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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Elson: the high school non-completion rate for First Nations on reserve is 5 X that of general population #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/10/2016 3:55:46 PM -
Coroner Dr. Eden says an issue has arisen that requires consultation with his counsel. Inquest off the record. #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/10/2016 3:39:31 PM
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Allen: I can't answer such a judgement-laden statement. Improvement is always important. #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/10/2016 3:38:47 PM
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Elson: You don't think First Nations education system is fundamentally flawed? #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/10/2016 3:38:25 PM
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Allen: First Nations education funding has 'no legislative basis' funding allocated on 'policy basis' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/10/2016 3:38:03 PM
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Elson: First Nations students only students in Canada w/o statutory guarantee of education funding #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/10/2016 3:36:03 PM
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Allen: Up to Parliament, can only speak to current policy. #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/10/2016 3:32:35 PM
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Elson: Would it help close education gap if there was a statutory requirement for ed. funding based on real costs, real needs? #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/10/2016 3:31:53 PM
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Allen: the [First Nations education funding] formula can be improved, I can say yes to that #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/10/2016 3:29:45 PM
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Allen: 'I can't answer that. I don't know', says words 'sufficient' and 'enough' are difficult to speak to #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/10/2016 3:28:31 PM
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Elson: Does INAC provide enough funding for on reserves schools to provide all education services a province provides? #tbinquest 1/2by Jody Porter via twitter 3/10/2016 3:27:27 PM
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Waiting for #tbinquest to start, getting messages from former manager of Kashiitaayoung, residence for post-secondary students in #TBayby Jody Porter via twitter 3/10/2016 2:39:17 PM
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Proceedings at #tbinquest yet to start today. Coroner and coroner's counsel just left the courtroom.by Jody Porter via twitter 3/10/2016 2:27:44 PM
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NAN lawyer Julian Roy: 'The funds being delivered are not closing the [education achievement] gap? Allen: Correct #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/9/2016 9:20:11 PM
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Allen says he has not been to any First Nations in Nishnawbe Aski Nation, but has been to other remote communities #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/9/2016 9:16:51 PM
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Auditor General report: 50 % of First Nations people living on reserve had not graduated high school. Canadian average = 10 % #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/9/2016 9:16:22 PM
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INAC policy: First Nations students 'will receive comparable programming' to counterparts in prov. + 'achieve similar outcomes' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/9/2016 9:14:02 PM
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Lawyer: is funding available for a student residence in #Tbay ? Allen: Funding primarily intended to be spent on reserve #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/9/2016 8:46:11 PM
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'Not all of our schooling takes place in an actual school,' Allen says. 'Our funding doesn't work that way.' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/9/2016 8:41:23 PM
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Allen asked about First Nations school in MB that gets ~2 X INAC funding as DFC. 'Comparing 2 different schools impossible' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/9/2016 8:36:08 PM
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Allen asked about sufficiency of INAC tuition for First Nations students. 'Tuition only 1 component of basket of services' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/9/2016 8:34:20 PM
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Allen:' there may be a perception of a gap' in federal vs. provincial education funding but assessment needed to see if true #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/9/2016 8:27:08 PM
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Allen says the 1988 funding formula is not antiquated that it's 'variables are not set in time' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/9/2016 8:25:14 PM
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Allen says 'no funding program has ever stopped.' Programs for First Nations education are 'consistently renewed' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/9/2016 8:24:20 PM
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Allen says INAC funding is predictable b/c it's based on student population, which is predictable #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/9/2016 8:23:06 PM
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Allen says 'flexibility' is built into INAC education funding to respond to student needs #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/9/2016 8:21:20 PM
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Jordan Wabasse's grandmother is back at #tbinquest today. Jordan died in 2011 while attending Matawa Learning Centre in #TBay #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/9/2016 8:13:54 PM
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Jordan Wabasse's grandmother is back at #tbinquest today. Jordan died in 2011 while he was a student at Matawa Learning Centre #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/9/2016 8:12:09 PM
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Fed lawyer: is it possible to correlate these amounts to provincial funding levels? Allen: Not directly #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/9/2016 8:01:51 PM
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Allen says INAC 'core funding' includes $ for 'support services' such as guidance counsellors, accommodations, travel #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/9/2016 8:01:00 PM
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Walkers and students clearing out of the court room now to finish their walk to DFC #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/9/2016 8:00:03 PM
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'There is no legal definition of ordinarily resident on reserve', Allen says. #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/9/2016 7:57:53 PM
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Students eligible for INAC education $ are aged 4 to 21 and 'ordinarily resident' on reserve, Allen says. #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/9/2016 7:57:16 PM
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Allen reading from 'mandate letter' to @Carolyn_Bennett to establish 'sufficient, predictable, sustained [education] funding' #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/9/2016 7:52:38 PM
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Allen says 61 % of those students went to school on reserve, 36 % to provincial schools, 4% to private schools like DFC #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/9/2016 7:50:24 PM
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Allen says $1 .6B spent by INAC in 2012/13 to 113,000 'elgible' First Nations students in elementary or high school #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/9/2016 7:47:58 PM
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Allen: 1972 'Indian Control of Indian Education' policy transferred authority for schools on reserve to First Nations #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/9/2016 7:44:54 PM
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Court so full, nearly 20 people standing at the back. Normally only a handful of people here. #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/9/2016 7:43:14 PM
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Next witness is Jonathan Allen, deputy director of the national education branch at national headquarters of Indigenous Affairs #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/9/2016 7:40:56 PM
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'Welcome. It's an honour to have you here,' Dr. Eden says #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/9/2016 7:38:06 PM
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Coroner's counsel: 'we have a fuller than full house'. Crowd of students applauding 5 youth who walked from Sachigo #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/9/2016 7:37:24 PM
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The youth walked about 1,000 km from Sachigo Lake to raise $ for a First Nations student residence #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/9/2016 7:32:25 PM
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Sachigo Lake walkers and DFC students have arrived at courthouse. Line-up for security about 100 people long #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/9/2016 7:27:45 PM
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Boissoneau unavailable after lunch break, Falconer says. #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/9/2016 6:42:10 PM
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Lawyers now arguing about which page of the transcript the original question was based on #tbinquestby Jody Porter via twitter 3/9/2016 6:37:17 PM