At 61, Glenn Courchene received his high school diploma from the Empower Adult Education Centre in Pine Falls, Man., on Nov. 18. Courchene, from Sagkeeng First Nation, wants to show people in his community that you're never too old to keep learning.
At the residential school, he had only gone up to Grade 6, and he blamed the schools for him not being able to speak Anishinaabemowin, the Ojibway language, and for hurting his confidence."We couldn't learn because of what happened to us. We were abused, physical and all that. We were there to learn, not to get hurt."Courchene said he wouldn't have been able to finish school without the support of his friends and the staff at the Empower Adult Education Centre.
Every morning, Courchene walked the roughly seven kilometres to the centre from Sagkeeng to Pine Falls — often getting picked up along the way and given a ride."Last year he just took off," she said, adding he really enjoyed his math studies.
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