Jordan’s Principle cuts: YCS ‘won’t be able to sustain’ some programs – Cabin Radio

October 31, 2025

Yellowknife Catholic Schools has become the latest NWT school board to sound the alarm over the impending disappearance of Jordan’s Principle funding.

More than 200 positions in schools across the territory have been lost or jeopardized by the federal decision to revamp the qualifying criteria for Jordan’s Principle, a fund used to ensure First Nations children have equitable access to programs and services.

Jordan’s Principle managers say it needed to be urgently overhauled as demand was rising exponentially and becoming unsustainable, while some requests amounted to abuses of the system.

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