| # | Name | Comments |
|---|
| 1101 | Fred Wien | |
| 1102 | Shawn Charlebois | Shameful. |
| 1103 | Caroline Tait | |
| 1104 | Amy Bombay | |
| 1105 | Adrian Tanner | |
| 1106 | Bonnie Bonspiel | |
| 1107 | Lori LaMorre-Slatter | |
| 1108 | Dwayne Nashkawa | |
| 1109 | Dr. Michael E. Green | Please continue to support FNTI as they continue their important work in providing and developing first rate educational programs for First Nations students. |
| 1110 | Mark Hathaway | |
| 1111 | Josephine Wong | I think it is critical that FNTI receives fair funding and be assured that it can continue to operate to provide inclusive and critical higher education programs for First Nations Peoples. |
| 1112 | Josephine Wong | I think it is critical that FNTI receives fair funding and its survival be assured so that it can continue to operate and provide inclusive and critical higher education programs for First Nations Peoples. This is critical for the social, economic and collective well-being of First Nations communities. |
| 1113 | Darcy Snake | |
| 1114 | Barbie Shore | I support FNTI and ask that the government provide equitable funding to this important school. |
| 1115 | Leslie Robinson | |
| 1116 | Lahl SarDyke | |
| 1117 | Anonymous | |
| 1118 | Antonia Mills | |
| 1119 | Joyce Bonspiel-Nelson | |
| 1120 | Sakoieta' Widrick | Funding for our schools and programs are a necessity if First Nations people are to work effectively with our non-Native counterparts in the work force. Since most of the dollars being denied come from resources that have been and are extracted from First Nation territories, without our people benefitting as they should, it is imperative that both levels of Government work effectively together to show their good faith as their part of what will continue to be a long relationship, that was defined in our early history through wampum belt agreements, in this land called Canada. |
| 1121 | Andrew MacNeil | Please, let's start acting like the culturally-inclusive society we claim to be. |
| 1122 | Anne Dollack | |
| 1123 | Duncan Sanderson | Aboriginal institutions are an important mechanism in helping to close the education gap. FNTI is one
of those important mechanisms. |
| 1124 | Tracey Bonspiel | |
| 1125 | Harvey Abel | This is disgraceful! Both the Federal and Provincial governments should be doing everything needed to keep this fine school in operation. I repeat - disgraceful!! |
| 1126 | Anonymous | |
| 1127 | Anonymous | |
| 1128 | Angela Recollet | |
| 1129 | Kathy Bent | |
| 1130 | Catia Carrier | |
| 1131 | Anonymous | |
| 1132 | Kathy Davis | |
| 1133 | Kathy Davis | |
| 1134 | Noreen Demeria | |
| 1135 | Jason Laker | There needs to be a strong commitment to supporting Aboriginal-led education institutions! |
| 1136 | jacie skelton | |
| 1137 | Christine Welter | It is indeed an unfortunate but not surprising eventuality that the Federal government, under the leadership of Stephen Harper, should decide to neglect the responsibility of educating and providing opportunities for education which are suitable to Indigenous students.
FNTI is one of the few schools which is successfully providing postsecondary educational opportunities for native students in an environment suitable to their learning pedagogies.
Indigenous students have been forced into residential schools, into non-Indigenous cultures in their primary and secondary experiences forcing them to accommodate the learning styles of the dominant culture.
Many more schools like FNTI at the primary, secondary and postsecondary level are needed until the day when the dominant society recognizes that it is indeed racist and oppressive and is responsible for preventing Indigenous peoples from fulfilling their capacity and potential.
The dominant society is, by doing so, preventing itself from becoming all that it too can become. The Indigenous Knowledge which is the bedrock of Indigenous culture and community, will, in time, be recognized as the information needed by the western civilization to prevent itself from completely self-destructing and, as a by-product, destroying a great deal of the habitable earth.
Quit thinking about controlling the Native peoples, their land and their future, and give them the reins to direct their own development.
In the meantime, make certain that the people have access to education which is the component necessary to raise up millions of people of capacity.
Increase the dollars for education across the board, for students, for institutions like FNTI and Grand River Postsecondary, for the First Nations Postsecondary institutions and stop making them be 'more like us'. |
| 1138 | Michael Anthony Hart | |
| 1139 | Mike Burke | It is absolutely essential that FNTI be provided equity in operational funding and accreditation.
FNTI students are the most engaged and committed group of students I have taught in over 25 years of university teaching. |
| 1140 | Leila Monib | |
| 1141 | T. Leach | |
| 1142 | Carolyn Johns | |
| 1143 | Bryan Evans | |
| 1144 | Judy Rebick | FNTI is a great instiution with a proven track record. It is ridiculous that federal provincial squabbling is getting in the way of its survival. This is a federal responsibility and they should provide the funding |
| 1145 | Maggie Terrance | |
| 1146 | Tuna Baskoy | Cutting funding to FNTI will not help to solve acute social problems the Canadian society is facing. Such a small funding, in fact, has been creating a level playing field for those who want to make an achievement and contribute to the society. As a result, I would like to see funding continues for FNTI
Sincerely, |
| 1147 | Keith Wong | |
| 1148 | Janine McNabb | |
| 1149 | William McGhee | I would respectively ask the Ontario Government to please look to Australia today for an example of what it is to do the right thing by Indigenous peoples. For example Prime Minister Rudd stated the following desire ; "A future where we harness the determination of all Australians, Indigenous and non-Indigenous, to close the gap that lies between us in life expectancy, educational achievement and economic opportunity. “Our own federal government seems to be terribly misguided and does see our First Nations/Indigenous peoples as truly equal partners in a future for equal opportunities for all the peoples of Canada.
Sincerely,
Dr. William E. McGhee, Psy.D.
ANI-YUN-WIYA CHEROKEE, Indigenous Counsellor
Indigenous Counselling Office
Univesity of Victoria
C120 Sedgewick Building
PO Box 1700
Victoria, British Columbia V8W 2Y2 |
| 1150 | Jacquie Chic | It is an outrage that the Ontario government would stand idly by while FNTI has to contemplate closing its doors. The very least that Canadian governments can do is to provide adequate funding to programs such as FNTI. |