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NAN Education Meeting  
Regency C, Victoria Inn, Thunder Bay
March 20-21, 2007

Presenters:

• Deputy Grand Chief Terry Waboose
• Nishnawbe Aski Nation Education Committee
• Dr. Emily Faries - NAN Education Jurisdiction
• Katherine Knott, INAC Region Director of Education
• Rosie Mosquito Oshki Pimache Win Education & Training Institute
• Ministry of Education – Aboriginal Education Unit

Group Discussion: What do you view as a quality education system within Nishnawbe Aski Nation? 

There will be eight strategic plan items that each group will have an opportunity to review and add input into. What does this mean to your community? To your school? What is working? What isn’t working? Where are the gaps?

1. To ensure provision of appropriate special education funding and programming for NAN students
2. To promote Education Capacity Development in NAN First Nation Communities
3. To help ensure availability of adequate, needs-based funding for education programs and services within NAN.
4. To support the availability of appropriate curriculum in NAN First Nation schools.
5. To document Education capital backlog within NAN First Nations
6. To document the Post-Secondary funding requirements and analyze current INAC funding policies
7. To actively support and provide input to the Education Jurisdiction negotiations and the codification of NAN education laws.
8. Open Comment Table

Meeting WORD Documents:

• Announcement Letter
• Spec. Ed. & Tuition Agreement Clinic Agenda
• Registration Form
• Meeting Agenda
• Meeting Poster