Archive
August 16th, 2014
First Nation literacy camps coordinated by Frontier College successful in preparing kids for school
August 16, 2014 - 11:59am | by brianbeatonSummer Camps Help Aboriginal Kids Find Fun in Reading
By Leigh Anne Williams | Aug 14, 2014
August 15th
Fort Severn First Nation chief shares concerns about First Nation-owned Wasaya Airways
August 15, 2014 - 12:02pm | by brianbeatonMaking Canada;s lakes and waterways into mine dump sites dangerous for First Nations
August 15, 2014 - 5:33am | by brianbeatonFrom CBC.ca - six years later ... see 2008 story below this one
Mount Polley mine spill fallout: Neskonlith deliver Ruddock eviction notice, Red Chris blockade continues
Tahltan and Neskonlith oppose development of Imperial Metals mines in their neighbourhoods
CBC News Posted: Aug 14, 2014
August 14th
First Nations Education Council questions credibility of Fraser Institute study on funding
August 14, 2014 - 5:32pm | by brianbeatonFNEC press release
First Nations Education Council calls into question the credibility of the results of a study by the Fraser Institute
WENDAKE, QC, Aug. 14, 2014 /CNW Telbec/ - A study by the Fraser Institute entitled Myths and Realities of First Nations Education and published last week implies that First Nations schools are as well funded if not better funded than provincial schools and that increasing their funding will be of no use unless accompanied by education reform.
Dotigaannabiwin Youth Career Exploration - August 19-21 - Kenora
August 14, 2014 - 2:27pm | by Anonymous
August 11th
Balance between privacy and public record for residential school evidence struck by court
August 11, 2014 - 8:56am | by brianbeatonAugust 8th
The International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples theme "Bridging the Gap"
August 8, 2014 - 10:28am | by brianbeatonCOO press release
Ontario Regional Chief Stan Beardy continues to urge THE Canadian govERnment to recogNIZE Basic Human Rights on The International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples
TORONTO, ON (AUGUST 8, 2014) - Ontario Regional Chief Stan Beardy acknowledges The International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples today and says the federal government has a long way to go to meet the demands and implement the rights of Indigenous peoples.
July 31st
AANDC audit shows just deeply flawed internal operation of department is in dealing with First Nations
July 31, 2014 - 10:15am | by brianbeatonDamning audit of Aboriginal Affairs shows a department that's deeply and intractably flawed
John Ivison - July 30, 2014
Bernard Valcourt has been handed the political equivalent of the punishment meted out to Sisyphus, who was tasked with rolling an immense boulder up a hill in Hades for all eternity.
July 30th
Corporations moving to make water their next profit bonanza by privatizing, owning, and controlling
July 30, 2014 - 10:26pm | by brianbeatonCompanies proclaim water the next oil in a rush to turn resources into profit
Mammoth companies are trying to collect water that all life needs and charge for it as they would for other natural resources
July 27, 2014
July 29th
Colonial government ignores having First Nation audited statements online for past 10 years with new FNTA
July 29, 2014 - 9:33pm | by brianbeatonFirst Nation chiefs' salaries due to be posted under Transparency Act
Most First Nations have yet to post salaries
By Susana Mas, Posted: Jul 29, 2014