Kaitlyn Fleming from St. Mary’s Catholic School in Sault Ste. Marie holds the Master Education Framework Agreement for Ontario Education Minister Liz Sandals to sign along with 26 Anishinabek First Nation Chiefs.
Kaitlyn Fleming from St. Mary’s Catholic School in Sault Ste. Marie holds the Master Education Framework Agreement for Ontario Education Minister Liz Sandals to sign along with 26 Anishinabek First Nation Chiefs.

The Anishinabek First Nations or the Union of Ontario Indians have signed what has been described as an historic Master Education Framework Agreement with the Ontario government.  The signing ceremony took place earlier today here in the Sault and involved Education Minister Liz Sandals and Grand Council Chief Patrick Madahbee. The framework agreement commits the province and the Anishinabek Nation to negotiate terms of a new arrangement to support First Nation students education in Anishinabek First Nation schools and provincial schools.  Grand Council Chief Madahbee says the Anishinabek First Nations are rapidly moving towards establishing their own education system.  Sandals says the agreement will help set new goals and reaffirm the government’s commitment to ongoing collaboration to support Anishinabek First Nations students.  This framework agreement is also seen as complementing the education arrangements that the Anishinabek Nation has negotiated with the federal government.