Government cuts threatens Canada's digital strategy in libraries, community groups
March 15, 2010 - 8:11pm | by brianbeatonFrom the Canadian Press at CBC.ca
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.
Pelican Falls First Nations High School heading to Ottawa as a E-Spirit finalist school
March 15, 2010 - 4:19pm | by brianbeatonPress 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.
Free Impact Benefit Agreement Toolkit to guide First Nations negotiating with resource companies
March 15, 2010 - 4:06pm | by brianbeatonPress release
Wahsa Distance Education Centre becomes the latest victim of government funding cuts
March 14, 2010 - 10:15pm | by brianbeatonLetter to the Chiefs of the Sioux Lookout area First Nations
Chief and Council
Friday March 12, 2010
Schedule of events for Sioux Lookout's Race Relations Week - March 21-28
March 14, 2010 - 8:14pm | by brianbeaton“Every One Has A Story”
Canadian Teachers’ Federation report identifies racism in education as challenge for all
March 14, 2010 - 4:51pm | by brianbeatonPress release (see Report Recommendations below)
First Nations Control of First Nations Citizenship required to address inequities in Indian Act
March 12, 2010 - 10:35pm | by brianbeatonPress 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 federal and provincial funding being axed
March 12, 2010 - 7:25am | by brianbeaton
Sandy Lake First Nation joins Dolly Parton's Imagination Library investing in their children
March 12, 2010 - 6:36am | by brianbeatonEvery 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:
Our Mother Earth, Our Culture, Our Language Powwow in Thunder Bay, March 13-14
March 11, 2010 - 11:54pm | by brianbeatonPress 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.
