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Lloyd Lerat wondered if he'd ever see the grand opening of a licensed practical nurse training program held on his home reserve.
Finally, after working for three years to convince the government to give the band permission to offer the SIAST LPN program on the Cowessess First Nation, about 100 band members gathered to mark the grand opening of the program on Tuesday.
"The NDP government wouldn't agree to let us go forward. There was the old jurisdiction argument, and that is part of what made it such a long process," explained Lerat, education manager of programs and services for the Cowessess First Nation.
After getting approval to provide 14 classroom seats, the band started to renovate classrooms in the old high school on the First Nation in January.
"The old science lab was turned into a mini-hospital. It was started as a memorandum of understanding and we needed the support of the surrounding community, which included four bands, and the Southeast Regional College in Whitewood.
What started out as a committee aimed to train locals to administer dialysis services is now the second on-reserve LPN training program offered by SIAST. Classes began on Oct. 6.
"The Kawacatoose band is into their second round of training students in the same program and I think that when the Cowessess band saw that they realized, 'If they can do it then why can't we?' " said lead instructor Rhonda Lavender.
After working with the Cowessess band for more than five years Lavender thinks the on-reserve training is a great opportunity to do something close to home.
"Going back to school often means leaving your home community. In this case students are able to receive training at home," she said.
"We were always looking for special care aids and nurses, and so with training people who live here, we are hoping they will stay and work here afterwards."
Of the 14 students in the program, half are First Nations, and all but two commute from surrounding communities to attend school.
Kayla Thompson left her studies as a pre-med student at the First Nations University of Canada to take part in the program.
"Because it's close to my reserve, and I also saw the shortage of nurses. So I plan to do nursing for a couple of years and then go back and continue my education," she said. "It's a tight-knit group. There are no boys, just girls and everybody is for everybody. It's good for the young kids to see."
Being closer to family has made Thompson an inspiration to a young niece who wants to train on Cowessess herself once she graduates.
"When I was in the city doing my pre-med studies, that was abstract to her. Now that I am back here at home, I am a role model to her," Thompson said.source
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