Members of National Panel on First Nation elementary and secondary education announced

AFN - INAC press release

Invitation to submit an online application for Adobe's Youth Voices competition

Application Deadline is
March 25th, 2011

Adobe Youth Voices is the Adobe Foundation's signature philanthropy initiative empowering  young people to Create with Purpose. Youth use digital tools to express themselves and issues important to them. Please visit http://www.youthvoices.adobe.com/ to learn more about the program.

All the successful participant organizations will receive:

Invitation to attend the K2W FISH DERBY March 26, 2011 in Keewaywin

K2W FISH DERBY

 -- Saturday March 26, 2011 --

11am to 3pm

on NISKA LAKE 

for more information visit HOMEPAGE

http://k2wfishderby.myknet.org

First Nations people dying of cancer at rates 20 to 30 per cent higher than the rest of Ontario

From tbnewswatch.com

Ounce of prevention

By Leith Dunick, tbnewswatch.com 

Nurse practitioner Mae Katt speaks on Wednesday, March 16 at Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre about a $100,000 Cancer Care Ontario program aimed at bundling cancer screening programs together to make them more accessible to First Nations women.

New government appointed head of Canadian Human Rights Tribunal dismisses First Nations claim

AFN press release 

Assembly of First Nations Disappointed and Concerned About the Welfare of First Nations Children Following Decision by Canadian Human Rights Tribunal

OTTAWA, March 15 /CNW/ - Yesterday, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ruled to dismiss a 2007 complaint filed by the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) and the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada (FNCFCSC) on discrimination caused by unequal funding for First Nation children in the child welfare system.

Proposed cuts to First Nation policing services create safety and security problems

Press releases ...

AFN Supports Calls by First Nation Leaders Opposing First Nation Policing Cuts

OTTAWA, March 10 /CNW/ - Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo today supported a call by First Nation leaders from Quebec and Labrador opposing cuts to First Nation policing. 

Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority invites everyone for tours of new hostel

Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority (SLFNHA) is proud to announce the opening of the new hostel, Jeremiah McKay Kabayshewekamik.