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Announcement – For immediate release

July 8th 2004,

On July 6th 2004, Aboriginal Voice launched its first online dialogue on Aboriginal e-health issues. 

Aboriginal Voice is a Crossing Boundaries National Council project.  It is a collaborative initiative between several federal departments and National Aboriginal Organizations to undertake a multi-stakeholder national discussion on how information and communication technology (ICT) can or should be used in Aboriginal communities and governments. Aboriginal Voice was launched in March of 2004 with a national roundtable and is now preparing for a series of regional roundtables across the country that will begin in September. 

A key aspect of the Aboriginal Voice is to explore and make recommendations on important applications of Aboriginal e-government.  Improving health outcomes of Aboriginal people is an important public policy issue, and therefore we have made the application of ICTs to the problems of Aboriginal health a priority area for the project. Our hope is that through a dialogue that engages people who are directly engaged in Aboriginal health services, research and policy development that we will be able see more clearly how ICTs can be used to improve health care service to Aboriginal Canadians, make useful and reliable health information more accessible to Aboriginal people and others involved in Aboriginal health issues and assist Aboriginal citizens become more engaged in helping to shape how governments respond to their health needs.

Let your voice be heard in Aboriginal Voice’s dialogue space. 

Please visit our website to register at: http://www.crossingboundaries.ca/forum.av/

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For more information

We would be please if you could post or distribute the above notification.  For more information on the Crossing Boundaries National Council, please visit the website www.crossingboundaries.ca

“The Crossing Boundaries National Council is supported financially by the federal government, the provinces, municipalities and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.”

Marcia Nickerson
Head, Aboriginal Practice Group
KTA Centre for Collaborative Government
Kaufman, Thomas & Associates
416-204-9658

Sandy Lake is holding the Mudfest once again and many more years to come.

The Local Bands include:

• Outsiderz,
• Jamshack,
• Gap,
• Deafening Committee of Thirteen and
• Muskewabo Band
• and more.

Guest bands from other communities include:

• Tinderboxx from Thunder Bay,
• Spence Boyz from Moose Factory,
• Sugar High from Thunder Bay,
• Ernest Monias & the Boyz from Cross Lake Manitoba
• Delany Monias & the Blue Highway Band from Cross Lake Manitoba
• Booty Ladies from Kashechewan
• as well as other bands from Pikangikum, Red Sucker Lake, Keewaywin, Koochiching, and more ...

EVERYONE IS WELCOMED to visit us in Sandy Lake for the 21st Annual Muddy Water Music Festival on July 14 - 17, 2004. Visit http://sandylake.firstnation.ca for more information.

SANDY LAKE FIRST NATION

MENS & LADIES

INVITATIONAL VOLLEYBALL

TOURNAMENT

DATE: JULY 21 - 24 2004.

ENTRY FEE: $400.00 Outside Teams

$500.00 Local Teams

Individual Awards: best spiker, best setter, mvp

FOR MORE INFO CONTACT:

DANNY MEEKIS / GERALDINE MEEKIS AT 807 774 6330