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Applications open, permanent location secured for new SFU medical school
Oct. 14, 2025 SURREY – The Simon Fraser University (SFU) school of medicine is accepting applications for its first class of future doctors, marking the launch of the first new medical school in Western Canada in nearly 60 years. Designed specifically to address B.C.’s urgent need for primary-care physicians, the new school will begin instruction […]
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Things that matter most’: Ontario gives $5M boost to student nutrition programs – Innisfil News
October 14, 2025 The Student Nutrition and First Nations Student Nutrition initiatives will serve more than 800,000 students The Ontario government is protecting students by increasing its investment in the Student Nutrition Program (SNP) and the First Nations Student Nutrition Program (FNSNP) by $5 million, for a total investment of $37.5 million this year. The […]
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TRU secures $200,000 to support Indigenous students in work-integrated learning – Education News Canada
October 14, 2025 Indigenous students at Thompson Rivers University (TRU) completing unpaid work placements will have greater financial support this fall, thanks to $200,000 in national funding from Co-operative Education and Work-Integrated Learning Canada (CEWIL). CEWIL Canada – the national association that advances work-integrated learning by supporting post-secondary institutions, employers and community partners – will […]
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First Nations educators worry ‘ominous’ funding letter will further impact classroom quality – CBC
Oct 14, 2025 Educators say they cannot plan the school year without proper funding A group of Indigenous educators in Ontario is calling on the federal government to increase money given to on-reserve schools instead of recalculating how their schools are funded. Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) sent a letter to Ontario on-reserve schools in late […]
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‘Listening is a good place to start’: Arts & Science symposium explores Indigenous research ethics – University of Toronto
October 14, 2025 Students, faculty and staff gathered for the A&S Indigenous Research Ethics Symposium recently in New College’s William Doo Auditorium. Presented by the Dean’s Advisory Committee on Indigenous Research, Teaching and Learning in the Faculty of Arts & Science — in partnership with the university’s Indigenous Research Network — the symposium addressed the […]
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Young shares Indigenous Culture Centre story with Rotary – Meridian Source
October 14, 2025 Cynthia Young has spent more than two decades helping Lloydminster Catholic School Division (LCSD) students reconnect with their culture. The division’s Indigenous Culture Centre, which opened in 2023 as part of Holy Rosary High School’s expansion project, quite literally grounds her work. Speaking to the Border City Rotary Club on Sept. 28, […]
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Some Alberta teachers turn to side hustles during provincewide strike – CBC
Oct 14, 2025 They say the creative endeavours keep them busy and help pay the bills High school teacher Greg Pollard’s routine looks different these days. Instead of being in the classroom, he spends a bulk of his days in his basement with his heat press machine, making and selling custom design clothing. It first […]
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Announcing Catherine Blackburn as the recipient of the 2025 Trinity Square Video Vitrine Career Launchers!
OCAD University’s RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers is excited to announce Catherine Blackburn as the recipient of the 2025 Trinity Square Video Vitrine Career Launchers! Check out her work at Trinity Square Video vitrines at 401 Richmond St. (main floor hallway) until October 15. Read More NT4
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Cowichan Tribes members vote to create their own education system – Times Colonist
October 10, 2025 It’s the next step in the process after a January 2022 agreement with the federal government to allow Cowichan Tribes to run their own education system. Cowichan Tribes members have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a new education law that would allow them to create an education system for their children. Eighty-nine […]
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October is Free Application Month for Indigenous Students!
October 10, 2025 Indigenous students can apply to the First Nations University of Canada (FNUniv) or the University of Regina (U of R) for free during the month of October. From October 1–31, 2025, the regular undergraduate application fee will be waived for Indigenous students who self-declare their Indigenous ancestry when applying. To receive the waiver, simply enter the code INDIGOCT2025 (case-sensitive) when submitting your […]
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