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Education Partnerships Program │ Indigenous Services Canada (ISC)

December 19, 2025

Value

Varies.

Description

This proposal-based program is designed to advance First Nations student achievement in First Nations, independent, provincial and territorial schools. The program supports:

  • collaboration between First Nations, provincial and territorial ministries or departments of education and Indigenous Services Canada (ISC)
  • the capacity development of First Nations organizations to deliver education, including establishing education systems and service delivery agreements responsive to First Nations students and community education needs

Eligible Applicants

Partnerships

Applicants who may be eligible to receive funding through the Partnerships component of the program are:

  • First Nations
  • any First Nations organization mandated by First Nations

First Nations organizations mandated by First Nations must:

  • demonstrate support from First Nations communities or schools including but not limited to a letter of support, Memorandum of Understanding, partnership arrangement or a band council resolution
  • undertake, as a key function, elementary and secondary education support for groups of First Nations communities or schools

Applicants must have an existing partnership arrangement with 1 or more of the following:

  • First Nations, including First Nations organizations mandated by First Nations
  • school board-like entities
  • provincial or territorial ministries of education
  • provincial or territorial school boards
  • Indigenous Services Canada

Eligible Expenses

The program has 3 distinct funding components:

  • Partnerships: this component supports First Nations education administration and service delivery organizations to deliver activities that:
    • are related to existing partnerships
    • address some of their governance and administration costs

    Activities can strengthen or expand their services to advance student success in First Nations, independent, provincial or territorial schools.

  • Structural Readiness: this component supports targeted activities that build the capacity of First Nations education administration organizations to:
    • deliver education services
    • develop and implement transformative education systems and agreements that delegate responsibility for elementary and secondary education to First Nations
  • Regional Education Agreement Development: this component supports activities such as:
    • information sessions on education transformation
    • technical tables
    • negotiating or renegotiating education agreements supported by leadership

Deadline Date

The Education Partnerships Program operates on a periodic/cyclical basis with annual calls for proposals. The deadline for the Partnerships and Structural Readiness components for the 2026-2027 funding cycle was December 19, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. Pacific time, and this intake is now closed. The deadline for the Regional Education Agreement Development component will be announced at a later date. Please visit the official website for updates on future intake periods and specific guidelines.

Contact

Contact Name: Contact your regional offices.

Phone Number: 780-495-2773 or 403-292-5901 (Alberta region)

Website: https://www.sac-isc.gc.ca/eng/1100100033760/1543408975080

Industry:

Indigenous

Location:

Alberta, British Colombia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, NWT, Ontario, PEI, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon

Tags:

Education, Educational Institution

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