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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 08, 2014, Winnipeg, Manitoba C M Y K PAGE A8 A 8 WINNIPEG FREE PRESS, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2014 TOP NEWS winnipegfreepress. com The Winnipeg Free Press will be publishing Valentines to your loved ones on Friday, February 14, 2014. For a minimum cost of just $ 21.26 you can tell your loved one how much you care. Additional lines, a photo or Valentine's logo are extra. Deadline to place your ad is 12: 00 noon on Monday, February 10. For more information or to place your ad, call us at 697- 7100 , or email your ad to wfpclass@ freepress. mb. ca Pres you 2014 21 26 ValentineDear At the heart of the National Research Centre for Truth and Reconciliation will be the statements of former Residential School Students. Their testimony, along with government, church and family records, will form a unique participatory archive managed through professional stewardship. Mr. Moran will assume a lead role to liaise and coordinate with Aboriginal communities, Survivor organizations, governments and university departments to establish the Centre and advance its role as a research destination for human rights scholars from Manitoba, across Canada and around the world. Since 2010, Moran has been the Director of Statement Gathering with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. Prior to this, he owned YellowTilt Productions, delivering professional services in a variety of areas including Aboriginal language preservation. Moran, a bilingual member of the Metis Nation, is a Masters of Business Administration candidate, and holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Victoria. We are proud to have Mr. Moran further its goal when the Centre formally opens in 2015. umanitoba. ca THE UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE APPOINTMENT OF RY MORAN Director, National Research Centre for Truth and Reconciliation. 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Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak leader David Harper was at the prime minister's side for the announcement in Standoff, Alta., in a show of support with other chiefs, including Shawn Atleo, leader of the Assembly of First Nations. The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs offered no comment on the reforms that were rolled out in southern Alberta. The province's top aboriginal leader, Derek Nepinak, was not in Standoff, the Blood First Nation where Harper made his announcement. Nepinak is an acknowledged leader of a political movement at odds with Atleo's strategies to work with Ottawa. Nepinak has never agreed with the First Nations Education Act, calling the legislation " paternalist" and " colonialist." Southern Chiefs Organization leader Terry Nelson said the reforms look good until you look closer. " It'd be great, a step forward if it was real, but this is another Kelowna Accord," he said, referring to the $ 5- billion Kelowna Accord crafted by former Liberal prime minister Paul Martin. The Conservatives cancelled the accord after forming government in 2006. None of the funding to leverage the new Tory reforms will start until 2016, Nelson said. " Will Harper even be prime minister in 2016?" Nelson asked. The next federal election is slated for 2015. " It's a nice promise and it gives Shawn Atleo a boost, but it's really nothing," Nelson said. The first reports stated Ottawa will fund core education, which includes language and cultural instruction, with $ 1.25 billion over three years starting in 2016. There's a provision for a 4.5 per cent annual increase. For the last 20 years, funding increases have been capped at two per cent a year. Along with the $ 1.25 billion, Ottawa offered another $ 500 million over seven years to go toward infrastructure and $ 160 million over four years for implementation. In an indication of how divisive these reforms are among Canada's chiefs, the office of the national chief in Ottawa blitzed chiefs across the country with an appeal for support after the reforms rolled out. " Obviously, there is much detail that must be discussed and the government has committed to doing this together with First Nations. This is not the end of the journey, just the beginning," Atleo said in an appeal that quickly leaked across social media Friday. Education on Manitoba First Nations isn't all under band control. In the past decade, more and more reserves have figuratively thrown in the towel, handing over responsibility for schools to the province. For instance, there are 58 schools on First Nations in northern Manitoba, including 19 high schools, and their administration includes local band- controlled schools as well as schools run by the province's northern school division, the Frontier School Division. The situation is the same in southern Manitoba. The advantage of signing on to the Frontier School Division is financial. Ottawa tops up funding shortfalls in transfer payments to the province but not on reserve- run schools. alexandra. paul@ freepress. mb. ca By Alexandra Paul Aboriginal leaders skeptical about plan Nelson notes funding won't start until 2016 S TANDOFF, Alta. - The federal government's reworked plan for native education sets minimum quality standards for reserve classrooms but leaves aboriginal schooling under First Nations control. The deal, pulled back from the brink of collapse several times, drew cautious optimism from some First Nations and protests from others when it was announced Friday. Prime Minister Stephen Harper outlined the details at an aboriginal high school in southern Alberta along with Assembly of First Nations national Chief Shawn Atleo. The plan calls for standards consistent with provincial standards off- reserve. It says students will have to meet attendance requirements and teachers will have to be properly certified. But overall control is to remain with First Nations, Harper said. He likened it to how local school boards operate elsewhere. " We are talking about the kind of local control and response to local culture and history that we have in education across the country in most communities," he said. Ottawa is to provide funding for core education, which includes language and cultural instruction, of $ 1.25 billion over three years, starting in 2016. There's a provision for a 4.5 per cent annual increase. Another $ 500 million over seven years is to go toward infrastructure and $ 160 million over four years is set aside for implementation. Atleo called the deal the beginning of a new era for First Nations children. " Today is about... fairness, opportunity and hope for First Nations children, youth and students," Atleo said. About 300 people attended the announcement. Discussions with First Nations on the deal were difficult from the start. Chiefs and grassroots membership, carrying brutal memories of residential schools, bristled at the idea of federal government involvement in their education outcomes. Outside the school Friday, nine protesters carried signs from the Idle No More movement. Inside, one woman briefly interrupted a ceremonial paddle- signing by Harper and the national chief. Shannon Houle said she represented the people of Alberta's Saddle Lake Cree Nation and the people of Treaty 6. " We object to this agreement, and I must make that public to let Canada know that not every First Nation has been consulted or has been part of these negotiations," she stood up and yelled. Atleo took the interruption in stride. " My role is to support, acknowledge and respect that all First Nations have their rights," he said. Graduation rates among First Nations children are among the lowest in Canada. Many communities see only half of high school students finish their basic education. Part of the expectation in the deal is that aboriginal schools award widely recognized diplomas and certificates to students who do finish their schooling on a reserve. The government said this requirement does not currently exist and has resulted in First Nations youth being turned away from jobs. - The Canadian Press Quality markers for First Nations education slated Reserves retain control of schools in new $ 1.25- B federal program By Bill Graveland ' It's a nice promise and it gives Shawn Atleo a boost, but it's really nothing' - Terry Nelson, Southern Chiefs Organization WAYNE GLOWACKI / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILES SCO Grand Chief Terry Nelson says the education plan is great - ' if it was real.' A_ 08_ Feb- 08- 14_ FP_ 01. indd A8 2/ 7/ 14 8: 47: 44 PM ;