11 Mar Strahl turns down students’ plea to restore First Nations University funding: Delegation makes trek to Ottawa to defend beleaguered aboriginal-run institution, leaves empty-handed (The Globe and Mail)
Teachers, students and other advocates for the First Nations University in Saskatchewan were in Ottawa Thursday to plead for the restoration of $7.2-million in federal funding that was cut after long-running allegations of financial mismanagement. But Indian Affairs Minister Chuck Strahl turned down their request. “I did meet with the First Nations University delegation today. I repeated our position that the current funding formula for First Nations University ends as of March 31,” Mr. Strahl told the House of Commons… go to article