Archive - May 2013
May 21st
Statement on Education from First Nations of Canada to UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
May 21, 2013 - 2:07pm | by brianbeatonUnited Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
Twelfth Session
New York, 20-31 May 2013
Implementation of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples With Respect to First Nations Education in Canada
Joint statement from the First Nations Education Council and the Assembly of the First Nations of Quebec and Labrador supported by the Assembly of First Nations (Canada), the Chiefs of Ontario, the Indigenous World Association and the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations.
Double standards acceptable for those in power as government discusses rules and behaviour
May 21, 2013 - 1:43pm | by brianbeaton'Leave this room': Harper warns caucus amid promise to tighten Senate expense rules
Mark Kennedy, Postmedia News | 13/05/21
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Tuesday he is "not happy" with the actions of some Senators and with the conduct of his own office.
May 19th
Elijah Harper honoured as body lying in state at Manitoba legislature in Winnipeg
May 19, 2013 - 7:25pm | by AnonymousManitoba government says Elijah Harper's body will lie in state at legislature
BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MAY 18, 2013
May 17th
Neskantaga First Nation youth finding hope after suicide crisis with help from others
May 17, 2013 - 8:30am | by brianbeaton2 Summer Student Positions at KO Thunder Bay
May 17, 2013 - 7:58am | by AnonymousThe 2 student placements will work together to coordinate online Lands and Resources workshops and complete project reports. The interns are to maintain a training website and support video conferencing workshops. These positions are training and work experience programs funded in part by HRSDC.
International group delivers scathing report of RCMP policing of Aboriginal women and First Nations
May 17, 2013 - 7:04am | by brianbeatonRCMP under review over native women after scathing report
KIM MACKRAEL - May. 16 2013
Government withheld documents about their funding for First Nation children from court case
May 17, 2013 - 6:40am | by brianbeatonHarper government withheld documents in indigenous human-rights case
GLORIA GALLOWAY - May. 17 2013
May 16th
Poverty as a Childhood Disease - economic need to deal with poverty for children and society
May 16, 2013 - 12:10pm | by brianbeatonFrom http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/13/poverty-as-a-childhood-disease/
MAY 13, 2013
Poverty as a Childhood Disease
By PERRI KLASS, M.D. - Dr. Perri Klass on family health
Schools in First Nations require immediate government action and equitable funding
May 16, 2013 - 7:53am | by brianbeatonAboriginal education vexes Canada (and Paul Martin)
JEFFREY SIMPSON - May. 15 2013
May 15th
Matawa First Nations working with Bob Rae to negotiate with governments and mining industry
May 15, 2013 - 7:33am | by brianbeatonMATAWA CHIEFS COUNCIL MAKE IT OFFICIAL
BOB RAE TO BE FIRST NATIONS' NEGOTIATOR FOR RING OF FIRE
NEGOTIATIONS WITH ONTARIO
Thunder Bay, May 10, 2013 - The Matawa Chiefs Council announced today that the Honourable Bob Rae, former federal leader of the Liberal Party and former Premier of Ontario, will be Chief Negotiator for Matawa First Nations during regional strategy negotiations with the Province of Ontario.