from the Victoria TimesColonist.com
Aboriginals to air grievances to UN
BY LEE BERTHIAUME, POSTMEDIA NEWS FEBRUARY 16, 2012
OTTAWA — Aboriginal groups, angry at the way they have been treated by the government, are preparing to put their complaints before the international community next week when a high-level UN expert panel examines Canada's record on fighting discrimination.
Letter to First Nation Leaders across Canada from the five First Mile project partner organizations - Keewaytinook Okimakanak, First Nation Education Council, Atlantic First Nations Helpdesk, University of New Brunswick and Simon Fraser University
Introducing the First Mile Project on First Nations Community Broadband
5th INDIGENOUS YOUTH ENGAGEMENT FORUM
Empowering Our Lives
“Moving Forward to Put the Future in the Hands of Young Leaders”
Press Release
National Youth Network for Healing and Reconciliation
The National Youth Network for Healing and Reconciliation (NYNHR) is a dedicated means of educating youth on the discriminatory actions of yesterday and thus ensuring that these atrocities are never duplicated. In order for the healing process to start there has to be a discussion to ensure that everyone is on the same page and that every voice is heard.
From CALGARY HERALD
Aboriginal school conditions dismay panel - Patchwork system has failed students 'miserably'
BY DARCY HENTON, FEBRUARY 11, 2012
An independent panel investigating aboriginal education found 100 crumbling schools on reserves across Canada and some in Alberta that failed to even fit the definition of a school, says panel chair Scott Haldane.
TO: First Nations Communities & Leadership, Northern Ontario
FROM: Melanie Goodchild-Southwind, Senior Manager, First Nations Projects
SUBJECT: Request for Proposals #9/11, Northern First Nations Satellite Office
CLICK HERE FOR A PDF COPY OF THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
DATE: February 7, 2012
Greetings,
Keewaytinook Okimakanak Charity Initiatives was created in 2009 to provide youth with recreation and education opportunities. Royal Bank of Canada awarded KOCI with a Blue Water Community Grant to enable the partner First Nation to raise awareness of the importance of water. Youth learned about source water, the water cycle, traditional water practices and promoting the protection of water for the future. Art contests occured in the partner First Nations along with tours of the local water plant in partnership with the school.
NAN press release
NAN RELEASES INDEPENDENT EDUCATION REPORT THAT OUTLINES THE CHALLENGES OF THE REMOTE NORTH