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Delegates from the KO Telemedicine team attended the Nishnawbe Aski Nation Chiefs' meeting in Thunder Bay March 18-20. KOTM staff were available to share developments and information with the NAN chiefs.

As part of the health report to the Chiefs, KOTM Program Manager Donna Williams provided an update to the NAN Chiefs on the KOTM program. The NAN Chiefs passed a resolution to support Telemedicine development in all NAN territory and for NAN staff to utilize Telemedicine for program support whenever possible.

The need to recognize and understand the number of youth suicides in their communities after they get sent home from their failed high school experience along with the number of student deaths at Pelican Falls First Nations High School are additional issues that needs to be considered in any inquest. 

From Tb News Source

From the Anglican Journal

Truth commission will help heal residential schools legacy, church and native leaders say

Solange De Santis, staff writer, Mar 6, 2008

AFN Press Release

KI Responds to Ontario’s Proposal

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 5, 2008

Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug –  Yesterday Match 4, 2008 Minister of Aboriginal Affairs, Michael Bryant , paid a visit to our community (KI).  There have been media reports today suggesting that Mr. Bryant made a proposal to settle KI’s dispute with the government of Ontario regarding mineral exploration on our territory by Platinex Inc., and that KI accepted the proposal.  We wish to set the record straight.

A one week training opportunity for youth between the ages of 12 to 25 in Ottawa ...

YOUCAN press release ... 

YOUCAN is excited to announce that May 2008 we're hosting YouthQUAKE!

Is your agency interested in some youth-led workshops on Cross Cultural Conflict Resolution?

NWAC press release ... 

Members of the Keewaytinook Okimakanak's KIHS and K-Net program are travelling to Thunder Bay to present information about their programs and services at the Matawa First Nations 2008 Education Conference.

The Matawa team is webcasting (see live stream below) and archiving portions of this conference live with sponsorship and funding support from TBayTel and KO's Regional Management Organization (K-Net).

From Canada's Policy Research Initiative (www.policyresearch.gc.ca)  

Hope or Heartbreak: Aboriginal Youth and Canada’s Future

Volume 10 Number 1
Horizons
March 2008

From National Geographic

Enduring Voices - Documenting the Planet's Endangered Languages

Losing Our World's Languages

Every 14 days a language dies. By 2100, more than half of the more than 7,000 languages spoken on Earth—many of them never yet recorded—will likely disappear, taking with them a wealth of knowledge about history, culture, the natural environment, and how the human brain works.