By Claire McFarlane, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Cabin Radio An eligibility requirement imposed by the Northwest Territories government to receive funding for educational assistants is delaying recruitment for those roles at a Yellowknife school board. In August, the territorial government announced it would offer up to $14 million to schools whose funding for educational assistants was cut due to changes to Jordan’s Principle, a federally administered initiative. The changes, mandated by Indigenous Services Canada, meant requests made through schools located off-reserve would no longer be approved. The YK1 school district announced in June that it would cut 79 EA positions across its schools in response to the expected loss of Jordan\u2019s Principle support. When the GNWT’s stopgap funding was announced to help reinstate those positions, the territory said it would… <\/p>\n
By Claire McFarlane, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Cabin Radio An eligibility requirement imposed by the Northwest Territories government to receive funding for educational assistants is delaying recruitment for those roles at a Yellowknife school board. In August, the territorial government announced it would offer up to $14 million to schools whose funding for educational assistants was cut due to changes to Jordan’s Principle, a federally administered initiative. The changes, mandated by Indigenous Services Canada, meant requests made through schools located off-reserve would no longer be approved. The YK1 school district announced in June that it would cut 79 EA positions across its schools in response to the expected loss of Jordan\u2019s Principle support. When the GNWT’s stopgap funding was announced to help reinstate those positions, the territory said it would... <\/p>\n