Several school boards and postsecondary institutions across Canada are welcoming Indigenous youth to their campuses for camps, events, and orientations this summer. Many of these events are intended to help support Indigenous students’ transitions into the next stage of their education. Algoma District School Board, for example, brought its Indigenous Summer Transition Program to incoming Grade 9 students to prepare them for a high school journey with confidence, cultural connection, and community support. Meanwhile, the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology hosted a camp for Grade 8 to 11 students from the Montana First Nation that introduces them to life in postsecondary education. Skills Ontario is also hosting a series of summer camps and workshops focused on the skilled trades and technologies, workshop days for Indigenous youth.
