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Mod #1 Post #4 Call to Action #9

94 Calls to Action as a result of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Call to Action #9.

We call upon the federal government to prepare and
publish annual reports comparing funding for the
education of First Nations children on and off reserves,
as well as educational and income attainments of
Aboriginal peoples in Canada compared with nonAboriginal people.

As you can see from the repetition of parts of this call, Call #8 was to eliminate the discrepancy, and then call #9 is about reporting out.  This report only speaks to 2016-2017.  It’s 2021… I find it interesting that there is not clearer data even though every school year there should be a report.  I did find the chart particularly interesting below. In theory, anyone attending a provincial school even on-reserve should have full funding from the government.  I wonder if they are?

What is happening?

Indigenous Services Canada is continuing to produce reports on education funding. The most recent public report is from the 2016 to 2017 school year:

Of particular interest for those that are not understanding, FTE means “Full-Time Equivalent” so if a student is part-time they are not a 1.0FTE.  Those schools under self-governance agreements are something I am very interested in learning more about.

Table 1: First Nations K-12 education: Number of FTE students by type of school (2016-2017)
BC AB SK MB ON QC Atlantic All provinces % of total
First Nation-operated schools 4,639 9,752 15,834 15,143 12,884 6,230 1,661 66,141.9 65%
Provincial schools 7,143 6,838 3,556 5,693 5,915 1,597 1,536 32,277.6 32%
Private/Independent schools 725 243 28 189 525 344 44 2,096.6 2%
Federal schools 70 1,398 1,468.0 1%
Total FTE students 12,472 16,902 19,418 21,024 20,722 8,171 3,240 101,984.1 100%
Note: Figures may not add up due to rounding. FTE counts do not include students under self-government agreements.