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Boarding schools for First Nations students, gender-neutral washrooms, and getting rid of food banks

On this week's episode we hear from a First Nations educator who says boarding schools would improve the lives of his students, we check in with a campaign for more gender-neutral washrooms, and we learn about an Ontario community that has eliminated its food bank.
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Fishing Lake First Nation students attend class, Jan. 23, 2008, at their reserve school in Saskatchewan. The Fishing Lake School in Saskatchewan is one example of what First Nations leaders say is a steadily growing problem on Canadian reserves. Native communities struggling to break the cycle of joblessness, poverty, substance abuse and crime complain their efforts are hamstrung by crumbling and festering facilities. (Troy Fleece/Canadian Press)

On this week's episode we hear from a First Nations educator who says boarding schools would improve the lives of his students, we check in with a campaign for more gender-neutral washrooms, and we learn about an Ontario community that has eliminated its food bank.

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