By Matt Prokopchuk, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, TBnewswatch.com THUNDER BAY \u2014 Officials with an Indigenous education institute that serves dozens of northern Ontario First Nations say obtaining provincial accreditation is the start of bigger things. A celebratory media conference was held at the Oshki-Pimache-O-Win: The Wenjack Education Institute\u2019s main facility in Thunder Bay on Thursday. It was to officially announce that the not-for-profit received its full accreditation, which now allows it to create its own programs and confer its own credentials, under provincial oversight. \u201cThis isn’t a one-day event by one small group, this is a community event,\u201d Kim Falcigno, the institute\u2019s senior vice president of academics, said at Tuesday\u2019s announcement, adding that it\u2019s a celebration of everyone who played a role in the years-long process. \u201cWe’re now kind of… <\/p>\n
By Matt Prokopchuk, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, TBnewswatch.com THUNDER BAY \u2014 Officials with an Indigenous education institute that serves dozens of northern Ontario First Nations say obtaining provincial accreditation is the start of bigger things. A celebratory media conference was held at the Oshki-Pimache-O-Win: The Wenjack Education Institute\u2019s main facility in Thunder Bay on Thursday. It was to officially announce that the not-for-profit received its full accreditation, which now allows it to create its own programs and confer its own credentials, under provincial oversight. \u201cThis isn’t a one-day event by one small group, this is a community event,\u201d Kim Falcigno, the institute\u2019s senior vice president of academics, said at Tuesday\u2019s announcement, adding that it\u2019s a celebration of everyone who played a role in the years-long process. \u201cWe’re now kind of... <\/p>\n