First Nations closer to introducing post-secondary education

First Nations are a step closer to having control of post-secondary education.  And Ontario Regional Chief Isadore Day applauds the move.  Day says the introduction of the Indigenous Institutes Act will let First Nations control and govern education programs that reflect Indigenous knowledge, cultures and languages.  Day is a graduate from one of nine First Nation Technical Institutes and says he wouldn`t be where he is today if not for the type of education he received.

Rocco Frangione
Rocco Frangione
I've been a broadcast journalist for three-plus decades in Northern Ontario. I'm a graduate of Algonquin College's radio and television arts program and prior to that, an honours grad from Carleton University's philosophy program.

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