Joint funding for land-based learning centre for 4th First Nations University of Canada campus – Global News

January 25, 2023

Both the federal and Saskatchewan governments announced they will fund the First Nations University of Canada (FNUniv) for its fourth campus, which will be used for land-based learning.

The campus space is 22 acres and is located near the town of St. Louis along the South Saskatchewan River. FNUniv registered students will soon have a place for Indigenous teaching and learning on the land that will feature overnight facilities such as cabins, shower and washroom facilities, a mess hall with a kitchen, water and wastewater infrastructure, a permanent sweat lodge structure and an outdoor learning centre.

FNUniv president Jackie Ottman said the institution had been using this outdoor space for a couple of years prior to the pandemic for cultural camps for the education and social work programs.

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