People struggling with diabetes in remote First Nations as corporate interests prosper
October 10, 2009 - 7:33pm | by brianbeatonSandy Lake First Nation -- epicentre of diabetes epidemic
By Margaret Munro, Canwest News Service
"Witnessing the Future" ceremony webcast for residential school survivors with Governor General
October 9, 2009 - 11:11am | by brianbeatonFrom the Truth and Reconiliation Commission web site
The Chairperson for the Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), the Honourable Justice Murray Sinclair, together with Commissioners Marie Wilson and Chief Wilton Littlechild, will join Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada, for a "Witnessing the Future" ceremony on:
Social innovation is falling behind in Canada as corporate and institutional needs gain support
October 8, 2009 - 7:29am | by brianbeatonCanadian Policy Research Networks (CPRN) press release
Employment Opportunity - Post Secondary Program Coordinator at Oshki in Thunder Bay
October 7, 2009 - 12:49pm | by AnonymousAboriginal Management Council at Lakehead University needs members-at-large rep
October 7, 2009 - 8:40am | by brianbeatonLakehead University
Aboriginal Management Council
Call for Board Representative
Member-at-Large
Vital Signs report highlights employment and education challenges facing First Nation youth
October 7, 2009 - 6:27am | by brianbeatonJobless youth, aboriginal education are focus of community foundations report
October 6, 2009
TORONTO — Concerns about young people, including the unemployed and aboriginal students who are at risk of dropping out of school, are a major focus of a report released Tuesday by Community Foundations of Canada.
Grant available for community-based Indigenous Peoples’ Videos On Climate Change
October 6, 2009 - 1:47pm | by brianbeatonPress release
Lands & Resources Video Conference Series: Impact of Park Lands October 7, 2009
October 6, 2009 - 8:07am | by AnonymousKO is hosting a video conference series discussing Lands and Resources. The next workshop is presented by Dr. Harvey Lemelin.
October 7, 2009 930-11CST Impact of Parklands - Dr. Harvey Lemelin
Gatherings across Canada to remember over 500 murdered and missing Aboriginal women
October 5, 2009 - 8:56am | by brianbeatonVigils held to honour hundreds of aboriginal women killed or missing
October 4, 2009 - Canadian Press
Dozens of vigils were held across the country Sunday to remember more than 500 aboriginal women who have vanished in the last three decades and to draw attention to what organizers called a national tragedy.
Hunger and poverty in Canada requiring citizens action with food drives and Celebrations of Giving
October 2, 2009 - 8:47am | by brianbeatonNO CHILD SHOULD GO HUNGRY
NATIONAL DAY OF HUNGER
OCTOBER 10, 2009
One example of a special event planned for the forks in Winnipeg ...
