Cree School Board Director General calls partnership a "significant step forward" for Cree capacity building.
The Cree School Board's adult education sector, Sabtuan Adult Education Services, signed an official partnership agreement with the Cree Nation Government's Apatisiiwin Skills Development (ASD). The partnership sets out shared standards for information sharing, confidentiality, consultation, and community relations and will evolve as needed.
With the ASD department mandated to meet employment needs and SAES providing general education courses and accredited vocational training programs to adults in Eeyou Istchee, their respective clientele often overlap.
The partnership was inspired by the Roundtables on Capacity Building, where community members expressed the need for better alignment of training and employment services, improved communications, and increased collaboration between entities. Cree School Board Director General Abraham Jolly and ASD Director Louisa Saganash both saw this feedback as a direct call to action. A formal agreement between the Cree School Board's adult education sector, SAES, and Cree Nation Government's ASD offers the most efficient way to ensure a long-term and clear collaboration.
