Archive - Aug 2008
World Health Organization report "Closing the gap in a generation" supports First Nations position
August 31, 2008 - 8:26am | by brianbeatonAFN press release (see link to WHO report below)
August 30th
NWT and Nunavut to benefit from $36M investment in satellite bandwidth by Infrastructure Canada
August 30, 2008 - 9:38pm | by brianbeatonInfrastructure Canada press release ...
Northerners to benefit from better internet
August 29, 2008
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories - Fifty-six remote communities across Northwest Territories and Nunavut will soon benefit from enhanced broadband access, which will improve community sustainability in Canada’s North.
Ontario minister of natural resources walks out on chiefs during Union of Ontario Indians meeting
August 30, 2008 - 3:38pm | by brianbeatonOntario minister walks out of meeting with Aboriginals
August 29, 2008 - by Murray Sinclair
The personal and the political clashed August 27 when Ontario’s natural resources minister walked out of a meeting with aboriginals in the province’s north.
August 29th
Nishnawbe Aski Police Services loses their police chief to cancer
August 29, 2008 - 9:25pm | by brianbeatonAboriginal police chief Trivett dies
By: John Slykhuis, Staff Writer - August 29, 2008
A funeral service will be held Saturday on Georgina Island for Paul Russell Trivett, the chief of police of the largest aboriginal police service in Canada and second largest in North America.
Mr. Trivett, 52, died Tuesday at Southlake Regional Health Centre in Newmarket after battling cancer.
August 28th
NADF and KORI partnering to offer a videoconferencing series on First Nation Business Basics
August 28, 2008 - 3:41pm | by AnonymousNADF will be hosting a series of business workshops via videoconference starting next week.
Front-line workers will be introducing themselves and sharing a brief presentation about NADF programs and various topics.
August 27th
First Nation school facilities receiving failing assessment from president of OPSBA
August 27, 2008 - 7:20am | by brianbeatonJoyless return for native students
Colleen Schenk
The first week of school is filled with excitement and anticipation for millions of children as they head back to the classroom. But for First Nations children on reserves, it is blighted by the conditions they will find.
August 26th
18th Annual Men's Baseball Tournament in Poplar Hill First Nation
August 26, 2008 - 4:41pm | by AnonymousPoplar Hill First Nation Presents
18th Annual Mens Baseball Tournament
August 25th
Deer Lake First Nation Youth Canoe Trip 2008
August 25, 2008 - 3:19pm | by admin
Deer Lake First Nation Youth Canoe
Trip 2008
(A learning
by observing and doing Initiative)
Health Secretary position available in Balmertown
August 25, 2008 - 2:37pm | by Anonymous
JOB OPPORTUNITY
Keewaytinook Okimakanak
Health Secretary
The Health Secretary will be directly responsible to the Director of Health Services.
To do the administrative duties of the health programs administered by KO as directed by the Director of Health Services and/or Health Programs Assistant.
SLAAMB Seeking Applicants for Pre-Apprenticeship, Apprenticeship, C of Q and Employment Opportunities
August 25, 2008 - 11:07am | by AnonymousThe Sioux Lookout Area Aboriginal Management Board is seeking interested applicants from the catchment/CAAR area to participate in the Centre for Aboriginal Apprenticeship Research Project (CAAR) and train as pre-apprentices and apprentices. We are also looking for candidates who may qualify for training and tutoring to challenge the certificate of qualification (C of Q) exam in their respective trade.
PRE-APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM: (Carpentry, Electrical & Plumbing)