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Dear Friends,

August 9th was the 14th International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples.

This was a particularly momentous year in indigenous rights.

Among the milestones this year, the UN General Assembly adopted the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in a near-unanimous vote, and the governments of Australia and Canada formally apologized for their egregious forced-assimilation policies. 

From CPAC web site

John Glen as he travels 600 kilometres north of Thunder Bay to Big Trout Lake where the Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) have lived for thousands of years surrounded by the Boreal Forest.

It is one of the last, great, undeveloped spaces on the planet and is one of the world’s largest intact ecosystems.

From Wawatay News Online

Look at the core issues of what are causing the suicides: Grand Chief

by: Nishnawbe Aski Nation Grand Cheif Stan Beardy

Nishnawbe Aski Nation Grand Chief Stan Beardy delivered the following speech at the Wapekeka First Nation 16th Annual Survivors of Suicide (SOS) Healing Journey Conference 2008 on July 22.

Tayka Tagamou Nation in partnership with the Town of Cochrane are honoured to present Creefest 2008,  to be held in the town of Cochrane Ontario, August 14 -16, 2008.

For more information visit www.creefest.ca or you may call Kara Louttit at 705-272-6788 or email kara@creefest.ca

Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) press release ...

Health Canada Releases New Report on Human Health in a Changing Climate: A Canadian Assessment of Vulnerabilities and Adaptive Capacity

(see the press release below) 

OVERVIEW

Climate change is expected to increase risks to the health of Canadians through many pathways: the food they eat, the air they breathe, the water they drink, and their exposure to extreme weather events and infectious diseases found in nature.

From Community Press

Greater broadband access for rural Ontario

By Mark Hoult

Peterborough Cty. – One of the benefits of the recently signed $6.2 billion Building Canada Plan Framework Agreement will be greater broadband Internet access for residents of rural southern Ontario, says Peterborough MPP Jeff Leal.

INDIAN RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS SURVIVOR COMMITTEE

As part of the implementation of the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement (IRSSA), the Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) is interested in receiving applications from individuals, survivors, Aboriginal organizations, and others familiar with the operation of Indian Residential Schools in Canada, to serve on the Indian Residential Schools Survivor Committee (IRSSC).

State of Learning in Canada: Toward a Learning Future

Canadian Council on Learning
July 31, 2008

An interesting report that states a lot of what might be expected and contains an unsurprising call for action. Among other things, the report states: