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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Gover taking Kejick through a review of NNEC done by former NAN Grand Chief Charles Fox. Review was locked in a safe at NNEC #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/5/2016 4:31:39 PM -
Police lawyer Gover: 'Purpose of the inquest is learning the lessons from tragedy. We're not here to assign blame. Kejick: yes #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/5/2016 4:29:42 PM
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DFC students back in courtroom this morning at #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/5/2016 4:27:21 PM
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Kejick: NNEC has 'condensed' year b/c 'we didn't want to repeat residential schools' where they took kids + they never go home #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/5/2016 4:02:33 PM
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Kejick says NNEC is in the process of developing a missing student protocol, would welcome collaboration, training with police #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/5/2016 3:56:55 PM
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Chiefs of Ontario lawyer Elson paying DFC teachers = to provincial teachers would take up 95 % of DFC's annual funding #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/5/2016 3:49:00 PM
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Teachers at DFC make 30 to 40 per cent less than teachers at provincial high schools, Kejick says. #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/5/2016 3:46:01 PM
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'We waste a lot of time trying to fill out the INAC forms that we don't fit in,' Kejick says of proposal-driven funding #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/5/2016 3:42:28 PM
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Eden: Regardless of the historical context, the jury could make recommendations about funding #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/5/2016 3:16:25 PM
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Presiding Coroner Eden to Bryson: Can the jury make recommendations that relate to the past? #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/5/2016 3:15:16 PM
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Jury excused after PACY lawyer Chantelle Bryson asked Kejick about link between funding short falls + colonialism #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/5/2016 3:12:52 PM
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Kejick: hearing over + over from students about racism in #tbay . 'It's almost like we're normalizing this. It's not normal' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/5/2016 3:10:50 PM
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Kejick: boarding parents in #tbay often work, no place for students to go if sick. 'We've had students at school w/fever of 102' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/5/2016 3:01:39 PM
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Kejick: if NNEC provides teachers in First Nations to help w/WAHSA 'radio-school' it would lose its funding as 'distance Ed.' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/5/2016 2:54:25 PM
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'We have a lot of social issues that our students have,' Kejick says. 'We could use more staff' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/5/2016 2:50:15 PM
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Kejick: How do you work with 1 student when 13 others are being forgotten about? #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/5/2016 2:48:36 PM
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Kejick: No child welfare agency would put 14 kids in a house with 1 bathroom #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/5/2016 2:46:06 PM
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Kejick says at Pelican Falls First Nations high school 14 kids live in each house with 1 house counsellor #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/5/2016 2:44:57 PM
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PACY lawyer: Want to say congrats to you + your staff for verging on 1,000 grads this year. Amazing, given all we're talking abt #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/5/2016 2:42:16 PM
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Kejick: 1st semester is the longest one with no break for them to go home at all. (Some students are 13 when they leave home) #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/5/2016 2:39:34 PM
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Kejick: each support worker at First Nations high school in #tbay works with 20-40 students. 'It's a high case load for them' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/5/2016 2:32:10 PM
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Nishnawbe Aski Ntin lawyer: potential kids may be safer with their parents at home, but there are more services in the city #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/5/2016 2:26:21 PM
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'We try to work with students as much as we can' before making decision to send them home if they get in trouble, Kejick says #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/5/2016 2:25:04 PM
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#tbinquest resumes Friday. Northern Nishnawbe Edcuation Council director Norma Kejick is being cross-examinedby Jody Porter via twitter 2/5/2016 2:19:25 PM
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Talking about #tbinquest live on @UpNorthCBC in 5 http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CaZw9CDUMAMmbpg.jpg
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Kejick: it's going to take all of us in this room, everyone who has standing, to make this place safer for students #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/4/2016 8:27:59 PM
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Kejick: Since 1990, 1,000 students graduated from our 23 First Nations. 'Would they have graduated if not for our schools?' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/4/2016 8:00:17 PM
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Kejick: Despite the challenges we face, NNEC has a lot of success stories #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/4/2016 7:58:43 PM
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Kejick: In #tbay we face the same social challenges, but we have more access to services to students #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/4/2016 7:55:59 PM
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Kejick says 40 students are on a waiting list for mental health counselling at Pelican Falls First Nations high school #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/4/2016 7:55:11 PM
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Kejick says residence needs a 'family component built in' to provide role models of healthy family life for students #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/4/2016 7:51:00 PM
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'We are looking at other options, how can we make this happen?' Kejick says of plans for student residence in #tbay #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/4/2016 7:48:06 PM
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Kejick says there is no funding available for a residence for First Nations high school students in #tbay b/c it's off-reserve #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/4/2016 7:44:58 PM
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Kejick says if First Nations student goes to provincial high school, INAC pays tuition to province for that student 2/2 #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/4/2016 7:44:40 PM
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Kejick says NNEC only gets $ for students to travel home once at Xmas. NNEC spends ~ $400 ,000 to send kids home for March break #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/4/2016 7:44:25 PM
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Kejick says WAHSA (the 'radio school') offsets the deficit of both Pelican and DFC high schools + student supports #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/4/2016 7:28:45 PM
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Financial statements show DFC had a $57 ,000 deficit in 2012. More than $1 M accumulated deficit since school opened in 2000 #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/4/2016 7:27:00 PM
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Kejick reviewing 2012 audited financial statements for DFC high school. 'We're always spending more $ than we have to operate' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/4/2016 7:24:17 PM
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Kejick says recent study showed 400 highschool-aged youth in NIshnawe Ask Nation are not in school #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/4/2016 7:17:07 PM
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Kejick says NNEC salaries frozen since 2007. Highest paid NNEC teacher = $74 ,000. Highest paid teacher in public brd = $98 ,000 #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/4/2016 7:14:17 PM
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Kejick says the class is making a Crimestoppers video about 'runners', people who buy booze for minors #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/4/2016 7:07:32 PM
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Coroner welcomes class of Dennis Franklin Cromarty students in attendance at #tbinquest this afternoonby Jody Porter via twitter 2/4/2016 7:06:19 PM
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Kejick says NNEC went through a restructuring in 2012 resulting in the way the organization currently operates #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/4/2016 5:38:20 PM
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Kejick says NNEC went through 3 executive directors between 2007 & 2011. #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/4/2016 5:36:28 PM
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Kejick says an org. review done by former NAN Grand Chief Charles Fox was never seen by NNEC staff, found locked in safe #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 2/4/2016 5:33:50 PM