Five First Nations in Manitoba will be collaborating with the federal government to move school projects forward through investments from Indigenous Services Canada. O-Chi-Chak-Ko-Sipi First Nation will construct a new K-12 school and teacher housing. Helen Betty Osborne Ininiw Education Resource Centre and Jack River School in Norway House Cree Nation will be completing renovations and building improvements. Tataskweyak Cree Nation will design a new elementary and secondary school, while O-Pipon-Na-Piwin Cree Nation and Garden Hill First Nation will embark on feasibility studies and designs for future new schools. Leaders from several First Nations expressed optimism about the impact that the new and renovated facilities will have on future students. “The best way to address the future is to do something today,” said O-Chi-Chak-Ko-Sipi First Nation Chief Kerwin Chaboyer.
