Public discussion

On June 21, National Aboriginal Day, education experts, aboriginal leaders and government representatives met at a roundtable co-sponsored by the Toronto Star and Ryerson University to talk about what steps can be taken to help native children in Ontario's remote fly-in reserves, who are as many as three grades behind their peers in the rest of Canada in reading, writing and math. What do you think about the state of aboriginal education in Ontario - and can be done to improve it? Join the discussion here.

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Help Wanted, Help Offered

Have some books you would like to send to an on-reserve school in Ontario's north? Putting together school kits for aboriginal students? Or are you a northern school looking for specific supplies or help from partners in the "south?" If you have an idea about helping students in the farthest reaches of Canada's richest province, share it with us. Looking for help getting your idea off the ground? Post it here. Would you like to help, but aren't sure how? Check out what others are doing.