Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, you shall.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you once again to the standing committee, for the third time, for being able not only to present our issues but also to get feedback in the Q and A process. I thank you very much for that. We at Sandy Bay have been very proactive in our model of child reform and bringing

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I think because the issue of capacity is always identified as a growing set of skills, the gauge on what level of capacity we require at Sandy Bay and also education for other schools is going to be specific to each community. However, with the cost of living and the increase of

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  As I said earlier, the rate is probably around 70% of the kids within that grade 10, 11 and 12 bracket. A lot of the time, the supports that are offered through school are directly attributable to that number being as high as it is.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I believe there would be a difference in the numbers, once again, just getting back to whatever each first nation is doing...if some are under a school division versus ones that have local control. What we have noticed is that the ones that are more under a school division don'

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Do you mean the successful number?

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I would say about 70% to 75%.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Normally, when students drop out, they don't try to come back to school until after they reach the age of 18 or 19. Due to the policy within the schools, we don't really like to have a mix of adults with students, so we have a lot of barriers in relation to “mature 12” programmin

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes. We've done a lot with ACC, Red River College and the University of Manitoba in relation to trades. As you know, in today's economy there's a huge demand for trades, whether for electricians, plumbers or carpenters. We have a group that's actually taking their level 3 carpe

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We have about 400.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, it's what they call the living allowance for students in urban areas. A single used to get $805. That was changed about two months ago, and increased to $1,050. That is still not up to par. The increase in cost of living really does impede single students who need to provide

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, the $300 is usually graduation-centred. It's geared to help them with clothing for whenever graduation comes, because a lot of the times the students are already impoverished. Everybody would like to look lovely for graduation. I know I would.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  One year, with a combination of our nursery, kindergarten, grade 6, grade 12 and post-secondary, we had the biggest number that I've seen graduating at one time. There were about 153 students, with a combination of our kindergarten grad, our grade 6 grad and our grade 12 grad. Th

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We do have a number of members who go to work for cropping companies. Once again, the access at a local level is still yet to be determined, but the interest is there. Once again, there's the issue of being able to provide a foundation—“this is where we are right now, this is whe

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  There are probably a few more than that. I would probably estimate about 150 people. It could be a little bit more. Once again, there are a lot of contributing factors for people to steer away from that. One is location. For some people who don't have that experience off the rese