Our Children Our Future Our Vision - People for Education

Our Children, Our Future, Our Vision
The majority of respondents to the survey, 69.6%, were between 25 and 59 years of age, with a
range from under 18 years to over 60 years. Less than 10% chose not to indicate their age. The
chart below shows a detailed description of the age range of respondents.
Respondent’s Age Range n %
0 – 18 7 3
19 – 24 23 9
25 – 40 52 21
41 – 49 62 24.9
50 – 59 59 23.7
Over 60 22 8.8
Not Indicated 24 9.6
Total 249 100%
1. Early Childhood Education and Daycare
While Daycare and Head Start programs are not funded under the federal mandate of the Department
of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (formerly Indian and Northern Affairs
Canada), respondents at the first session in London, ON brought forth their recommendation
to have it included in the overall survey. As early-learning is an integral component of the holistic
lifelong learning cycle so important in indigenous communities, four questions were developed
and included in the survey.
Q1: First Nation families have access to licensed early childhood daycare centers in First Nation
communities. This question was about current access to early childhood and daycare centers in
First Nation communities. Of the respondents, 42.3% were in total / some disagreement with the
statement, while 34.4% were in full / overwhelmingly in agreement with the statement, while
23.3% of respondents had no opinion either way.
Q2: First Nations require access to comparable, licensed, early childhood learning daycare opportunities
in First Nation Communities. This question was also about access, and 74.8% of respondents
were in full / overwhelmingly in agreement that First Nations communities should have access to
licensed centers that were comparable to those found in the province, while 15.9% had no opinion
either way.
Q3: Current funding mechanisms are sufficient and need only to be adjusted appropriately to meet
the needs of day care spaces as identified by individual First Nation communities. When it came to
the funding levels and the mechanisms to access the sources of funding for early childhood learning
daycare centers, 63.3% of respondents felt that the current levels and mechanism were not
63 Chiefs of Ontario