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Spending scandal engulfs native university: Funding cut looms over allegations of questionable expense claims and payouts to senior staff (The Globe and Mail)

The country's only native-run university may have its government funding cut off within days, imperiling a once-celebrated institution that opened to a lavish royal reception just seven years ago.  Saskatchewan's Advanced Education Minister Rob Norris said today that provincial funding for the First Nations University...

Aboriginal school project taking off in Prince George (The Globe and Mail)

The numbers at Carney Hill public school in downtown Prince George paint a bleak picture of native school life. Eighty-eight per cent of students enrolled are from first nations, yet their attendance rates are dismal and dropout rates are sky high.  "We failed them," said...

Treaty’s status needs review – commission (The New Zealand Herald)

The Human Rights Commission is renewing calls to consider entrenching the Treaty of Waitangi as part of a wider review aimed at improving the human rights of Maori.  The recommendation is part of a proposed five-year action plan to 2015 that the commission is seeking...