The Okanese First Nation and First Nations University of Canada have each celebrated the grand openings of new and renewed facilities. Okanese officially opened its Okanese Aboriginal Head Start On-Reserve Building, which replaces a centre built in 1976. The new facility offers a nurturing environment where children will play, reflect, and learn. It emphasizes land-based learning and cultural connection. First Nations University of Canada celebrated its renewed nēwoskan Traditional Campus, which is located near St Louis, SK. The campus now offers spaces such as overnight learner cabins and a permanent sweat lodge, and will serve as a special space for ceremony, knowledge sharing, and land-based education. “These upgrades ensure the nēwoskan Traditional Campus continues to be a space of learning, ceremony, and healing — a place where the land teaches, stories live, and knowledge is carried forward for generations yet to come,” said FNU President Dr Jacqueline Ottmann.
