Free to Learn
It is our great pleasure to introduce MLI’s first publication: Free to Learn: Giving Aboriginal Youth Control over Their Post-Secondary Education, by Calvin Helin and Dave Snow. Download the study here, including author bios and the list of signatories who are supporting the paper’s analysis and conclusions.
- PM Harper to focus on aboriginal education...like MLI December 17, 2010
The Macdonald-Laurier Institute opened its doors on March 15, 2010. Our launch coincided with the release of our first policy publication, Free to Learn, written by Calvin Helin, a prominent aboriginal author, lawyer and entrepreneur, and Dave Snow, a ...
- Nation Talk features MLI’s latest poll numbers on support for Free to Learn proposal June 24, 2010
Nation Talk, Canada's Premier National Aboriginal Newswire and Employment Service, features our recent poll numbers showing a majority of Canadians approve of direct funding of post-secondary education for First Nations students, as outlined in MLI's f...
- Majority of Canadians Support Direct Funding of First Nations Students June 23, 2010
(le français suit) 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 ...
- Urban Aboriginal Study Highlights Importance of Post-Secondary Education April 8, 2010
On Tuesday, April 6, Environics released its Urban Aboriginal Peoples Study (UAPS), a long awaited and much needed study of the Aboriginals living in Canadian cities. As of 2006, half of the Aboriginal population lived in Canadian cities, yet prior to ...
- Senate Committee Questions Dave Snow on Free to Learn April 8, 2010
On March 31, I appeared before the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology to discuss Free to Learn. On the whole, I found the Senators' reception to the proposal to be very positive. My fellow panelists Michael Mendelson, J...
- Q&A with Calvin Helin and Dave Snow April 2, 2010
Calvin Helin and Dave Snow answer a few questions about their paper, Free to Learn, for the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. [podcast format="video"]http://www.macdonaldlaurier.ca/podcasts/HelinSnowQ&A.mp4[/podcast]
- Senator Patrick Brazeau discusses Free to Learn in the Winnipeg Free Press April 1, 2010
Senator Patrick Brazeau answers Grand Chief Ron Evans of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs in the Winnipeg Free Press: Change funding model for First Nations students In his recent column, University trust funds a bad idea (March 26), Grand Chief...
- Grand chief of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs comments on Free to Learn March 26, 2010
Ron Evans, grand chief of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, wrote this oped about Free to Learn in the Winnipeg Free Press: University trust funds a bad idea There has been extensive media attention given to Calvin Helin and David Snow's report, F...
- Helin and Snow respond to Alex Usher’s review of Free to Learn March 22, 2010
From his Eye on Higher Ed blog at the Globe and Mail's "Globe Campus" website, Alex Usher, president of the Higher Education Strategy Associates, posted a review of Free to Learn. As a commentator on higher education for 15 years, he knows a thing or t...
- Free to Learn in the Prince Rupert Daily News March 21, 2010
This article, by George T. Baker, appeared on the front page of the Prince Rupert Daily News on March 19: Local Tsimshian report on education funding By George T. Baker - The Daily News A new report by a Tsimshian author points to ineffici...
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- CBC News story on Free To Learn CBC News had a short news story about Free to Learn yesterday. You can view...
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