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BORIS MINKEVICH / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS The grand opening of the Manitoba First Nations School System took place on Wednesday. The new school system is a First Nations- led education transformation initiative. It will assist First Nations schools to address the quality of education through culturally relevant programming to improve student outcomes including student retention, completion and graduation rates. The event happened at Sergeant Tommy Prince School, Brokenhead Ojibway Nation. From left, Grand Chief Arlen Dumas - Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (AMC), Lorne C. Keeper – Executive Director of the MFNERC, Hon. Jane Philpott - Minister of Indigenous Services, and Nora Murdock - Director of Systems Development of MFNERC (Manitoba First Nations Education Resource Centre Inc.) OCT. 11, 2017