![]() For the convenience of their customers, MedExpress and Walgreens have merely chosen to locate themselves in adjacent retail spaces in some areas. MedExpress and Walgreens are separate and unrelated businesses. "The best way to address teacher shortages in the community is to support the development of locally trained and locally educated teachers," said Peters.^In Delaware, MedExpress is referred to as MedExpress Walk-In Care. ![]() ![]() Stephen Peters, director of the Office of First Nations and Inuit Education at McGill, said it's important for the university to support and work with local Indigenous school boards to meet their goals and visions for their teaching bodies. There is also a full-time program currently underway with the Cree School Board. Kahnawake is the second community to graduate students from the program, following a similar program in Listuguj for Mi'kmaw students. "We were learning new methods and then I was able to apply them in real time because I was already in a classroom," said Cross. While it wasn't always easy teaching during the day and then learning during the evenings on top of raising a family, Cross said the program gave him more skills and tools to use in his classroom. ![]() "There's a definite need for people to join the field of teaching, not only for English elementary but specifically for language revitalization," said Cross. He is also a graduate of Ratiwennahní:rats and now teaches its new cohort of students. Tehokwiráthe Cross joined the program in its third year, having completed a certificate teaching program prior. Tehokwiráthe Cross is in the back row, far left, Iohsennóntion Lahache is in the second-to-last row, far right, Raven Swamp is in the front row, third from left. ![]() The grads were celebrated in Kahnawake at a local restaurant last week, where they received a red stole and beaded medallion. ![]()
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