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Keewaytinook Okimakanak advertising Finance Manager Job Opportunity

KEEWAYTINOOK OKIMAKANAK
Northern Chiefs Tribal Council)

FINANCE MANAGER

Description

Under the direction of the Executive Director, the Finance Manager is responsible for planning, organizing, directing and supervising the operation of the finance department.  The Finance Manager implements the financial policies and procedures of Keewaytinook Okimakanak.

Roles and Responsibilities including, but not limited to;

AFN declares June 2011 Month of First Nation "Advocacy, Awareness and Action"

AFN Press Release

AFN National Chief Declares June 2011 Month of First Nation "Advocacy, Awareness and Action"

OTTAWA, June 1, 2011 /CNW/ - Assembly of First Nations National Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo today launched an initiative to make June 2011 a month of "First Nation Advocacy, Awareness and Action".

UN World Intellectual Property Organization challenged by Indigenous Traditional Knowledge

From Indigenous Peoples' Center for Documentation, Research and Information

The indigenous delegates who participated to the UN World Intellectual Property Organization’s Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore which met from 9 to13 May 2011 in Geneva, have presented a joint statement, which is reproduced here below.

First Nations using social media to bridge distances and form 'communities in motion'

From the Tyee.ca

'Number One Tool' for First Nations? Facebook

How Aboriginals are using social media to bridge distances and form 'communities in motion'.

By Andreas Krebs - May 30, 2011

Doctors recognizing the value of treating and supporting young people where they live

From CBC.ca

Telepsychiatry: Getting help to kids where they live

Canada's Auditor General recognizes First Nation conditions and issues being ignored

From CTV.ca

AG calls on gov't to address First Nations issues

May. 29 2011

Outgoing Auditor General Sheila Fraser says it is "incumbent" upon her office to speak out about dismal conditions on First Nations reserves, which, despite billions of dollars in federal funding, still suffer crushing social and economic hardships.

Fort Severn First Nation co-hosting May 31 online workshop on community use of ICTs

Please post and distribute and join us on May 31, 2011.

Building Digital Bridges on the Shore of Hudson Bay – Information and Communication Technologies in
Fort Severn First Nation.