Archive - Oct 23, 2007
Corrections system continues to discriminate against Aboriginal people year after report
October 23, 2007 - 10:49pm | by brianbeatonCanadian natives still face prison discrimination
Oct 23, 2007 - Jonathan Spicer
TORONTO (Reuters) - Officials have largely ignored the findings of a hard-hitting report into the treatment of aboriginals in Canadian jails, and conditions have worsened in some areas, a federal watchdog says.
Increasing Exploitation Of Natural Resources, Dispossessing Indigenous Peoples Of Lands - UN report
October 23, 2007 - 3:39pm | by brianbeatonHealing using Traditional Medicines workshop by COO for First Nation CSS workers
October 23, 2007 - 7:18am | by brianbeatonThe Chiefs of Ontario is offering the following Training to Community Support Services Workers: Healing Using Traditional Medicine
October 22, 2007
Inadequate bandwidth and infrastructure in remote First Nations challenges online applications and users
October 23, 2007 - 7:04am | by brianbeatonA recent report produced by the Keewaytinook Okimakanak Research Institute (KORI) found that online users in remote and rural First Nations are frustrated by slow internet access speeds to view videos and web sites.
Ontario First Nations being blackmailed by province for casino licenses and fair compensation
October 23, 2007 - 6:37am | by brianbeatonNDP says Ontario discriminating against aboriginal charity casino
Chinta Puxley, October 22nd, 2007
TORONTO - The province is discriminating against a northern aboriginal charitable casino by not allowing it to offer card tables, NDP Leader Howard Hampton said Monday as he called on the Ontario government to restart negotiations aimed at sharing gambling revenues with aboriginal communities.