Although the First Nations University of Canada, the University of Regina, and the Provincial Government reached a deal yesterday to continue provincial funding of $5 million to FNUC, the students realize that the Federal Government must also reinstate its funding.
To show their determination to keep FNUC alive, 17 students started a "live-in" at the university yesterday. They set up their teepees in the front gathering area south of the University campus and were gathered in the student study area on the main floor when I went to class yesterday. They are sleeping in the teepees and tents at night...they must be freezing out there since the temperature really drops at night.
It's been a while since I either saw or heard of any group, regardless of their aims, actually take this type of stance and stage a live in (called a sit in back in the 1960s). I wish them all the best.
To learn more about the FNUC students' live-in, read this Leader-Post article.
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I wish them all the best too. And I hope none of them get sick because of the cold night temperatures.
ReplyDeleteReally love that building, and the teepees in front just enhance it.
Amazing building. I accompany Hilda.
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