Thank you, Sylvia.
Thank you for the question.
With regard to attendance, we also need to address the intergenerational trauma that is affecting entire family units in their home lives. That is a major aspect of why children do not complete their high school education. There needs to be a lot more support for mental health. Quite often, we have our own ceremonies and our own ways of doing things, which are beneficial. They ground us in our culture, and that promotes our healing as well. However, those things are not taught in our current curriculum.
As was mentioned earlier, Treaty 7 has some wonderful programs, which include immersive indigenous knowledge and teaching. That needs to be across Canada in my opinion. Land-based knowledge and land-based courses are also another way to keep people engaged. They promote their indigenous heritage, so they are grounded. They would know why they are going to university and what is going to motivate them to other ISET program training, or whatever they need to be doing.