![First Nations University of Canada has been under a cloud of controversy for five years. [Photo: Bryan Schlosser, The Leader-Post, ©2010. The Leader-Post, used with permission.]](/images/default-source/bulletin/firstnationsuweb.jpg?sfvrsn=1 "FirstNationsUWeb.jpg")
First Nations University of Canada has been under a cloud of controversy for five years. [Photo: Bryan Schlosser, The Leader-Post, ©2010. The Leader-Post, used with permission.]
As this edition of the
Bulletin was going to print, news reports emerged that the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations legislative assembly had voted to dissolve the First Nations University board of governors and indicated it would restructure the board along lines recommended by its
all-chiefs task force.
“We are heartened by this news,” CAUT executive director James Turk said of the Feb. 4 developments.
He said that implementation of governance changes, including restructuring the board, would require the FSIN to amend the
First Nations University Act.
“We have written to FSIN Chief Guy Lonechild congratulating him on the leadership he has shown on this issue and asking for more specific details about the federation’s decisions and plans,” Turk said.
“Once concrete steps have been taken to implement the necessary governance changes, CAUT will be in a position to consider the possibility of lifting censure of the university and to join with the FSIN in lobbying the Saskatchewan government to restore funding.”