Illeanna Knott is preparing to graduate from high school next month.
The legal rule is named after Jordan River Anderson, a boy from Norway House Cree Nation in Manitoba, who died at the age of five. He spent his life in hospital while the Manitoba government and Ottawa argued over which level of government needed to pay for his care in a special home.
Low graduation rates have been linked to a disconnect between Indigenous and Western education, chronic underfunding for Indigenous students and systemic discrimination. The program teams up a co-ordinator hired by the Southern Chiefs’ Organization with a school division. Families work with the co-ordinator to process requests in-house, meaning they don’t have to go directly through the federal government and face unnecessary delays.
This has opened the door for families to access educational supports such as tutoring and speech therapy, Wilson said. Funding through Jordan’s Principle can also go toward extracurricular activities that keep kids interested in going to school, as well as school supplies and fees.Article contentHaving Indigenous co-ordinators provides a sense of ease for caregivers, Wilson said.
Before working with the Southern Chief’s Organization, there was a “real patchwork” of access to Jordan’s Principle within the division’s 42 schools, which often led to support that was not as timely or robust, said Jason Drysdale, assistant superintendent of educational services and planning.
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