Archive - Jun 2009

June 18th

Keewaytinook Okimakanak Land Use Planning Assistant Positions

KEEWAYTINOOK OKIMAKANAK
(Northern Chiefs Tribal Council)

Is now accepting applications for the (2) positions of
Land Use Planning Assistant
(8 week contract position, 3 year exchange program)

Location:    Balmertown Office & MNR Office in Red Lake

Organization:     Keewaytinook Okimakanak Tribal Council in partnership with the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources

Eligibility:     

NFB.ca presents The Aboriginal Voice: Aboriginal Filmmaking through the Years

 

 From the June 17 National Film Board Newsletter:  

June 17th

Divisional Director, Anishinaabe Student Success-Algoma University in SSM

Divisional Director, Anishinaabe Student Success-Algoma University

KO-KNET First Nation Youth Employment and Training participants invited to join research

Over the past fifteen years, the KO-KNET team hosted a number of different youth employment and training projects.

The team is now inviting EVERYONE who participated in these projects over the years to SUBSCRIBE to this new meeting place that Angie Morris and Kristy Tomkinson are hosting.

We are interested in getting your story about your experience in these different projects that have taken place over the years. We want to learn what worked well and what needs to be changed to better serve the youth in the First Nations we serve.

June 16th

Keewaytinook Okimakanak Education Services Employment Opportunities in Balmertown

Keewaytinook Okimakanak Education Services Employment Opportunities

Keewaytinook Okimakanak Education Services and the First Nations of Fort Severn, Keewaywin, Deer Lake, North Spirit Lake, Poplar Hill, and McDowell Lake, invites applications for the following two (2) positions:

June 15th

Health Canada reports six remote Nishnawbe Aski Nation First Nations confirm H1N1 cases

NAN press release 

NAN calls on governments to step up in wake of arrival of H1N1 to territory

     THUNDER BAY, ON, June 15 /CNW/ - Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Stan Beardy, together with Deputy Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler, is calling on the federal and provincial governments to react immediately to mobilize health supports for NAN First Nations now that H1N1 has arrived to the territory.

June 14th

H1N1 confirmed in Keewaywin and Sandy Lake First Nations in northwestern Ontario

From Sandy Lake First Nation web site ...

Public Statement – Update #3

H1N1 Outbreak Confirmed in Sandy Lake

Saturday, June 13, 2009

June 12th

June 11th

National Day of Reconciliation for Canada's First Nations on anniversary of the apology June 11

AFN press release

AFN National Chief Welcomes Appointments to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission

OTTAWA, June 10 - Assembly of First Nations National Chief Phil Fontaine welcomed today's announcement by Indian Affairs Minister Chuck Strahl on the appointment of the Chair and Commissioners for the national Truth and Reconciliation Commission.