Northern Nishnawbe Education Council
High School Services, Sioux Lookout - Pelican Falls First Nation High School
- Description
Operates a private First Nations high school for students from First Nation communities in the Sioux Lookout District
- Offers a full curriculum approved and inspected by the Ontario Ministry of Education for students from Grade 9-12
- Teaches Native language as a subject course and promotes a sense of pride of heritage
- Provides supervised extra-curricular activities
- Offers cultural activities and traditional Native teaching as part of regular programs, including:
- dogsledding
- net-setting
- trapping
- snowshoeing
- quinzee building
- survival skills
- traditional technologies, such as birchbark basket and snowshoe building, paddle making and tikinagan construction
- Participates in the Ontario Secondary Student Literacy Test (OSSLT) program
- Produces a monthly newsletter, The Pelican Herald, available in print or online
- Eligibility
- First Nations students from any of the 24 First Nations communities within the Northern Nishnawbe Education Council and the Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN)
- Application Process
- Requires completed application - Deadline for applications:
- First semester - Mar 31st
- Second semester - Nov 15th
- Documents Required
- Requires a completed high school application form available on website and
- A copy of medical/immunization records and
- A current transcript of marks or most recent report card (for Grade 8 students)
- Toll Free
- 1-800-378-9111
- Office
- 807-737-1110
- Fax
- 807-737-1449
- Web Site
- https://www.nnec.on.ca/
- [email protected]
- Mailing Address
- PO Box 4127
Sioux Lookout, ON, P8T 1J9
Canada - Languages
- English, Interpretive Services - Cree, Ojibway, Oji-Cree, available upon request
- High School Intake Coordinator
- Tanya Nugent
Email: [email protected]
Phone: Ph 807-737-2002 Ext 2309; Fax 807-737-3047 - Fees
- None
- Topic(s)
- Agency Information
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- Copyright
- 211 Ontario North
- Last Verified On
- October 21, 2025
- Address
- 650 Pelican Falls Rd
Sioux Lookout, ON, P8T 0A7
Located on Pelican Falls Rd
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- Hours of Operation
- Mon-Fri 8:30 am-4:30 pmMon0830 to 1630Tue0830 to 1630Wed0830 to 1630Thu0830 to 1630Fri0830 to 1630
- Service Area(s)
- Bearskin Lake First Nation
- Cat Lake First Nation
- Deer Lake First Nation
- Fort Severn First Nation
- Frenchman's Head
- Kasabonika Lake First Nation
- Keewaywin First Nation
- Kejick Bay
- Kenora District
- Kingfisher Lake First Nation
- Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation
- Koocheching First Nation
- McDowell Lake First Nation
- Mishkeegogamang First Nation
- Muskrat Dam First Nation
- North Caribou First Nation
- North Spirit Lake First Nation
- Ojibway Nation of Saugeen First Nation
- Pikangikum First Nation
- Poplar Hill First Nation
- Sachigo Lake First Nation
- Sandy Lake First Nation
- Wapekeka First Nation
- Wawakapewin First Nation
- Wunnumin Lake First Nation
