Since its release on Monday, Free to Learn has received considerable attention in the print and online media. For example, both the Globe and Mail and Winnipeg Free Press ran editorials entreating the federal government to take our proposal seriously. Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, for its part, said it “welcomes” the report. However, as ...
On Wednesday March 17 Calvin Helin joined host Anna Maria Tremonti on CBC radio’s The Current to talk about Free to Learn. You can listen to the clip here. Below is the third part of the transcript from that interview, with Thomas Benjoe, student at the First Nations University of Canada: ANNA MARIA TREMONTI: Thomas ...
On Wednesday March 17 Calvin Helin joined host Anna Maria Tremonti on CBC radio’s The Current to talk about Free to Learn. You can listen to the clip here. Below is the second part of the transcript from that interview, with Shawn Atleo, national chief of the Assembly of First Nations: ANNA MARIA TREMONTI: Shawn ...
On Wednesday March 17 Calvin Helin joined host Anna Maria Tremonti on CBC radio’s The Current to talk about Free to Learn. You can listen to the clip here. Below is the first part of the transcript from that interview: ANNA MARIA TREMONTI (Host): Well, across the country the numbers paint a disturbing picture. While ...
On Wednesday March 17 Free to Learn co-author Calvin Helin joined host Anna Maria Tremonti on CBC radio’s The Current to talk about Free to Learn. Shawn Atleo, National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations and Thomas Benjoe, a student at the First Nations University in Regina, were also invited on the show to ...
The following news story, by Mary Ellen MacIntyre, appeared in the Halifax Chronicle Herald on March 18, 2010. More than a little controversy was stirred up with the release of a national think-tank’s report on aboriginal post-secondary school funding this week. Claiming First Nations sometimes choose which students get access to funds based on nepotism ...
Calin Helin and Dave Snow have an op-ed in the Winnipeg Free Press today about Free to Learn: Aboriginals continue to fare worse than all other Canadians on almost every social and economic indicator. Since education, particularly higher education, is a great contributor to social and economic success, Canada must embark on a sustained effort ...
An editorial in today’s Winnipeg Free Press mentions Free to Learn: Giving natives a chance Some native leaders have reacted politically, predictably, to the suggestion they give up their control of funding for post-secondary education of band members. Author and businessman Calvin Helin says the current funding program is broken, a barrier for many youth ...
On March 15, 2010, the Macdonald-Laurier Institute released its first publication, Free to Learn: Giving Aboriginal Youth Control over their Post-Secondary Education. Brian Lee Crowley, Calvin Helin and Dave Snow answer questions from members of the media at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa.
