Archive - Aug 2014
Webequie First Nation concerned with Ontario's lack of consultation about development corporation
August 31, 2014 - 11:21am | by brianbeatonAugust 30th
Indigenous Universities in Bolivia are example of decolonizing education in action
August 30, 2014 - 11:59am | by brianbeatonAugust 29th
Dangers in framing the discussion as a choice between an inquiry OR immediate action
August 29, 2014 - 8:39am | by brianbeatonDisturbing trend in debate on inquiry into missing, murdered aboriginal women
Damaging to frame discussion as choice between inquiry and immediate action
By Chelsea Vowel, Posted: Aug 29, 2014
August 28th
Nishnawbe Aski Nation and city of Thunder Bay working together to create a positive experience
August 28, 2014 - 1:58pm | by brianbeatonPress release
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August 28, 2014 - The City of Thunder Bay and Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) are pleased to have had a joint meeting of leadership including Grand Chief Harvey Yesno, Mayor Keith Hobbs, NAN Deputy Grand Chiefs and members of the City's Intergovernmental Affairs Committee. |
August 27th
UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report highlights dangerous impacts of climate change
August 27, 2014 - 10:14am | by brianbeatonClimate change impacts 'might already be considered dangerous'
Language stark in latest UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report
By Seth Borenstein, The Associated Press Posted: Aug 27, 2014
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples highlights obstacles
August 27, 2014 - 9:36am | by brianbeatonAugust 26th
Deer Lake First Nation hosting Northern Ontario School of Medicine officials tomorrow
August 26, 2014 - 11:31am | by brianbeatonNOSM press release
NOSM Engages Communities in Strategic Planning
Together, the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) and the people and communities of Northern Ontario are creating a Strategic Plan for the School for the years 2015-2020.
August 23rd
Canadian leaders challenge prime minister position on inquiry on murdered and missing Aboriginal women
August 23, 2014 - 11:19am | by brianbeatonStupidity outbreak mars Harper's visit
EDITORIAL - John Thompson - August 22, 2014
What a relief. Prime Minister Stephen Harper visited Whitehorse yesterday and shared with the territory a fresh insight: the plight of missing and murdered aboriginal women in Canada is not, in fact, a "sociological phenomenon." Rather, the root of the problem is that we simply haven't locked enough people away in prison.
August 22nd
Forty years after Anicinabe Park armed stand-off and First Nations are still fighting to protect their lands
August 22, 2014 - 4:18pm | by brianbeaton
Assembly of First Nations' Acting National Chief challenges government and media to be open and honest
August 22, 2014 - 2:03pm | by brianbeatonIt's Ottawa's turn to be transparent
GHISLAIN PICARD, CONTRIBUTED TO THE GLOBE AND MAIL, Published Aug. 22 2014
Ghislain Picard: Chiefs and councillors in First Nations communities have difficult, complex and time-consuming jobs. (Jacques Boissinot/The Canadian Press)