UManitoba, Mastercard Foundation announce EleV program to support Indigenous students

The University of Manitoba and the Mastercard Foundation have announced a new partnership called EleV that will support Indigenous youth and foster systemic change through a $16.1M gift. The EleV program will involve Indigenous communities, organizations, governments, and postsecondary institutions. Projects under the program include the creation of a series of community learning hubs across Manitoba that will provide additional learning supports to Indigenous students who are completing courses by online learning. UManitoba also recently announced that the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation has partnered with the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council on a national research program that will focus on reconciliation and residential schools.