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Mi'kmaw Kina'matnewey is an organization that advocates for the educational interests of twelve Mi'kmaw communities in Nova Scotia. [1] [2] It is a corporation without share capital established for the purpose of supporting the delivery of educational programs and services by the Mi’kmaq Education Act of 1998 of the Government of Canada.
The district has a single campus in Truro. [5] Its levels are preschool, elementary, and secondary. The high school portion was built in 1981, [6] and by fall 2002 a K-8 addition was scheduled to open. [7] Previously the preschool and high school were in Truro, the elementary school was in St. Charles, and the middle school was in New Virginia. [3]
For several thousand years the territory of the province has been a part of the territory of the Mi'kmaq nation of Mi'kma'ki. Mi'kma'ki includes what is now the Maritimes, parts of Maine, Newfoundland and the Gaspé Peninsula. Colchester County is located in the traditional Mi'kmaw districts of Sipekni'katik to the south and west, and Epekwitk ...
In the 2004–2005 school year it had 117 students, a low enrollment number. Due to new families enrollment increased from that point. In the 2009–2010 school year it had 147 students. In the 2010–2011 school year the school received two additional teachers and a student body of 151, with about 30 coming from outside of Truro.
[5] [6] In 1982, the first Mi'kmaq operated school opened in Nova Scotia. [7] By 1997, all education for Mi'kmaq on reserves were given the responsibility for their own education. [8] There are now 11 band-run schools in Nova Scotia. [9] Now Nova Scotia has the highest rate of retention of aboriginal students in schools in the country. [9]
The after-school program in Truro needs 3.5 staff members — a full-time supervisor, two full-time program leaders and a part-time program leader.
The first Mi'kmaq-operated school in Nova Scotia—the Mi'kmaq Kina' matnewey— [76]: 208 was established in 1982 he result of a collaboration between the Mi'kmaw community and the Nova Scotia government. The school is the most successful First Nation Education Program in Canada, according to Benjamin.
Old Truronians is the name used to refer to people educated at Truro School, a mixed private boarding school located in the city of Truro, Cornwall, and its preparatory school, Truro Prep (formerly called Treliske School). The "Truro Wesleyan Middle Class College" (also referred to as Truro College) was founded by Wesleyan Methodists in 1880. [1]