PAGC asks SaskParty to honour TRC Calls to Action in NORTEP decision
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The Grand Chief of the Prince Albert Grand Council (PAGC) says the government of Saskatchewan is failing to honour federal recommendations for Indigenous peoples.
In 2015, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) released its calls to action. Ninety-four recommendations which could be used to promote a nation-to-nation relationship between government and Indigenous peoples. Four of those recommendations relate specifically to education, in particular the Indigenous education protocols which include cultural traditions, and culturally significant teaching methods.
The NORTEP-NORPAC program, which provides teachers to the northern regions and bring these same people arts and science programs, “has been an academic pillar for the north as hundreds of graduates still work as educators in our communities,” according to a press release from the PAGC. It stated further “as the province…flow funds to other institutions, they are going against the TRC call to action.”
“A lot of our teachers who went to NORTEP-NORPAC are Cree [and] Dene speaking people who are going to teach our kids,” Grand Chief Ron Michel said, adding he believes half the students currently enrolled in the northern programs come from PAGC communities.
