Archive - Nov 28, 2010

Youth in Bearskin Lake and Sandy Lake First Nation win writing competition

Ontario Honours Six Youth From Across The Province - Bartleman Awards Celebrate Young Aboriginal Writers

Six young aboriginal writers are receiving the James Bartleman Aboriginal Youth Creative Writing Awards.

This year's recipients include a 13-year-old Toronto boy's writings about his younger sister's struggles with a learning disability, a poem about isolation in a small community, a collection of poems about family members and a poem about Aboriginal youth transitioning from northern communities to urban centres.

Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards 2010 winners announced in Hamilton

Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards 2010 winners

Friday November 26th 2010

A vibrant list as diversified as the music itself made up the assembly of winners at the podium at the Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards. Hamilton, Ontario (November 26th, 2010)

The twenty-two winners represented all parts of Canada. New performers to seasoned artists submitted music with an overall emphasis of fusion of Aboriginal and mainstream treatment of their music.