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Tags: indigenous_youth

When I read an article that annoys me, I usually just shake my head and move forward. Today however I cannot without comment. It is unfortunate that the article that has upset me is from a source that I usually have a great respect for, the Conference Board of Canada. Yesterday I received my regular email and notification from the Conference Board of Canada. I glanced through all the headlines and seen the following; STEM education must be reformed to engage Indigenous Youth! Just under the headline and a generalized reference to a statistic that says jobs requiring expertise in STEM is growing at an astonishing rate, the author goes on to say: “yet Indigenous youth remain underrepresented in skilled well-paid STEM jobs!