Archive - Jun 2010

June 23rd

June 22nd

Corporate sector highlights its partnership with First Nations and benefits to development

Economic and community development key to Aboriginal success: RBC

RBC marks National Aboriginal Day with release of two new reports - Action Plan with the AFN and new Aboriginal Partnership Report

Toronto, June 21 - To mark National Aboriginal Day, RBC today announced the release of its second annual A Chosen Journey: RBC Aboriginal Partnership Report and is providing highlights from the two-year Corporate Challenge Action Plan with the Assembly of First Nations (AFN).

June 21st

June 20th

First Nation groups and allies call for Canada's endorsement of UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Aboriginal Peoples and Civil Society Call for Meaningful Endorsement of United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Ottawa, June 18 - In an Open Letter, 39 Aboriginal and civil society organizations across Canada are calling on Prime Minister Stephen Harper to endorse the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples without qualifications and in a manner consistent with international human rights law.

June 19th

Residential school experiences helping people learn and heal at TRC gathering in Winnipeg

From the Montreal Gazette

Strahl breaks down at hearings into residential schools

By Larry Kusch and Mary Agnes Welch, Canwest News Service June 17, 2010  

June 18th

Treaty 5 hundred year commemoration ceremonies in Deer Lake First Nation online

Treaty 5
One Hundred Year Commemoration ceremonies and celebrations
in Deer Lake First Nation
June 9, 2010

The entire archived event is available online in the following locations:

The Global Health eLearning Center offering 41 free online technical public health courses

The Global Health eLearning Center - http://www.globalhealthlearning.org

The 41 courses on this site are free and available to all who are interested.

June 17th

Oshki-Pimache-O-Win Celebrates Forty-Three Graduates on June 18 in Thunder Bay

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(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.