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From the Anglican Journal

Truth commission will help heal residential schools legacy, church and native leaders say

Solange De Santis, staff writer, Mar 6, 2008

AFN Press Release

KI Responds to Ontario’s Proposal

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 5, 2008

Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug –  Yesterday Match 4, 2008 Minister of Aboriginal Affairs, Michael Bryant , paid a visit to our community (KI).  There have been media reports today suggesting that Mr. Bryant made a proposal to settle KI’s dispute with the government of Ontario regarding mineral exploration on our territory by Platinex Inc., and that KI accepted the proposal.  We wish to set the record straight.

A one week training opportunity for youth between the ages of 12 to 25 in Ottawa ...

YOUCAN press release ... 

YOUCAN is excited to announce that May 2008 we're hosting YouthQUAKE!

Is your agency interested in some youth-led workshops on Cross Cultural Conflict Resolution?

NWAC press release ... 

Members of the Keewaytinook Okimakanak's KIHS and K-Net program are travelling to Thunder Bay to present information about their programs and services at the Matawa First Nations 2008 Education Conference.

The Matawa team is webcasting (see live stream below) and archiving portions of this conference live with sponsorship and funding support from TBayTel and KO's Regional Management Organization (K-Net).

From Canada's Policy Research Initiative (www.policyresearch.gc.ca)  

Hope or Heartbreak: Aboriginal Youth and Canada’s Future

Volume 10 Number 1
Horizons
March 2008

From National Geographic

Enduring Voices - Documenting the Planet's Endangered Languages

Losing Our World's Languages

Every 14 days a language dies. By 2100, more than half of the more than 7,000 languages spoken on Earth—many of them never yet recorded—will likely disappear, taking with them a wealth of knowledge about history, culture, the natural environment, and how the human brain works.

AHF press release

From Truth to Reconciliation Transforming the Legacy of Residential Schools

Click here to download the entire publication

Prepared for the Aboriginal Healing Foundation By
Marlene Brant Castellano, Linda Archibald and Mike DeGagné, 2008

Dedication

A 90 KM prayer walk was completed by over 30 young people who risked the harsh wilderness life.

GET Youth Ministries, a group from North Caribou Lake began their walk late friday night at 12:30 AM with a determination to arrive in Muskrat Dam on Saturday evening. The walk took over 20 hours. The purpose of this prayer walk was to pray for issues that are affecting most of the northern communities.