Oshki Pimache-O-Win: The Wenjack Education Institute President Lorrie Deschamps recently spoke to APTN News to discuss the institute’s official accreditation and programming plans. The institute was awarded official accreditation from the Indigenous Advanced Education and Skills Council earlier this fall, enabling Oshki-Wenjack to become a fully accredited Indigenous-led postsecondary institution in Ontario. APTN News reports that the institute is now engaged in consultation as it develops its programming, which it hopes to launch in 2027. With the accreditation, Deschamps shared that she is “hoping that we will get capital, have a new campus, grow our student numbers, [and] be the institute of choice for Anishinaabe-Aski communities.”
