Archive - 2014
February 2nd
First Nations funding from AANDC being used to support partnerships with Sioux Lookout
February 2, 2014 - 3:24pm | by brianbeatonSioux Lookout Building Relationships
Posted 1 February 2014
SIOUX LOOKOUT - Building partnerships is important in Sioux Lookout. Mayor Leney of Sioux Lookout states, "Sioux Lookout can be proud to have been chosen to take part in this important project; our community is one of only fourteen from across Canada to be asked to participate."
February 1st
An Internet for the Common Good: Engagement, Empowerment and Justice for All
February 1, 2014 - 11:32am | by brianbeatonAn Internet for the Common Good: Engagement, Empowerment and Justice for All
This declaration - in which the First Nations Innovation research project participated - was prepared by a group of Community Informatics activists and endorsed by consensus of the Community Informatics online environment - see the Journal of Community Informatics at http://ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/index
A just and equitable Internet provides:
Class-action lawsuit filed against Ontario for failing to protect children in care
February 1, 2014 - 10:08am | by brianbeaton
January 31st
Keewaytinook Okimakanak introduces New K-Net Director
January 31, 2014 - 3:06pm | by adminSioux Lookout, Ontario - Keewaytinook Okimakanak announces that Dan Pellerin has joined the organization to run K-Net Services. Dan Pellerin comes with a wealth of experience within the industry, having spent the last seven years as a project manager for the expansion of internet and satellite services in northern Manitoba, Ontario and the Maritimes. Prior to that, Dan Pellerin was a key member of the team that was responsible for providing internet access to Northwestern Ontario Communities.
Supreme Court reaffirms fishing rights of BC First Nations against federal government
January 31, 2014 - 7:55am | by brianbeatonAFN Press Release
AFN National Chief Welcomes Supreme Court Ruling Upholding Fishing Rights of Nuu-chah-nulth Nation
January 30, 2014
(Ottawa, ON) - National Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo joins the Nuu-chah-nulth Nation for a long-awaited victory today from the Supreme Court of Canada which reaffirmed their commercial fishing rights. This final decision now means that all levels of government have no more legal recourse and must now partake in good faith negotiations with the Nuu-chah-nulth Nation to accommodate their aboriginal and treaty rights to fish.
January 30th
First Nations in Ontario Invited to apply for energy-saving program with Ontario Power Authority
January 30, 2014 - 8:58am | by brianbeatonOntario Press Release
Aboriginal Communities Invited to Apply for Energy-Saving Program
TORONTO, Jan. 29, 2014
The Ontario Power Authority is now accepting applications for the second year of the saveONenergy ABORIGINAL CONSERVATION PROGRAM
TORONTO, Jan. 29, 2014 /CNW/ - The Ontario Power Authority (OPA) and the Aboriginal firm First Nations Engineering Services Ltd. are pleased to announce that applications are now being accepted for the second year of the saveONenergy ABORIGINAL CONSERVATION PROGRAM.
January 29th
First Nation chief highlights Canadian colonialism and mining impacts at international conference
January 29, 2014 - 11:33am | by brianbeatonIndigenous Struggle and Survival in the Face of Canadian Colonialism and Mining
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Presentation by Xat'sull Chief Bev Sellars for the Fifth Gathering of the Latin American Observatory of Mining Conflicts (OCMAL by its initials in Spanish) in Lima, Peru, November 7, 2013.
January 28th
First Nations creating their own constitutions on the road to self-government agreement with Canada
January 28, 2014 - 8:00pm | by brianbeatonFirst Nations constitutions won't clash with current laws, chief says
Posted: Jan 23, 2014
Fire safety on First Nations recognized as a national problem after more children die in house fire
January 28, 2014 - 4:01pm | by brianbeatonFire safety on First Nations a national problem
House fire killed 2 boys on Saskatchewan First Nation where fire truck is broken
By Connie Walker, Jan 28, 2014