SASKATOON – Saskatchewan aboriginal students started off the week with new technology donated by PotashCorp and One Laptop per Child (OLPC) Canada. Elementary schools on two First Nations received 75 educational tablets as part of a national initiative.
OLPC Canada aims to bridge a digital divide by providing aboriginal youth with technology designed for creative, innovative and self‐empowered learning.
The tablets feature more than 100 educational apps, as well as content promoting aboriginal culture and language.
READ MORE: Construction of Whitecap Dakota First Nation daycare underway
“These educational tablets for the youth at Muskoday First Nation Community School and Whitecap Dakota Elementary School, to inspire students to learn and help them eventually complete Grade 12,” said Leanne Bellegarde, director of aboriginal affairs for PotashCorp.
Saskatoon-based fertilizer company PotashCorp donated $16,500 for this initiative.
Since 2010, OLPC Canada has provided over 8,000 aboriginal students, ages 6 to 12, with laptops and tablets in rural and urban communities across Canada.
Comments