The Supreme Court of Canada rejected Quebec’s appeal of a law that affirms Indigenous nations’ jurisdiction over child and family services. The Peguis First Nation has been running its own child welfare system since 2022, and hopes others will soon follow.
This semester, in partnership with Indigenous leaders and the parent council, Sunnyside School students had the opportunity to learn some of the traditional teachings of the First Nation s peoples that once prospered in what we now call the community of Sunnyside.