“The Honourable Larry Bagnell, Member of Parliament for Yukon, on behalf of the Honourable Amarjeet Sohi, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, and the Honourable Darrell Pasloski, Premier of Yukon, today announced $5.3 million in funding for the second phase of the Carcross/Tagish First Nation learning centre. The funding announced today will support the second phase of construction of the learning centre, which includes new spaces for the community: the Yukon College space, the Youth and Elders space, the Heritage and Archives space, the Document Management System space and the Learning space”

“Today, the Honourable Ralph Goodale, Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness officially launched a series of regional dialogue sessions to help develop a renewed approach to funding Indigenous policing. These sessions will include Indigenous communities, provincial and territorial governments, Indigenous police services, policing associations, such as the First Nations Chiefs of Police Association, and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP”

“Today, Randy Boissonnault, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Canadian Heritage and Member of Parliament for Edmonton Centre, on behalf of the Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science, and Economic Development and Minister responsible for Western Economic Diversification Canada, announced an investment of $1,069,938 to support the expansion of the pre-apprenticeship training program for Indigenous adult learners managed by Trade Winds to Success Training Society”

“To address the critical need to improve education outcomes, Budget 2016 proposes to make substantial investments in primary and secondary education on reserve, totalling $2.6 billion over five years starting in 2016–17, including the remaining funding previously announced in Budget 2014 for this purpose. […] In order to achieve meaningful gains in education outcomes for First Nations, Budget 2016 proposes significant funding to support the transformation of the current on reserve education system through a respectful process of consultation and partnership with First Nations”

“The Honourable Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs, today announced that the Government of Canada has signed a Partnership Understanding with four Manitoba First Nations to work cooperatively towards achieving safe and culturally relevant learning environments in these communities. (…) Through this partnership, the First Nations and the Government of Canada are affirming their commitment to work together on a government-to-government basis on school infrastructure”