Archive - 2013

December 2nd

Assembly of First Nations Recognizes Aboriginal AIDS Awareness Week December 1-6

AFN press release

November 29, 2013 

Assembly of First Nations Recognizes Aboriginal AIDS Awareness Week December 1-6 

(Ottawa, ON) - Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo today acknowledged Aboriginal AIDS Awareness Week beginning December 1, offering the following statement: 

December 1st

NAN organizing rally on Dec 4 against the government imposed First Nation Education Act

From NAN.on.ca

 

November 30th

Corporations planning different approach to "fix" First Nation relationships

From CTV.ca

Fixing First Nations relationships key to energy development, forum hears

Keystone Pipeline

November 29th

History of Aboriginal peoples must be required for all Canadians and newcomers says First Nation leader

From TheRecord.com

Canadians must know history of aboriginal peoples, says judge

Liz Monteiro, November 29, 2013

KITCHENER - Canadians and newcomers to this country must learn about the tragic history of aboriginal peoples in Canada in order to respect and understand each other.

'Walking with Our Sisters' art exhibition in honour of murdered and missing Aboriginal women

From http://walkingwithoursisters.ca/about/

A Commemorative Art Installation for the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women of Canada and the United States

01walkingposter

November 28th

First Nation chiefs from across Ontario rejected government's Education Act

From CBC.ca

Ontario chiefs demand feds abandon Education Act

CBC News Posted: Nov 27, 2013 3:14 PM ET Last Updated: Nov 27, 2013 7:24 PM ET

November 27th

Aboriginal people are vastly over-represented in the federal prison system - government report

AFN Press Release

Assembly of First Nations Comments on Annual Report of the Office of the Correctional Investigator: Aboriginal Inmates Vastly Over-represented in Federal Prison Population

November 27, 2013

November 26th

Challenges and opportunities for caring for elders in northern Ontario - a CBC series

From CBC.ca

Aboriginal long-term care experts call for beds, housing

More cultural sensitivity also needed, experts say

Nov 29, 2013

Infastructure projects in Canada's far north leads to new socio-economic opportunities

From theGlobeandMail.com

Fibre optic line to link Inuvik's satellite network to the world

JOSH WINGROVE - Nov. 19 2013

November 25th

First Nations education bill 'not acceptable' - letter to AANDC from Assembly of First Nations

From GlobalNews.com

Atleo to Conservatives: First Nations education bill 'not acceptable'

By   Global News