FSIN and the University of Saskatchewan have signed an agreement aimed at improving the academic success of First Nations students.

Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations Chief Bobby Cameron signed the agreement Thursday morning with U of S President Peter Stoicheff.

The agreement is meant to improve communication between the two organizations and commits the university to annually presenting strategies and programs to support indigenous students.

About 12 per cent of the university’s 23,000 students are indigenous, according to Stoicheff.

His goal is to get the ratio closer to the indigenous population of Saskatchewan, which is about 16 per cent, he said.