The First Nations University of Canada in Regina

[gwapegan61]

were at a loss for words at the end of the class because they learned things that really opened their eyes. They not only didn't realize how destructive Canadian/American Indian policies were to my people, but also were shocked at how much we contributed to Western society. As I said, history marches on and anglos are not the only race that has shaped history...I dare say, their contribution is not as great as we have been led to believe. No offense to any race, but read the history books!

[CanadaIncorporated]

@gwapegan61 That is the thing that people don't understand. They wonder what the school could be teaching that is so important it needs its own school. Nobody realizes that all we get in University Indian studies are painful history lessons of death, rape and genocide. The FNUniv teaches empowering information. The FNUniv teaches the good things. No other school is willing to do that. The FNUniv must live on.

[GWARCUM]

@CanadaIncorporated If you want to read about death ,rape and genocide just read the Leader Post every day and see what these people are doing to each other ! 14% of Saskatchewans population fill 85% of our prisons ...killing each other off.

But of course your going to say its becauae of this or that and point the finger at someone else . You are responsible for your own actions no matter what the past was.

[CanadaIncorporated]

@GWARCUM It's interesting that Governments are willing to pay for incarceration but not education. I blame nobody. People need to be responsible for their actions, that's why I say the people who mismanaged funds at FNUniv should be held accountable for that.

[CanadaIncorporated]

@GWARCUM This school aims at changing the very conditions you speak of.

Please be weary of saying things "these people" becuz you sound really unintelligent. The fact that you put me, my fellow students, and my family and my friends into some mysterious all inclusive category with murderers is blatantly ignorant.

[GWARCUM]

@CanadaIncorporated I find it Ironic that you will stand up and say WE as natives need a university but when it comes to native social problems you wiped your hands of the " mysterious category" like you and those around you have never been affected by any of it . So Ya lets not incarcerate people who kill their buddy and burn the body in a dumpster just so you can have a University. 30000 grads ...TOTAL enrollment at FNU..1200 do the math .

[CanadaIncorporated]

@GWARCUM "Let's not incarcerate people who kill their buddy and burn the body in a dumpster just so you can have a university" - GWARCUM. What the Hell are you talking about? Do you even read what you write?

[CanadaIncorporated]

@GWARCUM You say, I have "never been affected by any of it". You're ignorance must have you living in a fantasy world where you just spurt things out of your mouth in hopes that people actually care what you say. You have no knowledge about my life and everything I endured. I do not ask for sympathy, but I do ask for a university that teaches First Nations content and my language.

[GWARCUM]

@CanadaIncorporated My god you guys sound like a broken record ...Our people were so hard done by , stand in line its happend alot worse all through history ..its funny You guys dont learn about the tribal warfair that went on between native people ....Oh but we wont talk about that now will we???

[CanadaIncorporated]

@GWARCUM You ignore the fact that this is about a University. FNUniv has addressed the problems of transparency and mismanagment. FNUniv received 12 mil in govt funding.

[CanadaIncorporated]

@GWARCUM The U of S receives over 80 million in govt funding. A 2007 report on the U of S found it to be the "least transparent board of governors in Canada" and the U of S refuses to takes minutes of their meetings and refuses to share financial information. Yet the govt wouldn't dare take funding away from, or even give a warning to a non-First Nations university that was doing the same things as FNUniv on a much grander scale.

[gwapegan61]

You tube is great! But I wish individuals who think great schools like FNU are racist (and there are many!) could have open and honest discussion offline. It's important. Time changes things..that's why they call it history! There was a short period of time that anglo's influenced and dominated education and how it impacted society. To think that other races haven't made a contribution is absurd! Let it go and learn from us. I remember my Indian Studies class. The caucasions in the room

[GWARCUM]

Now that the FNU is in trubble again I found it amusing that the students blaimed the Government for pulling the funding when their own chiefs were were stealing from the school .

[CanadaIncorporated]

@GWARCUM Whose chiefs?

[GWARCUM]

@CanadaIncorporated Chiefs that were on FNU board of Govenors ..Thus your chiefs . Do you need a list...lol

[CanadaIncorporated]

@GWARCUM Those were not my chiefs. Those were Board of governor members. Not one of those chiefs were my chief.

[CanadaIncorporated]

The school teaches all students of all races and all colours. The U of R enrolled students take classes there and the FNUniv students take classes at the U of R.

Nothing Racist about it.

Everybody gets along. It is a great school with great teachers and amazing architecture. All kinds of lessons are taught inside.

Only the ignorant fools think the school is racist. Ha! Fools.

[ice9fetus81]

even native indians?

[gwapegan61]

Okay, former SIFC alumni wading in....any race can enroll in classes here. I think a racist school would be considered...let me think..A RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL! Also, aren't there a few French and Arabic schools around? There's nothing wrong with preserving your identity and culture through education. Are anglo-saxons the only race that ever had ANYTHING to contribute to body of knowledge? Let's not forgot how socially biased traditional education was until recently.

[descanter]

Why does Canada have race-based schools? One might ask or questions whether so-called public schools are 'race' based. Do they not teach from a particular race's worldview?

I would venture to say that those in public schools do not interact with other cultural worldviews (other than a multicultural foodcourt type of appreciation)

[papercuts500]

o.o noob

[lucy9359]

@descanter Canada is Canada that is why. Nothing they do makes sense. They don't ask us either it is just where we live! On a political level I assume the fued goes back around 500 years between the french the native and the english. And the Catholic perverts which most of happen to be french no offence to the french just the way it is. They mollested all our alter boys and our native children as well.

[deanbill22]

why does canada have race-based schools? Isn't that a racist solution to racist problems? Is it good that aboriginals can go through elementary, secondary, and post-secondary without interacting with other cultures.

[sheena0027]

I believe the main objective is to offer all people of any culture, an Indigenous perspective in the usual areas of academia. Instructors are (but of course not all) Aboriginal. "Racist solution to racist problems" This mirrors the paradox of being "Indian" in contemporary society! I completely understand. What I don't understand is if Afro-Canadians feel the need for such a space in Toronto, why give let them have it?

[sheena0027]

The FNUniv is of course, not a Native only school. That would be racist... that is what Residential Schools were... a racist "solution." On paper, it is still a federated college of the University of Regina and operates like the others being Luther and Campion Colleges, as classes are disbursed around the campus. Regina isn't Toronto or Vancouver, so a great majority of the 12 000 U of R students are local Saskatchewan folk.

[papercuts500]

noob

[Maybelaterbaby]

It's beautiful building but I feel that there is alot of wasted space because of the akwardness of the circular shape.

[sheena0027]

The building is beautiful and is only the first half of the original design that would make it a whole circle. The open areas make for good space for events and such. What is awkward is the top 3 floors is actually the offices of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada.

[carmeldis]

cool