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Libraries, community groups squeezed by cuts to Internet program
March 15, 2010 - Jennifer Ditchburn
OTTAWA - The Conservative government is quietly cutting funding to hundreds of community groups and even hospitals that provide free Internet access to Canadians who might not otherwise have a chance to get online.
Press Release
A decade of support to Aboriginal youth - BDC announces E-Spirit finalist schools
MONTREAL, March 15 - The Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) congratulates the 32 schools that qualified to attend the E-Spirit national gathering in Ottawa, May 10-13, 2010. This year E-Spirit celebrates ten years of continuous support to Aboriginal youth across Canada.
Press release
Letter to the Chiefs of the Sioux Lookout area First Nations
Chief and Council
Friday March 12, 2010
“Every One Has A Story”
Press release (see Report Recommendations below)
Press Release
AFN National Chief Responds to Federal Legislation to Address Gender Inequity in the Indian Act: Calls for First Nations Control of First Nations Citizenship
OTTAWA, March 12 /CNW Telbec/ - Assembly of First Nations National Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo commented today on Bill C-3, Gender Equity in Indian Registration Act, tabled in the House of Commons on Thursday, March 11.
First Nations University won't get money
March 11, 2010
Every Sandy Lake First Nation's child, ages 0 to 4, are now being registered with Dolly Parton's Imagination Library thanks to the Sandy Lake Board of Education. Joining the Imagination Library means that each month each child receives a children's book in the mail (see how it works below).
Contact information found at the Imagiation Library web site:
Press release
Lakehead U And Con College Host Annual Powwow
March 8, 2010 – Thunder Bay, ON The Lakehead University Native Student Association (LUNSA), in partnership with Confederation College’s Oshki Anishnawbeg Student Association (OASA), is gearing up to welcome hundreds of guests to the Annual Powwow. The theme of this year’s event, which takes place at Lakehead University’s C.J. Sanders Fieldhouse over the weekend of March 13 and 14, is Our Mother Earth, Our Culture, Our Language.