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Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I'll add to that. I work with sectoral self-government agreements. We have two that I would speak to that have immersion elements to them. One is the Mi'kmaq agreement, the MK agreement in Nova Scotia, where there are 12 first nations. The other is the Anishinabe first nation agreement, where there are 23 communities.

March 6th, 2023Committee meeting

Dionne Savill

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  The Yukon first nations have had program service transfers of federal funding around indigenous languages, and that has enabled many of them to start immersion programs. For example, the Champagne and Aishihik First Nations have a complete immersion program through which they recently graduated 30 students.

March 6th, 2023Committee meeting

Dionne Savill

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Hanley. I recently changed roles. I'm now the director general of the implementation sector, but I have worked with Yukon first nations on developing their own vision for education in the Yukon for their children. That has meant, as you say, the First Nation School Board and the Yukon First Nation Education Directorate.

March 6th, 2023Committee meeting

Dionne Savill