Cree School Board

School district in northern Quebec, Canada

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The administrative centre neighbours the Mistissini town hall.

Cree School Board (CSB; French: Commission scolaire Crie; Cree: ᐄᔨᔨᐤ ᒋᔅᑯᑎᒫᒑᐧᐃᓐ) is a school district in northern Quebec, headquartered in Mistissini,[1] with an additional office in the James Bay Eeyou School in Chisasibi.[2]

While most Quebec school boards are categorized by language, CSB is categorized as a "special-status school board".[3] It offers education in Cree, French, and English.

## History

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In 1978 the CSB had been established.[4]

Initially the headquarters was in Val-d'Or but they later moved to Mistissini. The school board also established a high school in Chisasibi, with boarding services for students from some distant communities.[5]

## Schools

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PreK through high schools:

* Wabannutao Eeyou School (ᐧᐋᐸᓅᑖᐤ ᐄᔨᔫ ᒋᔅᑯᑕᒫᒉᐅᑲᒥᒄ) (Eastmain)
* Luke Mettaweskum School (ᓘᒃ ᒣᑕᐧᐁᔥᑲᒻ ᒋᔅᑯᑕᒫᒉᐅᑲᒥᒄ) (Nemaska)
* Waapihtiiwewan School (ᐧᐋᐸᐦᑏᐧᐁᐧᐊᓐ ᒋᔅᑯᑕᒫᒉᐅᑲᒥᒄ) (Oujé-Bougoumou)
* Maquatua Eeyou School (ᐧᒫᑯᐧᑖᐤ ᐄᔨᔨᐤ ᒋᔅᑯᑎᒫᑑᑭᒥᒄ) / Joy Ottereyes Rainbow Memorial School (Wemindji)
* Badabin Eeyou School (ᐹᑖᐱᓐ ᐄᔨᔨᐤ ᒋᔅᑯᑎᒫᑑᑭᒥᒄ) (Whapmagoostui)
* In 1982 the school building was constructed, and in 1989 the first class of high school students graduated.[4]
* Includes the Meeyow Bee Nooquow School

Grade 5 through high schools:

* Wiinibekuu School (ᐧᐄᓂᐯᑰ ᒋᔅᑯᑕᒫᒉᐅᑲᒥᒄ) (Waskaganish)

High schools:

James Bay Eeyou high school in Chisasibi. Voyageur Memorial high school in Mistissini.

* James Bay Eeyou School (JBES; French: École Eeyou De La Baie James; Cree: ᒉᐃᒥᔅ ᐯᐃ ᐄᔨᔨᐤ ᒋᔅᑯᑎᒫᒑᐅᑭᒥᒄ) (Chisasibi)
* Previously the school provided boarding services for high school students for students from other villages of the James Bay region: Eastmain, Whapmagoosui, and Wemindji as at the time all high school classes in the region were in Chisasibi.[5]
* Voyageur Memorial High School (ᕛᔨᒐᕐ ᑳ ᐃᔥᐹᒡ ᒋᔅᑯᑕᒫᒉᐅᑲᒥᒄ) (Mistissini)
* Willie J. Happyjack Memorial School (ᐧᐃᓖ ᒉᐄ ᐦᐋᐲᒑᒃ ᒋᔅᑯᑕᒫᒉᐅᑲᒥᒄ) (Waswanipi)

PreK/Elementary schools:

* Waapinichikush Elementary School (ᐙᐱᓂᒋᐦᑯᔥ ᒋᔅᑯᑎᒫᑑᑭᒥᒄ) (Chisasibi)
* Voyageur Memorial Elementary School (VMES; ᕛᔨᒐᕐ ᑳ ᐃᔥᐹᒡ ᒋᔅᑯᑕᒫᒉᐅᑲᒥᒄ) (Mistissini)

Elementary schools:

* Rainbow Elementary School (ᐲᓯᒧᔮᐲ ᒋᔅᑯᑕᒫᒉᐅᑲᒥᒄ) (Waswanipi)

PreK-Grade 4:

* Annie Whiskeychan Memorial Elementary School (ᐋᓃ ᐧᐄᔥᑲᒑᓐ ᒋᔅᑯᑕᒫᒉᐅᑲᒥᒄ) (Waskaganish)

PreK-Kindergarten:

* Jolina Gull-Blacksmith Memorial School (Waswanipi)

Other:

* Sabtuan Regional Vocational Training Centre (Waswanipi)

## See also

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Indigenous school boards in Quebec:

* Ahkwesahsne Mohawk Board of Education
* Kativik Ilisarniliriniq

## References

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1. ^ "Head Office Contacts." Cree School Board. Retrieved on September 22, 2017.
2. ^ "Chisasibi Office Contacts ." Cree School Board. Retrieved on September 22, 2017.
3. ^ "The Education Reform." Quebec Ministry of Education. Saturday November 29, 1997. Retrieved on September 22, 2017. French version
4. ^ a b "Badabin Eeyou School." Cree School Board. Retrieved on September 22, 2017.
5. ^ a b MacLeod, Roderick and Mary Anne Poutanen. A Meeting of the People: School Boards and Protestant Communities in Quebec, 1801-1998. McGill-Queen's Press, 2004. ISBN 0773527427, 9780773527423. p. 393.

## Further reading

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* MacLeod, Roderick; Poutanen, Mary Anne (2004). "15 Paths to Wisdom: The Cree and Kativik School Boards". A Meeting of the People: School Boards and Protestant Communities in Quebec, 1801-1998. McGill-Queen's University Press/Association of Canadian University Presses. doi:10.1515/9780773571839-022 - via De Gruyter Brill.

## External links

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* Cree School Board

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