First Nations Student Deaths Inquest
A joint inquest into the deaths of seven First Nations students is running Thunder Bay, Ont. All of the students died between 2000 and 2011 while attending high school in the city, hundreds of kilometres away from their remote First Nations where access to education is limited.
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Hay says a 'conservative estimate' is there are 20,000 - 25,000 Indigenous people in #tbay . Overall pop. is 114,000 #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 7:44:21 PM -
Hay says #tbay police has 222 'sworn officers'. Police service lawyer points out 50 were involved in Jordan Wabasse case #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 7:40:20 PM
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Hay lists off his 'operational' experience in 32 yrs as a police officer including secondments to RCMP and OPP #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 7:36:08 PM
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Next witness is Deputy Chief of #tbay police Andy Hay. He's been deputy chief since 2011, joined the force in '84 #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 7:32:12 PM
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Turns out #tbay 's declaration of commitment is public already. City lawyer brought me this print out #tbinquest http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CaO6hiQWcAAD9qe.jpg
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City lawyer: Does declaration of commitment address some of your concerns? Wesley-Esquimaux: well, it's a declaration #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 5:52:40 PM
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City lawyer reading excerpt from 'declaration of commitment' to 'Aboriginal peoples' to be revealed publicly later this year #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 5:49:21 PM
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In response to question from lawyer from city of #tbay , Wesley-Esquimaux says: the city is not supportive enough of young people #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 5:46:25 PM
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'It's our insistence that they become something else that is the problem,' Wesley-Esquimaux says 2/2 #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 5:42:01 PM
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Wesley-Esquimaux: First Nations people are 'perfectly adapted' to life in their communities 1/2 #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 5:41:21 PM
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Wesley-Esquimuax says teachers in remote communities face isolation, lack of supplies in schools, challenging students #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 5:37:29 PM
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Matawa Learning Centre has legal representation at #tbinquest for 1st time this week. Lawyer says MLC is 'private day-school' in #tbayby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 5:27:07 PM
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Wesley-Esquimaux says Sept. - June school year 'impedes the ability to be self-sufficient' for First Nations who live off land #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 5:25:10 PM
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Lawyer for NNEC says DFC First Nations high school only receives funding for college-streamed classes #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 5:20:16 PM
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Wesley-Esquimaux says supports for students have to begin in home communities + with families, then for move to #tbay #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 5:12:28 PM
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Lab equipment, books, gyms, First Nations need 'a lot in their schools + they're not getting that,' Wesley-Esquimaux says #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 5:08:54 PM
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'Not everyone wants to make a dream-catcher,' Wesley-Esquimaux says, support for Indigenous students shouldn't be 'pan-Indian' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 5:05:16 PM
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Parents cannot be 'end-all, be-all' to youth, 'we have to get involved as a society, Wesley-Esquimaux says #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 5:00:25 PM
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Wesley-Esquimaux says N. Ont. Is 'final frontier for Canada', roads to resources will bring new risks for Indigneous people #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 4:58:31 PM
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Wesley-Esquimaux says #tbay 'really needs' a recreation centre for all youth and transition housing for young First Nations men #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 4:55:31 PM
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Wesley-Esquimaux says the ability to leave home and graduate high school has to do with 'full package of support' vs. 'right age' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 4:49:38 PM
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'Wouldn't it be better to find a better way to do education?' Wesley-Esquimaux asks #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 4:48:17 PM
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Coroner says lawyer could ask Wesley-Esquimaux abt what programs are needed to ensure student safety + if they should be funded #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 4:43:32 PM
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Coroner says lawyer cannot ask Wesley-Esquimaux about adequacy of funding #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 4:42:32 PM
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Coroner interrupts Nishnawbe Aski Nation lawyers question to Wesley-Esquimaux re: education funding, jury excused #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 4:39:58 PM
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Wesley-Esquimaux says 'underfunding' of First Nations education was unacknowledged by federal gov't and continues today #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 4:38:38 PM
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Wesley-Esquimaux says federal government still using 'nominal role' system of funding First Nations education developed in 1892 #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 4:36:18 PM
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Wesley-Esquimaux says @mylakehead study shows 8.7 % #tbay GDP, $400M per year comes from First Nations people #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 4:07:49 PM
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#Tbay people say 'why are THESE people coming here?, but this is their place, has always been their place,' Wesley-Esquimaux #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 4:05:50 PM
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Wesley-Escquimaux has written abt alcohol use among Indigenous peoples, partly as 'drinking together to form a group identity' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 3:59:04 PM
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Lawyer asks: is it true that all First Nations students get their tuition paid for? Wesley-Esquimaux: No #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 3:51:02 PM
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Wesley-Esquimaux says 5 students from DFC First Nations high school in #tbay are on track to go to @mylakehead next fall #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 3:49:01 PM
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Wesley-Esquimaux says many First Nations high school students incorrectly told they're not 'university material' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 3:47:51 PM
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Students coming to #tbay 'don't have the same kind of of trust in their teachers' as other kids might have: Wesley-Esquimaux #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 3:40:31 PM
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'There's no real recognition these children are being hurt by the coming and going of so many teachers,' Wesley-Esquimaux says #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 3:38:54 PM
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Wesley-Esquimaux says there was such a teacher shortage in the First Nation she was needed to teach gr. 6/7/8 class #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 3:36:02 PM
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Wesley-Esquimaux says when she was doing doctoral research in Muskrat Dam F.N. she was asked to teach at the elementary school #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 3:34:06 PM
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Wesley-Esquimaux says some @mylakehead students take homework to First Nations high school to act as role models #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 3:27:20 PM
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Wesley-Esquimaux says 'students coming in from remote communities need a very special mentor, a person they can rely on' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 3:23:59 PM
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Wesley-Esquimaux says if First Nations youth better understand their history, they'll be better prepared for city life #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 3:19:08 PM
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Wesley-Esquimaux says she tells them 'they're not really spitting at you, they're spitting on what you represent to them.' 2/2 #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 3:17:57 PM
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Wesley-Escquimaux says she hears from First Nations students that they get spit on by residents in #tbay 1/2 #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 3:17:11 PM
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Wesley-Esquimaux says 1100 Indigenous PhDs + 6,000 Masters in Can. "Educational system doesn't have to change us' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 3:15:34 PM
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Wesley-Esquimaux: 'if you're carrying a history that is unknown to you, that's another kind of trauma' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 3:13:57 PM
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Wesley-Esquimaux says conversation must change frm 'how bad is it?' In First Nations to 'embedding good social events in memory' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/2/2016 3:11:00 PM