$20 million in annual funding allocated for First Nations language and culture programs

By Jane Seyd / North Shore News
A new three-way agreement between the federal and provincial governments and a provincial First Nations organization will result in $20 million annual funding from Ottawa to support education of Indigenous students in B.C. A ceremony to recognize the agreement was held Wednesday at the Squamish Nation’s Xwemelch’stn Etsimxwawtxw (Capilano Little Ones) School in West Vancouver, attended by Seamus O’Regan, federal minister of Indigenous services, along with provincial Minister of Education Rob Fleming and Tyrone McNeil, president of the First Nations Education Steering Committee.…

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January 27, 2019

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