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Old 06-17-2015, 09:33 AM   #53
CliffFletcher
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The whole "all natives get free university tuition" isn't true. My wife is from an aboriginal reserve, I also have lots of aboriginal friends. They all had to pay their way through school. Sure, there may be some scholarships here and there, but there's no "free tuition box" you check on your university application for being First Nations.
In the NWT, they had a program where for every three years you spent in the public school system there, the territorial government would pay for one year of university. Don't know if they still have that program, but was it in place 20 years ago.
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