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Thanks to Kenora MP, Greg Rickford, Chief David Matthews was invited to join the polar bear roundtable on Friday, January 16 in Winnipeg.

Press Release ...

Minister Prentice Highlights Progress Made at Polar Bear Roundtable

WINNIPEG, M.B -- January 16, 2009 -- Canada's Environment Minister, the Honourable Jim Prentice, today issued the following statement at the conclusion of the Polar Bear Roundtable in Winnipeg:

This item is from the current issue of Cultural Survival (www.culturalsurvival.org). 

Cultural Survival Quarterly magazine working with indigenous people

One of our goals at Cultural Survival Quarterly magazine is to help nonindigenous people understand and support Indigenous Peoples. One of the best ways to do that is to have indigenous writers talk about their communities, their families, and their lives. We invite you to submit that kind of article to the magazine.

From Winnipeg Free Press

On the UN hot seat

By: Mia Rabson - January 17, 2009

From CTV.ca 

Thousands abused at residential schools, stats show

The Canadian Press - Sat. Jan. 17 2009

OTTAWA -- Thousands of native children suffered sexual abuse in Indian residential schools, newly disclosed figures show -- a human tragedy so pervasive it's being called "monstrous."

AFN press release ... 

AFN National Chief Encouraged by Discussion with First Ministers

     OTTAWA, Jan. 16 /CNW Telbec/ - Assembly of First Nations National Chief Phil Fontaine issued the following statement in regards to the meeting of January 15 with the First Ministers on the Economy.

From Epoch Times

Telecom Boosts Development in Aboriginal Communities - Indigenous commission seeks partnerships and info exchange to develop communications technologies in the Americas

By Cindy Chan, Epoch Times Staff Jan 16, 2009

When a group of remote First Nations communities in northern Ontario
launched an electronic bulletin board in 1994, it was the seed that
would become Canada’s largest Aboriginal broadband network and a model

See the job ad for a Full-time Community Worker in Moose Factory below ... 

The Nishnawbe-Aski Legal Services Corporation provides legal, paralegal, and law-related services including public legal education to the members of the First Nations of Nishnawbe-Aski Nation (NAN).  The Corporation also functions as an Area Office of Legal Aid Ontario (LAO). 
 
The Nishnawbe-Aski Legal Services Corporation is presently recruiting a part-time Community Legal Worker for Pikangikum

Algoma University Hosts Teach-In on Economic Crisis

(SAULT STE. MARIE, ON – JANUARY 15th, 2009): The economic problems that have gripped the world in the past several months have quickly become a top concern for many people, as grim pronouncements dominate the headlines day-after-day. In an effort to help the public gain a greater understanding of this complex and multi-faceted “crisis”, faculty members of Algoma University have organized two teach-in sessions that will take place on Friday January 23 and Saturday January 24 in Algoma U’s Great West Life Amphitheater.

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