Parkland College in Yorkton is the most recent school in Saskatchewan to sign the Indigenous Education Protocol.
The protocol is a new initiative by Colleges and Institutes Canada to reaffirm the importance of Indigenous education.
The college officially signed the protocol at a ceremony on Monday morning.
Brendan Wagner with Parkland College said once they viewed the document it was easy for them to sign it.
“A bunch of colleges jumped on right away and they signed it. A few others, like us, needed some time to look over the document, take it to our stakeholders and make sure it was a right fit and it turned out it was,” said Wagner. “It’s just a great initiative that will underscore our investment into First Nations, Inuit and Metis students.”
Wagner also said one of their goals as a college is to increase Aboriginal collaborations.
“We found the main points of the protocol fell into step with our values, so it just made sense for us to sign on.”
Local First Nation elders also signed the document during Monday’s signing ceremony.