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Dealing with Canadian courts as First Nations struggle to protect traditional lands and waterways

Posted in - Voices Rising 

INJUNCTIONS: WHAT LAND PROTECTORS NEED TO KNOW

By  on December 3rd, 2013Elsipogtog Fire Warrior

Idle no more continues to affect and help how First Nations are understood in Canada

From Rabble.ca

Is there a future for Idle No More?

BY AARON PAQUETTE | DECEMBER 2, 2013

Assembly of First Nations Recognizes Aboriginal AIDS Awareness Week December 1-6

AFN press release

November 29, 2013 

Assembly of First Nations Recognizes Aboriginal AIDS Awareness Week December 1-6 

(Ottawa, ON) - Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo today acknowledged Aboriginal AIDS Awareness Week beginning December 1, offering the following statement: 

Corporations planning different approach to "fix" First Nation relationships

From CTV.ca

Fixing First Nations relationships key to energy development, forum hears

Keystone Pipeline

History of Aboriginal peoples must be required for all Canadians and newcomers says First Nation leader

From TheRecord.com

Canadians must know history of aboriginal peoples, says judge

Liz Monteiro, November 29, 2013

KITCHENER - Canadians and newcomers to this country must learn about the tragic history of aboriginal peoples in Canada in order to respect and understand each other.

'Walking with Our Sisters' art exhibition in honour of murdered and missing Aboriginal women

From http://walkingwithoursisters.ca/about/

A Commemorative Art Installation for the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women of Canada and the United States

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Aboriginal people are vastly over-represented in the federal prison system - government report

AFN Press Release

Assembly of First Nations Comments on Annual Report of the Office of the Correctional Investigator: Aboriginal Inmates Vastly Over-represented in Federal Prison Population

November 27, 2013

Challenges and opportunities for caring for elders in northern Ontario - a CBC series

From CBC.ca

Aboriginal long-term care experts call for beds, housing

More cultural sensitivity also needed, experts say

Nov 29, 2013

Infastructure projects in Canada's far north leads to new socio-economic opportunities

From theGlobeandMail.com

Fibre optic line to link Inuvik's satellite network to the world

JOSH WINGROVE - Nov. 19 2013

Canada continues slide to being most destructive country of environment for greed and waste

From theGlobeandMail.com

Canada dead last in ranking for environmental protection

PAUL WALDIE - LONDON - The Globe and Mail - Nov. 18 2013