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Garden Hill First Nation press release ...

Government Must Prioritize First Nation Youth Suicide Prevention Funding

September 5, 2008

WINNIPEG - The Conservative government must take immediate steps to prioritize funding for youth suicide prevention programs and address First Nations most in need, said Liberal Member of Parliament for Churchill Tina Keeper today.

The Oshki-Pimache-O-Win Education & Training Institute is an innovative, independent institution that offers post-secondary education and training programs to the people in Nishnawbe Aski Nation and other learners.  We offer choice, accessibility, flexibility, opportunities and support services for our students.  

From the Sask Star Phoenix 

Communication most effective tool in police kit

Doug Cuthand, Special to The StarPhoenix
Published: Friday, September 05, 2008

This year has been particularly difficult for Saskatchewan's aboriginal people and police services. There have been eight individuals shot this year by police, with five fatalities and three shootings resulting in serious injuries.

 Statistics Canada - Education Matters: Insights on Education, Learning and Training in Canada

Click here for the "Back to school — September 2008" Issue availalbe online

Ontario government press release - September 4, 2008

McGuinty Government Invests In Algoma University, More Opportunity For North

Sault Ste. Marie has a new university.

Algoma University, formerly known as Algoma College, celebrates a new academic year as an independent, degree-granting institution. The government is investing $2.5 million to help the university make the switch.

From CBC.ca

New report suggests gap growing between rich and poor in Atlantic region

Canadian Press: September 4, 2008

HALIFAX - A new study on household debt, financial security and the wealth gap in Atlantic Canada suggests things have grown worse for the region's poor over the past decade.

Next week, desperate due to accelerating sea level rise, a group of small islands' leaders plan to take the unprecedented step of putting a resolution before the United Nations calling upon the Security Council itself to address climate change. Stand with these threatened people:

A recent news release from the Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke (see below) highlights some of the changes that First Nations can expect "early in 2009" when a new status card is required. For more information about INAC's plans for producing these new "secure" status cards visit the INAC web site at http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/pr/pub/ywtk/ifk-eng.asp.

From http://www.kahnawake.com/news/pr/pr08282008a.pdf

From HASTAC Initiative web site

Press Release ...

Pikangikum First Nation in Northwestern Ontario Selected as Tracee Smith Launches Outside Looking In Second Debut

Toronto, September 3, 2008: Outside Looking In proudly presents their second annual debut performance scheduled for Wednesday April 22, 2009 at the St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts at the Bluma Appel Theatre in Toronto, Ontario. The host community for this year’s show is Pikangikum First Nation in Northwestern Ontario.