Aboriginal representatives from across northern Ontario wrapped up the Mii Kwen Daan - Continuing the Dialogue with NOSM representatives with a series of recommendation. Video archives of the sessions are available by joining the http://meeting.knet.ca online environment. Please join the ongoing discussion forums to add your contributions to this "Continuing the Dialogue".
NOSM Press Release ...
Aboriginal Workshop Recommends Further Development of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine
Fort William First Nation, August 3, 2006 -- 95 Aboriginal, community and health care leaders from all across Northern Ontario spent the past three days engaged in discussions at a workshop hosted by the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM). The Mii Kwen Daan - Continuing the Dialogue " workshop, held at Fort William First Nation, provided a forum for participants to discuss opportunities to further engage Aboriginal communities into the ongoing development of the School of Medicine.
Some of the recommendations arising out of the discussions centered around:
Rosie Mosquito, Nishnawbe Aski Nation and Chair of the NOSM Aboriginal Reference Group commended the School of Medicine for its progressive approach to Aboriginal issues. "The School's efforts to engage the Aboriginal communities of Northern Ontario into its curriculum and administration are truly progressive. With a 'think-outside-the-box' approach, NOSM leadership has pushed the parameters for a successful medical education program."
NOSM Founding Dean Dr. Roger Strasser was extremely pleased with the workshop's outcomes. "The Northern Ontario School of Medicine has a mandate to be socially accountable reflecting the cultural diversity of Northern Ontario. Workshops like this, help to ensure that the School of Medicine is succeeding in its efforts to engage Aboriginal communities into the School's programs. We look forward to working with the Aboriginal Reference Group to review the recommendations arising out of this workshop."
The Mii Kwen Daan - Continuing the Dialogue workshop was a follow-up to the 2003 Follow Your Dreams workshop held in Wauzhushk Onigum First Nation. During this initial workshop, Aboriginal participants provided specific recommendations for creating an "Aboriginal friendly" medical school. A Mii Kwen Daan - Continuing the Dialogue workshop report will be published in the coming months and posted to www.normed.ca.
The Northern Ontario School of Medicine is a pioneering faculty of medicine. The School is a joint initiative of Lakehead and Laurentian Universities with main campuses in Thunder Bay and Sudbury, and multiple teaching and research sites across Northern Ontario. By educating skilled physicians and undertaking health research suited to community needs, the School will become a cornerstone of community health care in Northern Ontario.
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For further information, please contact:
Tracie Smith Marlene Moore
807-766-7314 or 807-624-7862 705-662-7243
tracie.smith@normed.ca marlene.moore@normed.ca
Communications Unit
Northern Ontario School of Medicine
West Campus
Lakehead University
955 Oliver Rd.
Thunder Bay ON P7B 5E1
Tel: 807-766-7300
Fax: 807-766-7370
East Campus
Laurentian University
935 Ramsey Lake Rd.
Sudbury ON P3E 2C6
Tel: 705-675-4883
Fax: 705-675-4858
E-mail: NormedNews@NorMed.ca
Nishnawbe Aski Nation is holding it's Keewaywin Conference August 1,2,3 in Sachigo Lake. Many of the activities are being webcast live from Sachigo Lake First Nation. Click here to go the the NAN Elections Website for the webcast.
Received this interesting e-mail and checked out the Native Nations Institute's NNI Research Report ... good stuff ...
"sharing research and information on indigenous governance, development, and policy"
Dear Friend,
We are pleased to announce that the fifth issue of the Native Nations Institute's NNI Research Report is now on the NNI website and can be reached through the following link:
http://nni.arizona.edu/researchreport/NNIRR_05/summer_2006.html
NNI Research Report is a free, electronic information service of the Native Nations Institute for Leadership, Management, and Policy at the University of Arizona. It is published 3-4 times a year. Subscribers to NNI Research Report are notified by email when each new issue appears on NNI's website. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE NOTIFIED WHENEVER A NEW ISSUE OF COMES OUT, please reply to this email indicating that you would like to be added to the subscription list (subscriptions are free). If we do not hear from you, and to avoid cluttering up your mailbox with unwanted messages, we will not send you any further notifications.
Like previous issues(archived on the NNI website), the current issue reviews new research by NNI staff and affiliates, summarizes published work by other scholars relevant to indigenous self-determination and nation building, notes ongoing research projects, and provides links to other organizations working on related issues.
We also invite you to notify us of publications, papers, and projects that might be of interest to other practitioners working in this field.
The Native Nations Institute for Leadership, Management, and Policy (NNI) was founded in 2001 by the Morris K. Udall Foundation and the University of Arizona. Housed at the university's Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy, NNI serves as a self-determination, self-governance, and development resource for indigenous nations. For more information, visit the NNI website at:
Sincerely,
Stephen Cornell, Director
Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy
Miriam Jorgensen, Associate Director for Research Native Nations Institute
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NNI Research Report
NATIVE NATIONS INSTITUTE FOR LEADERSHIP, MANAGEMENT, AND POLICY Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy The University of Arizona
803 East First Street
Tucson, Arizona 85719
Tel 520 626-0664 Fax 520 626-3664
www.nni.arizona.edu
Pilot Community Application Form
Aboriginal Role Model Program
Applications Due Friday August 25, 2006
In partnership with the Aboriginal Sport Circle (ASC), the Esteem Team Association (ETA) has received funding from Sport Canada to develop an Aboriginal Role Model Program for Aboriginal communities across Canada with the goal of athletes and physically active Aboriginal Role Models inspiring young Aboriginals to take a leadership role in sport, recreation and physical activity within their own communities.
At this time, eight (8) pilot communities require selection for participation in the pilot phase of the project. For the purposes of the pilot (September 2006 - December 2006), the ASC and ETA are requesting interested Aboriginal communities to apply for consideration as a pilot community by completing the Pilot Community Application Form according to the criteria, needs and descriptions as detailed below:
General considerations:
The ASC and ETA have established some objectives they will consider in selecting the eight pilot communities from the nominated communities list, as follows:
Please proceed to complete the application form on the next 2 pages.
Please answer the following questions to the best of your ability.
We will review all applications and may call to gather more information if needed. We will let you know the status of your application by September 25, 2006. In the event that your community is not selected for the pilot phase of the program, your application will be kept for future consideration when the next phase of the program rolls out with an expanded number of communities after December 2006.
Thank you again for expressing your interest in the Aboriginal Athlete & Youth Role Model Program.
Fax or e-mail your completed form by Friday August 25, 2006 to:
e-mail: shelly@esteemteam.com fax: (613) 789-9204
For more information, click on the following word documents:
06-07-14-Pilot-Community-Application-Form.doc
06-07-14-About-the-Role-Model-Program.doc
06-07-14-Call-for-Pilot-Communities.doc
----- Original Message -----
From: Rod Jacobs
To: Rod Jacobs
Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 1:29 AM
Subject: FW: Aboriginal Role Model Program
Would young people in your community benefit from having an Aboriginal role model meet with them to discuss sport in your community, what is good about it, what could be better and how they can take action themselves to create a positive sense of self through their interaction with sport and physical activity in their own community?
If you think this is something your community would like to be a part of, we are looking for 8 pilot communities in which to conduct the preliminary program. The attached documents will provide you with more information on the origins of the program and how it is expected to develop.
If your community is interested in applying to be a pilot community then here's what you need to do by Friday August 25, 2006:
Complete the attached Community Application Form and send it to Shelly O'Brien, Executive Director Programs for the Esteem Team Association at:
E-mail: shelly@esteemteam.com FAX : 613-789-9204
Rod Jacobs
Manager - High Performance Programs
Aboriginal Sport Circle
Akwesasne Mohawk Territory
R.R. #3
Cornwall Island, ON K6H 5R7
(613) 938-1176, ext 23
(613) 938-9181 - fax
The Ontario Recreation Facilities Association is pleased to offer the 1st Annual North Western Ontario Training Program to be held at the Kenora Recreation Centre from September 11-14, 2006 in response to member training needs. You are encouraged to review the following course descriptions and submit your registration without delay.
Offering Training Courses in:
For more information click here to get the 5 page PDF document
From the SPONSORSHIP letter being circulated with the poster - DOWNLOAD a PDF copy of the poster at http://knet.ca/documents/Benefit-concert-finalposter.pdf
Dear friends & relatives:
We are calling on all First Nations, Anishinaabeg-Aboriginal organizations, community groups, corporations and businesses for contributions to "purchase" tickets for this benefit concert at $10 each. All proceeds will support the launch of Oshki'Ayaa'aag Bimaadiziiwin (Good Life for Young People) Foundation. (see page 3)
The concert will be held at Assabaska Ojibway Heritage Park on Friday, August 11, 2006 beginning at 7:30 PM. www.assabaskapark.com
The concert will feature Keith Secola, www.secola.com winner of three 2006 Native American Music Awards including, Artist of the Year, along with the award winning band, Eagle & Hawk of Winnipeg, MB. www.eagleandhawk.com. The opening act will be Big Grassy’s own Percy Tuesday and his band, the P.T. Cruisers. All are generously waiving their usual fees for this inaugural benefit concert.
“The thunderous sound of a Pow Wow Drum, power chords and finger pick'in, echoes of Native American Flute, the music of Keith Secola and Wild Band of Indians. AlterNative, progressive innovative edge utilizing traditional Native percussions, world beat and tribal dance.”
"The human race, is the face of all people, different tongues, one heart."--KEITH SECOLA
Your contributions will allow every one to attend the event free of charge, as well as covering musicians travel expenses. All other proceeds go to Oshki'Ayaa'g Bimaadiziiwin Foundation.
Patron Categories (Agencies, Communities, Business, & Corporate):
Sponsor Categories (Individuals, Groups)
We also need volunteers and donations for
For more information, to donate or get involved, please contact one of us.
Click here to download a copy of the poster (PDF document).
Miigwech,
Al Hunter, Coordinator (807) 482-1687
Mary Alice Smith (807) 548-1470
Laura Calmwind (807) 467-8778 ext. 228
Eleanor Skead (807) 548-4354
Ohshi’Ayaa’aag Bimaadiziiwin Foundation
Good Life for Young People
c/o P.O. Box 515
Emo, Ontario
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NAN NEWS RELEASE
NAN GRAND Chief raises alarm on Harper government stance on First Nations and the courts
TORONTO, July 28 /CNW/ - Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Stan Beardy is raising the alarm on the new public agenda of the Harper government that takes aim at the courts and First Nations.
Beardy's remarks come on the heels of Indian Affairs Minister Prentice's hard line message to Chiefs in Vancouver where the Minister made it clear that the government was opposed to a so-called "racially segregated fishery."
Beardy said that "The Harper government is now trying to close the door on a court process that First Nations have successfully used to expose the failure of governments to deliver on constitutional obligations and treaty promises to First Nations."
Over the last months the Harper government by deeds and words and have made it clear that they believe that groups like First Nations have been too successful in pressing their claims, claims like the treaty right to fish, in the courts.
Beardy said that "the Prime Minister wants a return to a Canada where political parties and the Cabinet enjoy a monopoly on public policy; where First Nations have little or no access to the political process; and where the courts are bit players on the political stage.
"Unfortunately, there is no turning back the clock. First Nations are here to stay, our demands are legitimate and we will continue to use the courts to back up our demands," said Beardy.
"While Chief Justice Beverly McLachlin and her colleagues may not be Gods, we have more faith in the Supreme Court than in the political whims of governments."
On July 24, one of the member nations of Treaty No. 9, the Kitchenuhmaykoosin Innuwug , launched a court action to challenge the constitutionality of the Mining Act.
Minister Prentice's reference to a race based fishery is just the latest in a long list of public statements by the Harper government that includes rejection of the United Nations Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People, the Prime Minister's letter opposing the so-called race-based fishery and the resignation of aboriginal affairs Committee chair Conservative MP Maurice Vellacott for intemperate remarks regarding Supreme Court Chief Justice Beverly McLachlin.
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/For further information: Kristy Hankila, Communications Assistant, Nishnawbe Aski Nation, (807) 625 4902, (807) 472-9604 (mobile)/
The judge's decision is in ... David Peerla, Nishnawbe Aski Nation Mining Coordinator kindly provided KI with some of the key phrases / paraphrases from the KI Injunction decision. These include:
As well the judge included powerful statements concerning KI's responsibilities ...
From: David Peerla, Nishnawbe Aski Nation Mining Coordinator, 807.625.4915, 807.627.3097
Check out Ontario's press release about the decision ... sounds like business as usual ... http://ogov.newswire.ca/ontario/GPOE/2006/07/29/c2186.html?lmatch=&lang=_e.html
Some background articles from http://www.miningwatch.ca/
Opposition to the “Free Entry” system of mine claim staking is being challenged across the country by Indigenous people and private property owners. [July 19, 2006 12:21 PM]
Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI - Big Trout Lake) First Nation has today filed documents with the Ontario Superior Court to protect their lands and community from an injunction application and lawsuit for $10 billion by Platinex Inc. By way of notice of a third party claim against the Ontario Government, KI is challenging the constitutionality of the Ontario Mining Act "for failure to provide priority to the exercise of aboriginal and treaty rights...for consultation with aboriginal parties and accommodation of their rights and interests." [May 26, 2006 12:49 PM]
From http://www.waasanaabin.com/ ... Waasa Naabin Community Youth Services presents ...
Workshops featured this year include:
See the full conference agenda at http://www.waasanaabin.com/agenda/agenda.html and check out the pictures from last's years youth gathering at http://www.waasanaabin.com/archive/conference2005.html
From http://www.governancewiky06.ca/
You Are Invited To Attend The National Conference On Governance - "Best Practices Fostering Community Success"
From August 15 to 17, 2006, Wikwemikong is extremely pleased to have the opportunity to host the National Conference On Governance entitled "Best Practices Fostering Community Success". The conference is unique as it is being coordinated and hosted on a First Nation community.
You are invited to hear the many stories of aboriginal communities succeeding in ventures, thereby bringing growth, prosperity and stability to their economies. Many of these ventures are accomplished through good decision making. Strong governance structures are required for good decisions. What are the elements of good governance practices? What are the linkages between best practices fostering strong, stable, government in our communities?
Participants will explore various practices and associations between governance and economic development through the sharing of stories.
Ancillary activities include:
The registration fee of $795.00 includes your attendance at the conference, written materials, continental breakfast, lunch, 1 supper, entertainment and a final report.
In addition to being chosen to host the National Conference On Governance, Wikwemikong has also been selected as one of five Cultural Capitals of Canada for 2006.
It is our hope that many will be able to join us on August 15 - 17, 2006.
Questions or further information can be obtained by contacting Anna McGregor, Conference Coordinator at 1-800-880-1406.
Chi Miigwech!