Colleges and Institutes Accessing Funding Sources for the Development and Delivery of Aboriginal Education and Training Programs

In the case of education and training programs for Aboriginal learners, respondents indicated the following:

• Once again, more institutions rely on operating grants or base funding from provincial ministries responsible for post-secondary education to cover education and training program costs as confirmed by 77 percent of institutions.
• Up to 67 percent of respondent institutions indicated that tuition is used to fund education and training programs for Aboriginal learners.
• More than half of respondent institutions indicated that First Nations Bands are a source of funding for the development and delivery of education and training programs; this is largely through partnerships and contract training initiatives to address community identified needs.
• Up to 44 percent of respondent colleges and institutes from British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, the Yukon, Ontario, Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador, access Aboriginal program or project funding through their provincial government for the development and delivery of education and training programs. For example B.C. colleges indicated that they access funding for developing Aboriginal-specific curriculum through the Aboriginal Special Project Fund of the B.C. government.