Communities with Public libraries in Ontario get a boost supporting Access To IT

Ontario press release 

Strengthening Ontario's Public Libraries - McGuinty Government Supports Access To Electronic Information

June 2, 2010 - The province is investing $2 million in the Southern Ontario Library Service and Ontario Library Service - North. Both agencies will support public libraries by offering electronic services, such as electronic databases, to Ontarians. Ensuring access to this electronic information will support local skills development, including the research and technology skills needed to succeed in a knowledge economy.

INAC restores $4 Million in funding to the First Nations University for 2010-2011 school year

AFN Press Release 

National Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo welcomes announcement on First Nations University

OTTAWA, June 2 /CNW Telbec/ - Today, Assembly of First Nations National Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo welcomed an announcement by Indian and Northern Affairs Canada Minister Chuck Strahl that he will restore $4 Million in funding to the First Nations University (FNUniv), which will cover expenses from Sept. 1 to March 31.

Indigenous Education Accord creates framework for university programs working with Aboriginal people

Landmark accord on the Education of Indigenous Peoples in Canada to be Signed at Congress 2010

First Nations ensured by INAC of another year of funding for Wahsa Distance Education Centre

From the NNEC web site

LETTER TO THE CHIEFS OF THE SIOUX LOOKOUT AREA FIRST NATIONS

Friday May 14, 2010

Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) visited Wahsa Distance Education Centre on April 12 to 16, 2010 and gathered data for the purposes of undertaking in-depth review of the alternative secondary education programming for Wahsa.

Employment Opportunity: Assistant to Director of Operations at KO in Balmertown



Employment Opportunity: Education Advisor at KO in Balmertown



Employment Opportunity: Director of e-Health Services at KO in Balmertown



First Nations urge Ontario to Implement a Community Forestry Tenure System

NAN press release 

NAN Continues to urge Ontario Government to Implement a Community Forestry Tenure System

May 27, 2010

THUNDER BAY, ON: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Stan Beardy says the Ontario government needs to implement a community forestry tenure system. The position of having a community forestry tenure system has been consistently provided since NAN’s initial participation in the Northern Ontario Sustainable Communities Partnership committee and later endorsed through a NAN Chief’s resolution in 2007.