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September 8, 2005 - MEDIA RELEASE

Robinson Treaty promises broken for 155 years

NIPISSING FIRST NATION -- It has been over a century and a half since First Nations signed the Robinson Treaties, but Anishinabek people continue to struggle for rights to land and resources promised in those treaties.

First Nations in two regions of Ontario are commemorating the 155th anniversary of the signing of two historic and important treaties this week. The Robinson-Superior Treaty was signed on September 7, 1850 while the Robinson-Huron Treaty was signed two days later on September 9, 1850.

"There are many important and outstanding issues related to the Treaties. Our right to hunt and fish has been restricted by constant government harassment and interference, and annuities have not increased to reflect the resource development on traditional lands," said Anishinabek Nation Grand Council Chief John Beaucage.

"Most importantly, the Government of Canada has not respected the government-to-government relationship established under the treaties, so our jurisdiction and the authority of First Nation government has been undermined," added Beaucage.

Interest in Indian lands along the north shores of Lake Superior and Lake Huron began in the 1840's as many mining companies began to send prospectors, surveyors and engineers into the region. As mining companies successfully obtained licences to extract resources, many First Nations people in the region began to complain to the Crown that their claims to the land were being ignored.

The Robinson Treaties marked the beginning of an emphasis on a "cash-for-land" treaty approach by the Crown, which was to have far-reaching effects on First Nations, who regarded money just as they had regarded the trade goods offered in previous treaties - as gifts in exchange for their agreement to share the use of their traditional territories with settler populations.

To assist in the settlement and commercial development of the region, Lord Elgin, Governor General of Canada, ensured that treaty commissioner - and former fur trader -- William Benjamin Robinson was given a budget of 7500 pounds Sterling (approx. $30,000 Cdn in 1850) to purchase as much land as possible. He was successful in obtaining title to approximately 50,000 square miles (32 million acres) of Indian territory for approximately 66 cents for every square mile, or 640 acres.

Chief Michael "Eagle" Dokis of Lake Nipissing said after attending the treaty negotiations, "When Mr. Robinson came to the Indians to make a Treaty for their lands, they were not willing to give up their lands and would not sign a Treaty. He then told them they need not be afraid to give up their rights because Government would never do anything to make them suffer, he said you know yourselves where you have the best lands and there is where you have your reserves for yourselves and your children and their children ever after."

Every Chief's consent to the terms of the treaties was indicated by his "mark" - usually a totem or clan symbol - on the official document. The First Nations leaders could neither read nor write English and relied totally on the honesty of the treaty commissioner about what they were agreeing to.

The Robinson-Superior Treaty was negotiated with the Chippewas of the Sault Ste. Marie area and gave the Crown, "the shoreline of Lake Superior, including islands from Batchewana Bay to the Pigeon River, inland as far as the height of land." The Treaty stipulated an upfront payment of $8,000 (all amounts Cdn) and an annual payment of $200 each year thereafter. This is an area of over 20,000 square miles, stretching approximately from present day Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, in the east, past Thunder Bay, Ontario, in the west.

Two days after William Robinson had negotiated the Robinson-Superior Treaty, he negotiated with Chief Shinguacouse and the Lake Huron Chippewa Indians for the Lake Huron shoreline, "including the islands, from Matchedash Bay to Batchewana Bay and inland as far as the height of the land."

An agreement was made to surrender territory, except for the reserves, for $8000 and an annual payment of $240 for over 30,000 square miles.

In addition to the cash, each Robinson Treaty included a list of reserved lands, indicating size and location of each reserve assigned to each Chief. The Huron Treaty included 21 such reserves but Superior only listed three.

The Robinson Treaties also guaranteed to First Nations the "full and free privilege to hunt over the territory now ceded by them and to fish in the waters thereof as they have heretofore been in the habit of doing."

However, said Beaucage, "First Nations continue to be subject to harassment by provincial Ministry of Natural Resources conservation officers in the field, and there are instances of First Nations people being prosecuted under provincial legislation despite these treaty rights."

"The government of Canada does not honour our treaties in the spirit they were entered into," said the Anishinabek Nation leader.

The Anishinabek Nation incorporated the Union of Ontario Indians as its secretariat in 1949. The UOI is a political advocate for 42 member First Nations across Ontario. The Union of Ontario Indians is the oldest political organization in Ontario and can trace its roots back to the Confederacy of Three Fires, which existed long before European contact.

For more information contact:
Jamie Monastyrski, Communications Officer
Union of Ontario Indians
705-497-9127 (2290)
monjam@anishinabek.ca

Canada's newest Medical School opens its doors

TUESDAY, SEPT. 13, 2005

Canada's first new Medical School in a generation was opened today in high-tech fashion by Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty following a telemedicine roll call to more than 10 far-flung communities that will be involved with the new School.

The Ontario Premier declared the Northern Ontario School of Medicine officially open after establishing two-way video conference links to a series of cities, towns and villages across Northern Ontario.

The first Medical School in Canada to open its doors in the Internet Age, it is also the country's first twin site Medical School, with a West Campus located at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, and an East Campus hosted by Sudbury's Laurentian University.

The Grand Opening this morning was a two campus videoconference, with Premier McGuinty and His Excellency John Ralston Saul among the distinguished guests at Laurentian University, while Aboriginal leader Elijah Harper and Ontario Minister of Health George Smitherman were among the featured speakers at Lakehead.  Ontario Lieutenant Governor James Bartleman and Canada's Commissioner of Official Languages Dr. Dyane Adam joined the proceedings by videolink from Toronto and Ottawa, respectively.

With a special emphasis on rural and remote medicine, NOSM will pioneer the marriage of technology, education, research, and health care delivery, promised Founding Dean Dr. Roger Strasser.  The School is based on the premise that medical students tend to practice where they have studied, and NOSM graduates will contribute to reducing the critical shortage of physicians in Northern Ontario.

"Since beginning our work on this project three years ago, the staff of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine has promised to create 'A Medical School like no other,'" Dr. Strasser noted.  "We want to reaffirm that promise to the people of Ontario, and to you students of the Charter Class, here today."

The School's first 56 undergraduate class members arrived on their respective campuses ten days ago, and have already begun their studies which will be undertaken in a wide variety of community and health science settings across Northern Ontario.

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For more information contact: 
Yonaniko Grenon           
Communications Officer - East          
(705) 662-7243 or (705) 669 -7943
yonaniko.grenon@normed.ca

Tracie Smith
Communications Officer - West
(807) 766-7314 or (807) 624-7862
tracie.smith@normed.ca

RALLY ON PARLIAMENT HILL SEPTEMBER 16TH 2005 AT 10:00 AM!!!

MARTHA JOSEPH’S VICTORY WALK FOR JUSTICE  FOR ABORIGINAL RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL SURVIVORS

This day will mark a historic day in Canada! Martha Joseph, from the Gitxsan Nation, a 67 year old survivor of the Port Alberni Residential School will arrive in Ottawa on Parliament Hill. Martha’s Journey started on May 26th 2005 from the door steps of the Okanagan Métis Children and Family Services in Kelowna, British Columbia. Aboriginal Residential School Survivors, Aboriginal Citizens and Non-Aboriginal Citizens walked with Martha to the city limits as she and friends began their quest to walk to Ottawa.

We invite press, Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal dignitaries, and citizens of Canada to Parliament Hill on September 16th 2005 at 10:00 am to welcome Martha’s Victory Walk for Justice.

This Rally is to bring awareness to all Residential School Survivors in all of North America. In addition, Dennis Weber a first cousin of Louis Riel and a well known Métis Artist, will be presenting his original painting on behalf of all Residential School Survivors to Parliament.

Please refer to our website www.okanaganmetischildrenandfamilyservices.ca for the upcoming agenda on the Victory Walk for Justice Ceremony and Celebration!

PLEASE join us in this historic event!

For further information please contact the Okanagan Métis Children and Family Services at

(250) 868-0351 and locally (613) 798-1488.

from Kelly Kubik k.kubik@telus.net, Director of the Kelowna Metis Children and Family Services

PRESS RELEASE - Tuesday,  September 6, 2005

Northern Ontario Gives Huge Welcome to School of Medicine's Charter Class

Hundreds of people came out to greet the Charter Class of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) as the students made their way across Northern Ontario last week. 

All 56 Charter Class students arrived in Thunder Bay on Sunday, August 28, to visit the School's West Campus at Lakehead University and to start their Orientation Week of activities, workshops and lectures to help students make the transition to medical school.

In addition to the Orientation Week sessions, the School hosted a Community Welcome barbecue on Monday where well-wishers from the City of Thunder Bay, Lakehead University and the School were introduced to the students.

From there, the students traveled by bus to the School's East Campus at Laurentian University.  En route, they stopped in Marathon to meet and spend time with rural physicians at Penn Lake Park, stayed overnight in Wawa where they enjoyed hiking and kayaking, stopped to meet NOSM clinical faculty in Sault Ste. Marie, and landed in Sudbury on Thursday, September 1 for a Community Welcome barbecue at Laurentian University.

Dr. Jill Konkin, NOSM's Associate Dean of Admissions and Student Affairs noted that it was important for the students to enjoy Northern Ontario right from the start.  "This past week was about experiencing the warmth of the people and communities of Northern Ontario, providing an opportunity for the students to get to know each other, giving students a chance to see first-hand just how excited everyone across the North is that they are finally with us, and providing them with the information they need to start their academic studies."

Founding Dean Dr. Roger Strasser noted that the students were heading back to their respective campuses this past weekend - 32 students will study out of the East Campus at Laurentian University and 24 out of the West Campus at Lakehead University.  "Their work will start today, as they begin their four-year long journey of learning from a state-of-the art curriculum.  They will study in small groups, learn in a variety of health care settings and make use of technology to its fullest as they pursue their dream of becoming a physician."  

The official Grand Opening of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine will be held on Tuesday, September, 13th with a full day of celebrations.  Many dignitaries from across the country will be participating in the day which will showcase the School's technology and pan-Northern mandate by holding the event simultaneously between two campuses and having communities from across the North participate in the declaration of the School's opening.  More details will follow.

The Northern Ontario School of Medicine is a pioneering faculty of medicine.  The School is a joint initiative of Lakehead and Laurentian Universities with main campuses in Thunder Bay and Sudbury, and multiple teaching and research sites across Northern Ontario.  By educating skilled physicians and undertaking health research suited to community needs, the School will become a cornerstone of community health care in Northern Ontario.

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For further information please contact:

Yonaniko (Iyo) Grenon
Communications Officer - East Campus
(705) 662-7243
Yonaniko.Grenon@normed.ca

Tracie.Smith@normed.ca
Communications Officer - West Campus
(807) 766-7314
Tracie.Smith@normed.ca

Communications Unit
Northern Ontario School of Medicine

West Campus
Lakehead University
955 Oliver Rd.
Thunder Bay ON  P7B 5E1
Tel: 807-766-7300
Fax: 807-766-7370

East Campus
Laurentian University
935 Ramsey Lake Rd.
Sudbury ON  P3E 2C6
Tel: 705-675-4883
Fax: 705-675-4858
E-mail: NormedNews@NorMed.ca

Everyone interested in public access (ie. CAP sites) or in broadband infrastructure development (ie. BRAND projects) or in the use of telecommunication systems (ie. SchoolNet, Smart, Voice-over-IP telephones or video conferencing) or in community broadband networks or in broadband applications such as telehealth, internet high schools, personal homepages ... and the list goes on ...

If you are interested in working with or using any of these tools then you should register for the upcoming Telecommunications Policy Review Panel public on-line consultation opportunity that is starting during the one day workshop from Whitehorse, Yukon. Register at www.telecomreview.ca/yukon. The Community Access Program (CAP) groups are asking that people put the word CAP after their names.

Everyone is encouraged to listen to the presentations on Friday, September 9 (click here to see the agenda) and to contribute to the on-line discussions during the event and afterwards.

We do need these three review panel members to know that there are a lot of people in remote and rural communities who are demanding that their needs and requirements are addressed. As it stands now, the telecom industry has produced their reports that indicate that they can take care of connecting all of Canada to broadband. Bell Canada provides a process where they are recommending that the rural communities should pay more for the same the services Bell is providing in urban centres so Bell can build (and own) the infrastructure necessary to deliver these services. Click here to see the list of 102 submissions presented to this telecom panel.

If that is the case, then why are these systems presently not in place? Everyone remembers how Bell Canada waited 25 years before putting a telephone system into North Spirit Lake First Nation. They only did this work after being paid 100% of the cost of the work by the community. This picture shows the service Bell provided to the residents of North Spirit Lake for 25 years ... a single pay phone on the outside of a local building (Click here to read the NSL telephone story).

The Sioux Bulletin (August 31) issue contains an article with pictures of the 20th anniversary celebrations of the Shibogama First Nations Council that took place in Kasabonika First Nation on August 16. Click here to see the KNEWS story for the agenda.

Human rights fellowship winner studies disputes over ancestral lands

(Ottawa, August 31, 2005) ― The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) announced today that University of British Columbia history professor Arthur Ray has been awarded the 2005 Bora Laskin Fellowship to examine what he calls Canada’s biggest unresolved human rights issue—Aboriginal land claims.

Granted annually by SSHRC, the Bora Laskin National Fellowship in Human Rights was established in 1985 to honour the late chief justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. The prestigious 12-month, $55,000 fellowship is awarded to a leading Canadian researcher in the field of human rights.

“Land claims are based, more and more, on historical research,” explains Ray, who has served as an expert witness in several landmark Canadian court cases on Aboriginal rights. “And how the courts treat this evidence is creating an uneven type of justice.”

For example, Aboriginal communities located close to major fur trading routes may have a wealth of historical evidence to draw from when arguing their claims—documents like personal diaries or business records that mention their community and way of life. Yet, says Ray, more isolated groups do not. These groups must often fund new research to prove their claims, or lose the right to live on and use the natural resources of their ancestral lands.

The result, says Ray, is that land claims are becoming so expensive only the wealthiest communities can afford to participate.

“Expert testimony is taking up more time in the courtroom,” says Ray. “For example, the Sampson Cree case still being decided in Alberta has already taken 365 trial days and has included a huge cast of historians, anthropologists and other experts.”

Such cases also make unrealistic demands on trial judges, who must develop a PhD level of knowledge on the subject almost overnight, and sort through many different points of view to make decisions about new historical facts.

Because these decisions often have historical as well as legal implications, Ray will use this fellowship to compare different approaches to land claim settlements in Canada, the United States, New Zealand and Australia over the past 50 years. He hopes his research will pave the way for more balanced—and less expensive—solutions to disputes over Aboriginal rights in Canada and around the world.

“These decisions have real consequences: for the rights of Aboriginal people, for governments who sometimes pay millions of dollars in compensation, and for our understanding of Canadian history,” says SSHRC president Marc Renaud. “The work of Professor Ray will help us learn how we can reduce the potential costs of land claim disputes, both in terms of money and human dignity.”

For additional information on this release and other SSHRC research projects, please contact:

Doré Dunne
Media relations officer
Telephone: (613) 992-7302
E-mail: dore.dunne@sshrc.ca

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Aboriginal Research Program Funding from SSHRC ...

• Application deadline: September 15, 2005
• Value and Duration:
  • Development Grants: up to $25,000 for up to 2 years.
  • Research Grants: up to $100,000 annually with a maximum of $250,000 over 3 years.

This program has two overall objectives. The first is to facilitate research on a range of policy-related issues that are of concern to Canada's Aboriginal peoples, including urban issues, economic development, the environment, education, research ethics, intellectual and cultural property, and languages and cultures.

The program’s second broad objective is to build up the capacity of the humanities and social science community to operate within, and to benefit from, the approach to Aboriginal research outlined above.

http://www.sshrc.ca/web/apply/program_descriptions/aboriginal_e.asp

From Tamarack - An Institute for Community Engagement newsletter (Sept 1) ...

Is Goodness Contagious? - That's the question the most recent issue of Greater Good magazine poses. Downloadable articles include a psychologist's view of why goodness thrills us, a discussion on the importance of mentors, and profiles of "good" initiatives including a profile of Roots of Empathy. Check it out here. [Source: Green Blanket (Roots of Empathy)]

Finding Their Voice: Civic Engagement Among Aboriginal and New Canadians - Why is it important to have a greater understanding of how Aboriginal Canadians and New Canadians engage in civic life and what their values are? Given current demographic trends, these groups are and will continue to be increasingly important players in the way Canada is growing and changing. Encouraging the next generation of Canadians to take on leadership roles in this country is a challenge for decision-makers who eventually must "pass the torch". However, the special experiences and values of Aboriginal and New Canadians mean that different methods of engagement must be found. Download the paper here. [Source: The CRIC Papers]

Think-tanks changing their minds - A generation of influential Canadian policy-makers are moving on. They're not politicians or bureaucrats, but the heads of think-tanks, the deep thinkers sought out for fresh ideas by government leaders. It is part of a widespread rollover that is leaving Canada's think-tank sector at a crossroads. Even some of the current crop say the field may be strong but it could use something more -- a bit more edge, a little worldliness, or a touch more relevance -- to fill a market of ideas undersupplied by a sterile political debate. Read the article here. [Source: Canadian Social Research Newsletter/The Globe and Mail]

Asset Building

Helping the Poor Save: The learn$ave Project - The learn$ave project is a research and demonstration project that provides matching grants to individuals who save for education and training. This second report on the initiative was written after enrolment in the project had been completed, and presents a detailed description of the learn$ave design and evaluation strategy. Access the report here. For more on learn$ave, click here. [Source: SRDC Announcement]

Education

Are There National Patterns of Teaching? - Why do teachers today teach as they do, and why has teaching evolved in the way that it has evolved? A new study presents two possible explanations for the general patterns that have developed in school teaching. One explanation is that there are universal elements in most schools today that shape teaching practice (e.g. the physical environment, the social dynamics of classrooms, and the content to be learned). A second explanation is that countries have shaped teaching by evolving classroom methods that are aligned with their national cultural beliefs, expectations, and values. Read the full study here. [Source: HandsNet WebClipper]

Health

Creating Social & Health Equity - In this discussion paper the Edmonton Social Planning Council highlights a well-documented approach to the factors that influence our health. In a time when the Alberta government is looking for the best innovative ideas around health care, the Council suggests that a social determinants approach would lead to ground breaking health care reform. Read a fact sheet here or download the full paper here. [Source: Edmonton Social Planning Council]

Innovative Ideas

Dot-Coms Are So '90s; In Silicon Valley, Doing Good Is the New Thing - They say the soul of Silicon Valley is reflected in the billboards scattered along the 45-mile stretch of Highway 101 that cuts through the region. During the dot-com era, the messages were mostly from start-ups like Excite.com, Homestead.com and eGain.com. The goal was to sell you something, anything. Read this article here. [Source: Washingtonpost.com]

Leadership

Leadership in the voluntary sector - The McGill-McConnell Program, Master of Management for National Voluntary Sector Leaders recently announced the online publication of more than two dozen major papers written by program graduates. Entitled Voluntary Sector Perspectives from the McGill-McConnell Program, the papers offer contemporary perspectives on leadership challenges in the voluntary sector, often through the reality of each author's organization. They also address a range of theoretical and practical topics such as board-staff relations, youth participation in philanthropy and volunteerism, and the application of complexity science to organizational dynamics. To access the papers, click here. [Source: Charity Village]

Investing in Leadership - Grantmakers for Effective Organizations recently released Investing in Leadership, Volume 1: A Grantmaker's Framework for Understanding Nonprofit Leadership Development, by Betsy Hubbard. This first in a two-volume series provides a review of current literature on the role of leadership development in philanthropy and a framework of ways in which grantmakers support nonprofit leadership development. The second volume — available later this year — will specifically profile how different grantmakers are supporting leadership development to increase the capacity of their grantees. Download the first volume here. [Source: Irvine Quarterly, Vol. 5, Issue 1, Summer 2005]

Online Community

access@home - Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) and its subsidiary the National Equity Fund (NEF) are partnering with One Economy to launch "access@home," a $1 billion initiative that will build more than 15,000 affordable homes with high-speed digital Internet connectivity and provide low-income families personal access to computers and technology services. The initiative expects to connect nearly 100,000 people to the vast advantage of the Internet. Learn more about this initiative here. [Source: HandsNet WebClipper]

Reducing Poverty in Newfoundland and Labrador - In the 2005 Speech from the Throne, the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador committed to refine and implement a comprehensive poverty reduction strategy in collaboration with stakeholders both within and outside the government. This background report and workbook provides background information on poverty in the province, current initiatives being undertaken by the provincial government and ideas for future action. Download the report here. [Source: Canadian Social Research Newsletter]

Overcoming Concentrated Poverty and Isolation - During the 1990s, the Department of Housing and Urban Development launched three rigorous research demonstrations testing alternative strategies for helping low-income families escape the isolation and distress of high-poverty, central-city communities. All three demonstrations were carefully designed to include rigorous controls and systematic data collection so that their implementation and impacts could be systematically evaluated. And all three are now generating provocative results that offer new insights for ongoing program experimentation and policy development. The Urban Institute draws ten broad lessons--including lessons about the potential for success, about the realities families face, about implementing complex strategies, and about obstacles to success. Access the report here. [Source: HandsNet WebClipper]

Social & Economic Inclusion

Count Me In! - The Count Me In! Project from the Ontario Prevention Clearinghouse (OPC) engages others in raising and sustaining the work of health promotion, with emphasis on the strategies of inclusion and engagement. Over the next year OPC will design forums across Ontario to bring together people from a range of sectors to listen and learn--to strengthen our collective understanding of what it means to change health through meaningful inclusion, to plan for a strong, healthy future. The forums will provide the stepping stones to new collaborations, knowledge and actions that support inclusion as a way to improve the health of our communities. Learn more here. [Source: OHPE bulletin]

Volunteerism

Volunteering Helps Individual & Community Health - When you do good things for others, you do good things for your health. Research now shows you may also be doing good things for the health of your community. Read more here. [Source: Canadian Health Network]

Satisfaction and Engagement in Retirement - The Urban Institute analyzes patterns of engagement (defined as time spent in paid work, formal volunteering, informal volunteering, and caregiving activities) among retirees and how engagement relates to their retirement satisfaction. Engaged retirees are significantly more likely to be satisfied with retirement than their non-engaged counterparts, regardless of age, sex, race, marital status, education, mental and physical health, or income. However, retirees who only provide caregiving are significantly less likely to be satisfied. Access the report here. [Source: HandsNet WebClipper]

The Thunder Bay Chronicle Journal's Sunday, August 28 issue, has four special stories about the importance of the new Northern Ontario School of Medicine and its first class of students that will be starting on Monday. The four stories include:

• Ready to operate - presenting some of the work that went into getting NOSM to its present position.
• Med school demographics - providing some interesting statistics about the students making up the first class of NOSM including the fact that 6 of the 56 students are Aboriginal.
• Med school good for local economy - discusses the financial impact that NOSM has on the local and regional social and economic environment
• Med school dreams come true in hometown - profiles how one medical student from Thunder Bay worked hard to be among the first class of students.

Two upcoming Aboriginal women's gatherings found on the Canadian Women's Health Network will be focusing on issues relating to communities, health and our children.

National Aboriginal Women in Leadership Training Conference: " Our Children, Our Youth, Our Future"
October 19-22, 2005   Montreal, QC

Now in its sixth year, the Annual National Aboriginal Women in Leadership Training Conference brings together women from across Canada to develop leadership skills, network, exchange information, empower each other and recognize the accomplishments and talents of First Nations women.

For more information contact:

First Nations Training and Consulting Services
PO Box 69, Saanichton, BC   V8M 2C3
Phone: (205) 652-7097, Fax: (205) 652-7039
fntcs@telus.net
www.firstpeoplescanada.com/2005WIL.html

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Health Research Governance and Aboriginal Women Workshop

September 13-14, 2005   Vancouver BC

A Pre-Conference Workshop to precede the Aboriginal Nurses Association of Canada Annual Conference hosted by the ABORIGINAL WOMEN'S HEALTH AND HEALING RESEARCH GROUP

Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites
700 Old Lillooet Road
North Vancouver BC
V7J 2H5.

The Aboriginal Women's Health and Healing Research Group (AWHHRG) is a national network of First Nations, Métis and Inuit women researchers interested in community-based research focused on the health and healing of Aboriginal women, their families and communities. The AWHHRG receives financial support from the Women's Health Contribution Program, Health Canada and is working toward the establishment of a Centre of Excellence for Aboriginal Women's Health and Healing.

*Participants *
Researchers, students and community members with an interest Aboriginal women's health and healing research are invited to participate in the workshop.

*Cost *
The general rate for the workshop is: $100.00 for both days or $50.00 for a single day. The student rate is $50.00 for both days or $25 for a single day. Lunch will be provided on both days .

Participation will be limited to 50 people and will be available on a first-come, first serve basis.

*Contact *
Interested parties should register with Cara Wehkamp prior to September 09, 2005. Please email carawehkamp@sympatico.ca for registration form.