Community News
Aboriginal Management Council at Lakehead University needs members-at-large rep
October 7, 2009 - 8:40am | by brianbeatonLakehead University
Aboriginal Management Council
Call for Board Representative
Member-at-Large
Vital Signs report highlights employment and education challenges facing First Nation youth
October 7, 2009 - 6:27am | by brianbeatonJobless youth, aboriginal education are focus of community foundations report
October 6, 2009
TORONTO — Concerns about young people, including the unemployed and aboriginal students who are at risk of dropping out of school, are a major focus of a report released Tuesday by Community Foundations of Canada.
Grant available for community-based Indigenous Peoples’ Videos On Climate Change
October 6, 2009 - 1:47pm | by brianbeatonPress release
Lands & Resources Video Conference Series: Impact of Park Lands October 7, 2009
October 6, 2009 - 8:07am | by AnonymousKO is hosting a video conference series discussing Lands and Resources. The next workshop is presented by Dr. Harvey Lemelin.
October 7, 2009 930-11CST Impact of Parklands - Dr. Harvey Lemelin
Gatherings across Canada to remember over 500 murdered and missing Aboriginal women
October 5, 2009 - 8:56am | by brianbeatonVigils held to honour hundreds of aboriginal women killed or missing
October 4, 2009 - Canadian Press
Dozens of vigils were held across the country Sunday to remember more than 500 aboriginal women who have vanished in the last three decades and to draw attention to what organizers called a national tragedy.
Hunger and poverty in Canada requiring citizens action with food drives and Celebrations of Giving
October 2, 2009 - 8:47am | by brianbeatonNO CHILD SHOULD GO HUNGRY
NATIONAL DAY OF HUNGER
OCTOBER 10, 2009
One example of a special event planned for the forks in Winnipeg ...
NAAF hosting Aboriginal Career Fair in Saskatoon on November 10
October 1, 2009 - 6:41am | by brianbeatonNAAF press release
Canada’s largest Aboriginal National Career Fair to host hundreds of students, tradeshow booths and workshops this November in Saskatoon
OCTOBER 1, 2009 – TORONTO – The National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation’s (NAAF) Blueprint for the Future (BFF) national student career fair will deliver educational resources, access to career professionals, dynamic entertainment and bring Aboriginal youth from across Saskatchewan to the city of Saskatoon.
Colonialism Denial by Canada's prime minister ignores First Nation history and current reality
September 30, 2009 - 6:13am | by brianbeatonAFN press release
AFN National Chief Responds to Prime Minister's Statements on Colonialism
"We (Canada) also have no history of colonialism."
Canada's poor treatment of First Nations continuing to be confronted on the world's stage
September 29, 2009 - 6:02am | by brianbeatonCHRC press release
CHRC Statement To The UN Human Rights Council, In Response To The Tabling Of The Report Of The Special Rapporteur On Indigenous Rights.
Delivered on behalf of the Canadian Human Rights Commission by:
Katharina Rose
Geneva Representative
International Coordinating Committee of National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (ICC)
September 28, 2009
Thank you, Mr. President.
Assembly of First Nations Fitness Challenge calling on First Nation teachers and students
September 28, 2009 - 10:11pm | by brianbeatonAFN press release
AFN launching Fitness Challenge for students, on October 15th 2009. Sign up for a chance to win prizes.
OTTAWA, Sept. 28 /CNW Telbec/ - The Assembly of First Nations is calling on teachers for help in organizing this year's AFN Fitness Challenge which is aimed at students. The goal of the fitness challenge is to raise awareness about the positive relationship between diabetes and healthy living.
