From TBNewswatch

Drug tested

First Nation chiefs may soon be telling their community to do as they say, and as they do.

First Nation chiefs from across Northern Ontario may volunteer themselves for drug testing to prove they are role models in the fight against drug abuse in their communities.

Press Release 

New Nurse Practitioner Clinics On The Way - McGuinty Government Expanding Access To Care For Patients, Families

November 27, 2009

Thousands more patients across Ontario will have access to family health care thanks to seven more new nurse practitioner-led clinics slated to open throughout the province.

From the Toronto Star 

Tribunal hearing on aboriginal child welfare funding to go ahead

Laurie Monsebraaten - Nov 26 2009

Ottawa's attempt to derail a landmark Human Rights Commission Tribunal hearing into discrimination against aboriginal children in the child welfare system has been denied by the federal Court of Canada.

Proposed Growth Plan Discussion November 30, 2009

Presented by: MNDMF & MEI
Date: November 30, 2009
Time: 9:30 am to 11:00 am CT, 10:30 am to 12:00 pm ET
 
Download the Slide Presentation Handout

webstreamed from http://streamer.knet.ca

Kwayaciiwin Education Resource Centre (KERC) is managing the development and delivery of the First Nation Student Success Program (FNSSP) with each partner First Nation in the Sioux Lookout district.

The FNSSP will target 3 key areas:

• school success plans
• student learning assessments
• performance measurement.

KERC invites applications for the following positions for the First Nation Student Success Program (click on the job title for the PDF copy of the job description):

WUNNUMIN EDUCATION AUTHORITY

Requires

PRINCIPAL

POSITION:

Wunnumin Education Authority requires a principal for Lydia Lois Beardy Memorial School (LLBMS) for the remainder of the 2009-10 school year. LLBMS is a band operated school that offers kindergarten 4’s to grade 10 programming.

POSITION SUMMARY:

UOI press release 

First Nations looking at energy project opportunities

OJIBWAYS OF GARDEN RIVER FIRST NATION, Nov. 24 /CNW/ - Anishinabek Nation Chiefs in Assembly passed an important resolution today giving the Union of Ontario Indians a strong mandate to advocate and support Anishinabek First Nations as builders and operators of transmission lines.

"We have to take advantage of every opportunity that comes our way," says Grand Council Chief Patrick Madahbee.

Press Release

International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women Presents an Opportunity for Positive Change

Ottawa, ON (November 25, 2009) – Jeannette Corbiere Lavell, President of the Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC), called today for an end to violence against all women in Canada. November 25th is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.

The Post-Secondary Student Support Program: An Examination of Alternative Delivery Mechanisms

A Report to the Indian and Northern Affairs Canada from the Educational Policy Institute

November, 2009

See poster below

Share Your Stories - Help Write the Story of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights

This is an invitation to participate in a roundtable discussion in Thunder Bay, ON on Thursday December 3rd, 2009 from 7−9 p.m., as part of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights’ content and story-gathering tour across Canada.

This is an opportunity to contribute your experiences and your perspectives to Canada’s newest national museum, due to open in Winnipeg in 2012.