Archive - Sep 21, 2010

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

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

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