By Patrick Quinn  Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Teaching the Teachers First cohort of community-based education students graduate by Patrick Quinn Cree graduates of the first full-time in-community teaching program in Eeyou Istchee recently celebrated their convocation at Montreal’s Bell Centre, the result of a fruitful collaboration between the Cree School Board (CSB) and McGill University. While this partnership with McGill’s Office of First Nations and Inuit Education (OFNIE) goes back over 40 years, the first full-time Bachelor of Education program for Kindergarten and Elementary Education was launched in 2020. It’s the same four-year program that is offered on campus except it is entirely community-based, primarily in Chisasibi, Waskaganish and Mistissini. Without having to uproot their families to adapt to the significant challenges of studying in the city, students benefit from

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