Northern First Nations turn to signing bonuses and other incentives to attract teachers

Sheryl White knew years ago that a teacher shortage was on the horizon for the school of more than 500 students she oversees in the God’s Lake Narrows First Nation, in Northern Manitoba.

Teachers from the community who had spent their careers at the school would soon be retiring, and the community did not have enough educators to replace them, says Ms. White, the director of education at the God’s Lake Narrows First Nation School Board.