<font><font face="georgia,serif">First Nations language program 'should be mandatory,' parent says<br><br>Pilot program expanding at two Thunder Bay elementary schools<br><br>CBC News Posted: Jul 3, 2012 7:14 AM ET<br>
Canada<br><br>Younger students at two Thunder Bay elementary schools will soon be able to learn Ojibwe, but at least one parent says efforts to teach First Nations languages should go further.<br><br>This fall, grade 6 students at Algonquin and Ecole Gron Morgan elementary schools will be included in the Lakehead Public School Board’s native language pilot program. Previously, students could enroll in grade 7.<br>
<br>For Nicole McKay — whose daughter is a student in the program — learning Ojibwe is as important as learning French.<br><br>"It should be mandatory,” McKay said. “If they're going to be doing that for one language they should be doing that for another language — especially the First Nations language because it's part of the history of this place."<br>
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