Archive - Jun 17, 2010
Oshki-Pimache-O-Win Celebrates Forty-Three Graduates on June 18 in Thunder Bay
June 17, 2010 - 1:26pm | by AnonymousMEDIA RELEASE
(Thunder Bay) (June 16, 2010) The Oshki-Pimache-O-Win Education & Training Institute will celebrate and honour the largest graduating class of OSHKI’s history on Friday, June 18, 2010. The 2010 Graduation Ceremony will be held at the Da Vinci Centre in Thunder Bay starting at 2:00 pm.
Truth and Reconciliation Commission's first national commemorative event in Winnipeg
June 17, 2010 - 7:18am | by brianbeatonFrom the Victoria Times Colonist
Residential school survivors to share sorrow as reconciliation events begin
By Tobi Cohen, Canwest News Service June 16, 2010
Ten years after he left residential school in a tiny northwestern Ontario town, Garnet Angeconeb returned to the site of his childhood trauma with his wife to reminisce.
First Nations Certainty of Land Title Act (Bill C-24) pushed through parliament in 30 minutes
June 17, 2010 - 6:53am | by brianbeatonFrom <e-notes> from fourarrows@rogers.com
Broadband access a ‘basic’ service requiring additional resources for rural development
June 17, 2010 - 6:13am | by brianbeatonFrom Thursday's Globe and Mail
Broadband access a ‘basic’ service, Senate panel says
Government urged to use money from sale of wireless licences to finance Internet access in rural and remote areas
By Iain Marlow and Omar El Akkad - June 17, 2010
Issues concerning First Nations Education presentations continue to call for major changes
June 17, 2010 - 5:52am | by brianbeatonTHE STANDING SENATE COMMITTEE ON ABORIGINAL PEOPLES
The Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples is meeting to examine the federal government’s constitutional, treaty, political and legal responsibilities to First Nations, Inuit and Metis peoples, and other matters generally relating to the Aboriginal Peoples of Canada (topic: issues concerning First Nations Education).