b'EDUCATIONIncreased Funding Promises Equitable Education Outcomes for First Nations StudentsA s of April 1, 2019, First Nations from across the country have entered into a new approach to funding First Nations K-12 education. These changes include replacing the federal governments outdated, inefficient and inadequate proposal-based funding education programs with Regional Education Agreements. First Nations now have the opportunity to design their own local, regional and/or Treaty-based education models which will provide sufficient, predictable and sustainable funding for First Nations K-12 education. As a result, First Nations across the country are in various stages of implementation, and are experiencing diverse challenges and successes. The next step in moving towards First Nations control of First Nations education is empowering First Nations leaders and educators to implement new strategies for K-12 funding in their communities.The AFNs Education sector. Continued on page 4030 Years of Indigenous EducationApprenticeship and postsecondary 28 programs running on reserves and Partnerin Indigenous communities to 7 of the 9 Indigenous Institutes in OntarioOntarios only accredited Indigenous Addictions Program500students annually on-campus studying both on-campus10 professionals providing and in-communityculturally-specificinterventions5,000+Ongoing applied research Indigenous Alumniprojectspromoting culturally-safecare for Indigenous Peoplecanadorecollege.ca/fpc Mary Wabano, Director705.474.7600 ext. 5967mary.wabano@canadorecollege.ca38 The Circle Winter Issue 1 2019'