Archive - Oct 2009

October 7th

Aboriginal Management Council at Lakehead University needs members-at-large rep

Lakehead University

Aboriginal Management Council
Call for Board Representative
Member-at-Large

Vital Signs report highlights employment and education challenges facing First Nation youth

From Canadian Press

Jobless youth, aboriginal education are focus of community foundations report

October 6, 2009

TORONTO — Concerns about young people, including the unemployed and aboriginal students who are at risk of dropping out of school, are a major focus of a report released Tuesday by Community Foundations of Canada.

October 6th

Lands & Resources Video Conference Series: Impact of Park Lands October 7, 2009

KO is hosting a video conference series discussing Lands and Resources. The next workshop is presented by Dr. Harvey Lemelin.

October 7, 2009 930-11CST Impact of Parklands - Dr. Harvey Lemelin 

October 5th

Gatherings across Canada to remember over 500 murdered and missing Aboriginal women

From CBC.CA  

Vigils held to honour hundreds of aboriginal women killed or missing

October 4, 2009 - Canadian Press

Dozens of vigils were held across the country Sunday to remember more than 500 aboriginal women who have vanished in the last three decades and to draw attention to what organizers called a national tragedy.

October 2nd

Hunger and poverty in Canada requiring citizens action with food drives and Celebrations of Giving

NO CHILD SHOULD GO HUNGRY
NATIONAL DAY OF HUNGER
OCTOBER 10, 2009

One example of a special event planned for the forks in Winnipeg ...

October 1st

NAAF hosting Aboriginal Career Fair in Saskatoon on November 10

NAAF press release 

Canada’s largest Aboriginal National Career Fair to host hundreds of students, tradeshow booths and workshops this November in Saskatoon

OCTOBER 1, 2009 – TORONTO – The National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation’s (NAAF) Blueprint for the Future (BFF) national student career fair will deliver educational resources, access to career professionals, dynamic entertainment and bring Aboriginal youth from across Saskatchewan to the city of Saskatoon.