05 Feb Aboriginal university’s federal funding hangs in the balance: Days after Saskatchewan withdrew funds, there’s little hope First Nations University will get $7.3-million from Ottawa, minister says (The Globe and Mail)
The fate of millions of dollars in federal funding for the beleaguered First Nations University will be decided within days, and Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs Chuck Strahl is offering little hope that it might continue. The government of Saskatchewan earlier this week pulled $5.2-million from the Regina school, the country’s only aboriginal-run university. The move comes amid allegations from a past executive concerning financial mismanagement by senior administrators and follows years of failed attempts to reform the school’s board… go to article