Opening Indigenous eyes to a career ‘they’ve never heard of before’

By John Chilibeck, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Daily Gleaner Stanley Barnaby had a thought. If young Indigenous people aren’t attending university in big numbers to learn about science, technology, engineering, arts or math, why not bring those advanced-level subjects to their communities, where they’re more comfortable? Three years and many funding partners since, a new mobile trailer has been set up to do just that in those close-knit First Nations across New Brunswick. Branded Wabanaki in Motion NB: Roots to Stars, the idea is to get young local Indigenous people hooked on lea…