This past week (see workshop agenda below) the Chiefs and the Health Directors from the remote First Nations in the Sioux Lookout zone attended a one day workshop to discuss concerns about the Pandemic H1N1 Flu Virus. 

KO Telemedicine (KOTM - http://telemedicine.knet.ca) hosted the H1N1 Workshop for the Chiefs, Council and Health Directors through video conferencing.

Everyone is asked to go on line to www.fnwitness.ca and sign up to be a witness to the tribunal saying you will follow the case by attending in person or through the media and make up your own mind about whether the federal government is treating First Nations children fairly.

 AFN Press Release

Press Release

You are invited to participate in person or via live webcast/social media in this e-Development Thematic Group Workshop:

"Mobile Innovations for Social and Economic Transformation. From Pilots to Scaled-up Implementation"

Time: September 16, 2009, 9:00 am - 5:15 p.m (All times Washington DC)

You can watch live and recorded webcast at: www.worldbank.org/edevelopment/live

September 9, 2009

THE NATIONAL NATIVE ADDICTIONS PARTNERSHIP FOUNDATION JOINS FIRST NATIONS AND INUIT COMMUNITIES IN CELEBRATING FASDay 2009

www.nnapf.org

Cultivating and empowering relationships that connect us to our cultural strengths and identity within holistic and healthy communities

National Native Addictions Partnership Foundation Vision

Muskoday, Saskatchewan, September 9, 2009

NAHO press release 

The Honouring Life Network launches Suicide Prevention Video Contest

September 10, 2009

OTTAWA, ON — In celebration of World Suicide Prevention Day, the Honouring Life Network (HLN), a project of the National Aboriginal Health Organization (NAHO), announced an exciting new contest for First Nations, Inuit and Métis youth. 

E-Spirit Aboriginal Youth Business Plan Competition 

On-Line Team Registration:

September 14 to October 9, 2009

October 19, 2009 – February 5, 2010

Module completion dates:

To qualify for Milestone Prize #1:

National Aboriginal Health Organization press release

NAHO’s Honouring Life Network calls for Youth Advisory Committee members

OTTAWA — The National Aboriginal Health Organization’s (NAHO) Honouring Life Network (HLN) is recruiting First Nations, Inuit and Métis youth aged 17 to 30 to form a new Youth Advisory Committee.

Aboriginal Financial Officer's Association of Canada press release

First Nations will face challenges meeting new accounting standards effective January 1, 2009 – free workshops available

Ottawa, Ontario, September 8, 2009 – First Nations will face important changes to their financial reporting requirements that go into effect January 1, 2009, which may pose significant challenges for some communities. 

NOHFC press release