Paper on First Nations education funding : Mémoire sur le financement de l'éducation des premières nations financement

First Nations have a right to an education that is equal to that provided for other Canadians, and recognizes and respects their unique culture and traditions, and the original status of their languages;10 • The 2007 United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples condemns the forced integration of First Nations; • The majority of commissioned reports and studies over the last three [...] Study of Vocational and Technical Education – Phase 2. Paper on First Nations Education Funding 23 Education capital and maintenance funding INAC provides funding to First Nations communities for the construction, operation and maintenance of basic infrastructure services and facilities (including schools and teacher residences) through the Capital Facilities and Maintenance (CFM) program. [...] This is despite the fact that: • In 1996, the report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples recommended the federal government grant funding to First Nations for the creation of regional and national education systems.52 • In 2002, the Minister’s National Working Group on Education recommended the funding of regional education systems for First Nations communities in its report Our Children [...] In summary, the research identified that, on average, 13% of a system’s operating expenditures is most often devoted to supporting the second-level services of the education system.59 Second, the funding of First Nations education systems was one of the five policy areas identified within the education component of the 2005 Kelowna Accord. [...] Financial Support for First Nation Students in College and University: The Cost of Implementing the Recommendations of the Standing Committee of the House of Commons on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development.