From Macleans.ca  http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/07/01/the-hurting

The hurting

Award-winning novelist Joseph Boyden on the link between residential schools and the devastation of native suicide

by macleans.ca on Thursday, July 1, 2010

 Taking Action for First Nations Post-Secondary Education: Access, Opportunity, and Outcomes - Discussion Paper

From the PREFACE

AFN National Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo Report July 2009 – July 2010

Overview

In a few weeks we will gather at Winnipeg for our Annual General Assembly. Before that, it is my great honour to offer my first annual report to you the Chiefs and First Nation governments from across Canada.

Employment Opportunity

Nishnawbe-Aski Legal Services Corporation  

KO Chiefs are gathering in Winnipeg this week to discuss ways in which the tribal council can better serve the grassroots. The Chiefs said they are overall pleased with the work of the tribal council and specifically praised K-Net, KOTM, KiHS, KORI and the Water Treatment Training Programme.

“Geordi has done a lot for the communities,” said one Chief.

However, they are discussing better ways of doing business for the organization.

NOSM’s New Strategic Plan Provides Blueprint for Innovative Education and Research for a Healthier North

On Tuesday, June 22, 2010, the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) launched a new strategic plan intended to guide the School's progress through the years 2010 to 2015. Much has been achieved in NOSM's first five years of operations, and this second plan builds on these successes with well-established priorities and a clearly articulated vision and mission.

PARO Centre for Women’s Enterprise is hosting a Young Aboriginal Women Summer Workshop series. 

Jan Hardy of the Aboriginal Mentorship program and Pauline Fogarty, Program Development Intern are hosting the series to create financial literacy skills among youth as well as generating money management skills for participants. 

All workshops are taking place on Wednesdays from 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. in July and August. 

They are free of cost and targeted to young Aboriginal women, though everyone is welcome to attend.

Press release 

Lieutenant Governor's Aboriginal Summer Reading Camps kick-off today in Thunder Bay

THUNDER BAY, ON, June 28 /CNW/ - Today, over 100 youth counselors were welcomed by the Honourable David C. Onley, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario and Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief, Stan Beardy, as they begin orientation for the Lieutenant Governor's Aboriginal Summer Reading Camp program. The camps, managed by Frontier College, will run this summer in an effort to help improve literacy skills among youth in NAN communities.

From Kelly's blog ...

June 26, 2010