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From Winnipeg Free Press ...

Fontaine slams education underfunding
By Nick Martin - Nov 7, 2007

Canada is denying 10,000 aboriginal young people a post-secondary education because of federal underfunding, Grand Chief Phil Fontaine of the Assembly of First Nations said this morning.

"Young people are being shortchanged. It's not fair in a country as rich as Canada is.

Health Canada press release ...

November 6, 2007 Update: “KI Taking a Stand to Protect Homelands”

PRESS RELEASE
November 6, 2007

From: Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug, Ontario
Update: “KI Taking a Stand to Protect Homelands”

Visit www.nadf.org and go to Tools & Resources, then Community Resources, and finally Reports.  There you will find our Final Reports from the Winter Road Forum held in June 2007 and the Indpendent Power Authority Forum held in August 2007.  Full colour presentation slides, summaries, and recommendations/next steps are all included.

From  Yahoo Canada News ...

Illegal cigarettes from native reserves cost government over $100 million: study
Chinta Puxley, The Canadian Press - Nov 5

TORONTO - A new study which found one-quarter of Ontario smokers bought contraband cigarettes from aboriginal reserves, costing the province at least $72 million in lost tax revenue, should be a wake-up call to the governing Liberals to crack down on illegal tobacco sales, critics said Monday.

From the Toronto Star .... 

CANADA'S `DIRTY SECRET': First Nations still searching for a place to call their home
Sara Mainville - Nov 05, 2007

Lately, I have been trying to understand why I cannot live in Ontario's cities comfortably.

From Videocom research project web site at http://videocom.knet.ca .... 

2007 Aboriginal Peoples Choice Music Awards Winners 

• BEST SONGWRITER - Cheryl Bear for The Good Road

• SINGLE OF THE YEAR - Cheryl Bear for Hey Cuzzin’

• BEST NEW ARTIST - Cheryl Bear

• ABORIGINAL ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR - Shane Yellowbird

• BEST COUNTRY CD - Shane Yellowbird for Life Is Calling My Name

• BEST BLUES CD - Indigenous for Chasing The Sun

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS - Journal of Aboriginal Health

Aboriginal traditional health and healing practices for the Journal of Aboriginal Health, Vol. 5. Deadline Nov. 30th

Call for Abstracts

The Journal of Aboriginal Health (JAH) is the only peer-reviewed journal in the world focusing on the health of First Nations, Inuit and Métis in Canada. Since its inception in 2004, it has become one of the pre-eminent journals in Canada on the health of Aboriginal Peoples.

 Parents, health and education workers and others are invited to share and discuss innovative ways of assisting youth in our communities with mental health issues during a two-day conference. 

Building from Strength: Evidence and Reality-based Tools and Intervention

Locations: ONLINE in your community and at the Valhalla Inn, Thunder Bay

Dates: November 22-23, 2007