Archive - May 2011

May 4th

Keelan Keeshig of Parry Sound wins imagineNATIVE Video Voting Contest!

Youth Winner Announced

imagineNATIVE Youth Video Contest Winner Selected by Almost 800 Public Voters!

Equay-wuk hosting Mother's Day Fundraiser on Wawatay radio

Equay-wuk (Women’s Group)

Radio-a-thon

Fundraiser

May 2nd

White privilege is the problem - replacing the culture of fear with HOPE - Vote today!

PLEASE VOTE TODAY!

This article reminds each of us what is possible when everyone gets involved to create change. To replace the culture of FEAR with HOPE. It is an article about the US but much of what is written here is easily applied to the Canadian scene.

From http://www.redroom.com/blog/tim-wise/this-your-nation-white-privilege-updated

THIS IS YOUR NATION ON WHITE PRIVILEGE (UPDATED)

By Tim Wise - September 13, 2008

May 1st

James Bartleman's "As Long as the River Flows" story of the struggles of First Nations

From the Ottawa Citizen

'Grieving of the people' - Scenes of desperation in Northern Ontario led to James Bartleman's first novel

By Mark Medley, May 1, 2011

James Bartleman, lieutenant-governor of Ontario from 2002 to 2007, often visited the province's First Nations communities.

A review of James Bartleman's Novel - As Long as the Rivers Flow

Available from Knopf Canada, $29.95