ominous story about the death of a language to those attending the recent United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Peoples. ....

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Peace, order and bad education: How Canada is failing remote First Nation students in northern Ontario

At the end of spring, Canada’s National Observer published a five-part series on the incredible odds stacked against First Nation students in northern Ontario who must travel hundreds of kilometres away from their families to get a high school education. This is what we found. ....

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Bringing education back to the land

Throughout colonization, attending school has meant a loss of language, cultural practices and connection to the land. But what if school could also mean a return to the language, culture and territory that has been stripped away? ....

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What Indigenous language revitalization looks like in northern Ontario

From language apps to Order of Canada appointments, language revitalization success stories from northern Ontario are being recognized and celebrated. ....

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