Majority of Canadians Support Direct Funding of First Nations Students
Ottawa, June 23, 2010 -- A clear majority of Canadians— fifty-seven percent —want federal funding for post-secondary education of First Nations youth to go directly to the individuals themselves. This is the key finding of a national survey carried out for the Macdonald-Laurier Institute by COMPAS Inc., in May, 2010. Read more.
Urban Aboriginal Study Highlights Importance of Post-Secondary Education, Dave Snow, April 8, 2010. Change funding model for First Nations students, Senator Patrick Brazeau, Winnipeg Free Press, April 1, 2010.
Dave Snow appeared before the Senate Committee of Social Affairs, Science, and Technology on March 31, 2010, to talk about Free to Learn. Click here to read the transcript.
"Who is free to learn?", by First Peoples Horizons, March 30, 2010.
Ron Evans, grand chief of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, wrote an oped about Free to Learn in the Winnipeg Free Press, March 26, 2010.
Launch of Beyond the Indian Act: Restoring Aboriginal Property Rights. Book launch and signing with authors Tom Flanagan, Christopher Alcantara, André Le Dressay and C.T. (Manny) Jules, at the Rideau Club in Ottawa, March 23, 2010, 5 p.m. Click here to register.
AFNQL Chief Ghislain Picard reacts to the Helin-Snow statements on Aboriginal post-secondary student assistance program, March 22, 2010.
Helin and Snow respond to Alex Usher’s review of Free to Learn, March 22, 2010.
Calvin Helin, keynote speaker at conference on Aboriginal success, March 22, 2010.
Local Tsimshian report on education funding, by George T. Baker, Prince Rupert Daily News, March 19, 2010.
Helin and Snow respond to the critics — Part II, March 19, 2010.
Helin and Snow respond to the critics - Part I, March 19, 2010.
Calvin Helin featured in the Slave River Journal, March 18, 2010.
Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Deputy Grand Chief Terry Waboose rejects Free to Learn proposal, NationTalk, March 18, 2010.
Report: Aboriginal education funding doled out unfairly, news story by Mary Ellen MacIntyre, Halifax Chronicle Herald, March 18, 2010.
Giving natives a chance, Editorial, Winnipeg Free Press, March 18, 2010.
Native school funding needs reform, by Calvin Helin and Dave Snow, Winnipeg Free Press, March 18, 2010.
Calvin Helin discusses Free to Learn on CBC radio's The Current, March 17, 2010. Click here to read the transcript.
For students both on and off reserves, Editorial, Globe and Mail, March 17, 2010.
Empower First Nations students, change current funding, says study, MetroNews, March 16, 2010.
For economics and decency's sake, let's help our Indian students, by Calvin Helin and Dave Snow, Globe and Mail, March 16, 2010.
Brian Lee Crowley and Calvin Helin appeared on CPAC's PrimeTime Politics to discuss Free to Learn. You can view the clip here (starts at approximately 26 minutes), March 15, 2010.
CBC News report on Free To Learn, March 15, 2010.
Native student funding a failure: report, MSN Canada, March 15, 2010.
Study pans feds' Aboriginal school program, Ottawa Sun, March 15, 2010.Free to Learn: Giving Aboriginal Youth Control over Their Post-Secondary Education, by Calvin Helin and Dave Snow, March 15, 2010
Restoring Aboriginal property rights, Janet Azjenstat, March 11, 2010.
Swaggering Bureaucrats: the SSHRC and CAUT, Janet Azjenstat, February 10, 2010.
