NEWS & EVENTS
Expanding Indigenous Education and Research in Canada with the First Nations Technical Institute
(Tyendinaga, ON) January 18, 2019 – the First Nations Technical Institute (FNTI) is expanding its programming and capacity for the 2019/20 academic year as Indigenous-centred education grows in Ontario.
On Monday, January 14, Member of Parliament for Hastings, Lennox and Addington Mike Bossio, on behalf of the Honourable Kristy Duncan, Minister of Science and Sport, announced that FNTI will receive a National Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) grant. FNTI will receive $50,000 for research in the fields of agriculture, food security, and sustainability, including a
January 23, 2019 - Press Release
Roots Calling Documentary Now Available!
Roots Calling, a documentary directed by Joel George of Prime Focus Productions is a documentary about identity and belonging.
The film documents the life story of Eddie Gough after being 'scooped' as a baby and raised in a Caucasian world. We follow him as he embarks on his pivotal first visit to his home territory of Wikwemikong First Nation.
We are proud to announce that Roots Calling Blu-Rays are now available for purchase through Prime Focus Productions website, if you are interested in booking a hosted screening with a Q&A session afterwards
May 16, 2019
FNTI Partners for First Ever LGBTQ+ Youth Aviation Mentoring Event
Second year FNTI Aviation student Doris Ipeelee
speaking at the first ever Canadian Aviation mentoring
event for LGBTQ+ youth.
Second year FNTI Aviation student Doris Ipeelee was part of history this past weekend. On Sunday March 24th, Doris along with other LGBTQ+ aviators and pilots, gathered at the Jazz Aviation hangar in Toronto.
The youth mentoring event hosted by Jazz Aviation and the Canadian Centre for Gender and Sexual Diversity aimed to motivate and inspire LGBTQ+ youth to consider entering the field of aviation.
"It was an amazing
March 26, 2019
