Archive - Oct 2007
October 26th
"Supporting an online e-learning environment" theme of two day workshop in Sioux Lookout
October 26, 2007 - 7:02am | by brianbeatonJesse Fiddler (jessefiddler@knet.ca - Muskrat Dam) and Fernando Oliveira (fernandooliveira@knet.ca - Toronto) are leading a two day workshop in Sioux Lookout for First Nation education teams to explore strategies for the effective use of open source platforms for creating online e-learning environments.
The workshop is sponsored by Ontario's Regional Management Organization under INAC's First Nations SchoolNet program.
The workshop agenda ....
International Human Rights Tribunal into Genocide in Canada (IHRTGC) looking into residential school deaths
October 26, 2007 - 6:48am | by brianbeaton“Come Clean Canada! Where are the Bodies of 50,000 Children?”
In the Face of Continued Duplicity and Cover-up, a Genuine Investigation into Genocide in Canada is Finally Launched - Kevin Annett to Commence Speaking and Organizing Tour in Eastern Canada
October 25th
Teenage Stress / Suicide Prevention theme of upcoming videoconference for First Nation schools
October 25, 2007 - 6:53am | by brianbeatonPress Release ...
NADF Business Awards celebration honours excellence in First Nation entrepreneurs, organizations
October 25, 2007 - 6:42am | by brianbeatonNative business awards recognizes extraordinary efforts
10/24/2007
The outstanding achievements of Aboriginal entrepreneurs, businesses and organizations were recognized at a gala dinner Wednesday at the Valhalla Inn.
More that 400 people attended the 17th annual Nishnawbe Aski Development Fund Business Awards to hear the winners announced.
October 24th
Chiefs of Ontario hosting Policy Forum with Ontario First Nations in December
October 24, 2007 - 6:30am | by brianbeatonOntario First Nations Policy Forum
October 23, 2007
Dear Leadership,
It is with great pleasure that I invite all Chiefs, Councillors, Education, Justice and Social Services employees to attend and provide their input at the Policy Forum.
The Chiefs of Ontario office is planning a Policy Forum to be held December 4-6, 2007 in Toronto at the Marriott Hotel Yorkville located at 90 Bloor Street East, Toronto, Ontario.
United Nations gives Harper government failing grade for Canada's poverty and housing crisis
October 24, 2007 - 6:19am | by brianbeatonUN housing envoy scolds Canadians -`Radical shift in policy' needed to tackle crisis, official warns after visit
Oct 23, 2007 - Bruce Campion-Smith
OTTAWA–An ambitious national housing program and a strategy to combat poverty is urgently needed to tackle the disaster-like conditions of homelessness and inadequate housing found across the country, a United Nations envoy says.
October 23rd
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.