Community News
New partnership established with First Nation leaders and former political leaders to address past wrongs
September 5, 2014 - 7:36am | by brianbeatonFormer politicians and aboriginal leaders announcing new partnership
By Connie Walker, Sep 04, 2014Paul Martin and Joe Clark among group calling on Canadians to act on aboriginal issues
Japanese mercury experts urging Canada to recognize and help Grassy Narrows First Nation victims
September 2, 2014 - 9:13am | by brianbeatonGrassy Narrows: The lost science of mercury poisoning
Canadian officials have never admitted to a single case of Minamata disease in northwestern Ontario
By Kelly Crowe, Sep 02, 2014
Webequie First Nation concerned with Ontario's lack of consultation about development corporation
August 31, 2014 - 11:21am | by brianbeatonIndigenous Universities in Bolivia are example of decolonizing education in action
August 30, 2014 - 11:59am | by brianbeatonDangers in framing the discussion as a choice between an inquiry OR immediate action
August 29, 2014 - 8:39am | by brianbeatonDisturbing trend in debate on inquiry into missing, murdered aboriginal women
Damaging to frame discussion as choice between inquiry and immediate action
By Chelsea Vowel, Posted: Aug 29, 2014
Nishnawbe Aski Nation and city of Thunder Bay working together to create a positive experience
August 28, 2014 - 1:58pm | by brianbeatonPress release
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August 28, 2014 - The City of Thunder Bay and Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) are pleased to have had a joint meeting of leadership including Grand Chief Harvey Yesno, Mayor Keith Hobbs, NAN Deputy Grand Chiefs and members of the City's Intergovernmental Affairs Committee. |
UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report highlights dangerous impacts of climate change
August 27, 2014 - 10:14am | by brianbeatonClimate change impacts 'might already be considered dangerous'
Language stark in latest UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report
By Seth Borenstein, The Associated Press Posted: Aug 27, 2014
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples highlights obstacles
August 27, 2014 - 9:36am | by brianbeatonDeer Lake First Nation hosting Northern Ontario School of Medicine officials tomorrow
August 26, 2014 - 11:31am | by brianbeatonNOSM press release
NOSM Engages Communities in Strategic Planning
Together, the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) and the people and communities of Northern Ontario are creating a Strategic Plan for the School for the years 2015-2020.
Canadian leaders challenge prime minister position on inquiry on murdered and missing Aboriginal women
August 23, 2014 - 11:19am | by brianbeatonStupidity outbreak mars Harper's visit
EDITORIAL - John Thompson - August 22, 2014
What a relief. Prime Minister Stephen Harper visited Whitehorse yesterday and shared with the territory a fresh insight: the plight of missing and murdered aboriginal women in Canada is not, in fact, a "sociological phenomenon." Rather, the root of the problem is that we simply haven't locked enough people away in prison.
