Media Advisory – National Roundtable on First Nation Elementary and Secondary Education

OTTAWA -- The National Panel on First Nation Elementary and Secondary Education will hold a National Roundtable in Ottawa on November 22nd to continue their engagement work to develop an action plan to ensure First Nations students have access to quality education and high school graduation rates improve.

The National Roundtable is the culmination of the Panel’s engagement process which has included extensive discussions and guidance from community leaders, administrators of First Nations schools and support organizations, legal and policy experts, as well as First Nations students, teachers, parents and Elders.

The National Roundtable will be a key opportunity for the Panel to verify themes and findings and to advance thinking on possible recommendations, including how to respond to regional and community diversity in the context of a national report.

Attending the National Roundtable will be community leaders, educators, administrators, and students from across Canada who share a focus and drive to improve First Nations K–12 education and student success.

The Panel, a joint initiative of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC) and the Assembly of First Nations, will deliver its recommendations to the federal minister and National Chief by year end.

For more information and to have your say in the development of recommendations to improve First Nation elementary and secondary education, please visit: www.firstnationeducation.ca. Follow the Panel’s activities on Twitter at Panel_Education.

For media inquiries please contact: Susan King: C: 613-725-5901; O: 613-744-8282; susanking@sympatico.ca