Archive - Sep 21, 2010

First Nations Advocacy Day on Parliament Hill with leaders demanding equal education support

Submitter Name: 
Brian Beaton

AFN press release

AFN Launches National Week of Action on Education with First Nations Advocacy Day on Parliament Hill

OTTAWA, Sept. 21 /CNW/ - Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo, Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation Chief Gilbert W. Whiteduck and national AFN youth representative Kluane Adamek announced a week of nation-wide advocacy efforts in support of action on First Nations education during a press conference on Parliament Hill today. 

The future will be Built on Broadband according to world leaders and should be a basic civil right

Submitter Name: 
Brian Beaton

World leaders agree: The future will be Built on Broadband

As high-speed networks transform our world,
ITU Secretary-General Hamadoun Touré calls for a ‘broadband boom’
and urges all governments to move broadband to the top of their agendas