Schools resort to phone and fax machine to restart classes in northern Ontario First Nations

It's not clear how far the $112 million dollars in federal funding announced for First Nations education during the pandemic will go toward addressing those needs. Principal Brad Battiston addresses First Nations youth at the Matawa Education Centre in May 2019. (Adam van der Zwan/CBC)Still, no one anticipated the flexibility the pandemic has required and First Nations students are doubly challenged by the long-standing infrastructure gaps in their communities. Northern Nishnawbe Education Council (NNEC), which serves 24 remote First Nations is opening with distance learning only on Sept. 8. "It would be great to have a dedicated education space, but in many communities that space simply doesn't exist," Battiston said.

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