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Authors: Dianne Wilkins, PhD Candidate in Education, University of New Brunswick and Elizabeth Sloat, Professor of Education, University of New Brunswick

What changes might be ahead for the quality of education offered to Indigenous youth?

We pose this question in the wake of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s recent announcement that Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) will be dissolved and replaced by two new federal departments under two cabinet ministers.

Currently, the federal minister of INAC is the governing authority over Indigenous education in all provinces and territories. The promise of increased self-governance for Indigenous peoples in Canada is the perfect climate for accelerating educational change.