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Several on-line programs and competitions are available for schools, communities and individuals to submit their entries showcasing the work they are doing to use ICTs in education, health, governance, commerce, etc. These opportunities provides everyone with the chance to help others learn about your work and efforts. Some of these competitions include:

• IT Week -  A 10-day event where communities, businesses, employees, governments, teachers and students are encouraged to work in partnership and find creative ways to showcase and recognize their achievements in information and communication technology (ICT). From May 2-11, 2003, citizens are encouraged to partake in IT Week by hosting workshops, open houses, seminars and conferences.
• The Global Junior Challenge 2003/2004 - "After the success of the second edition, the submissions to apply for the Global Junior Challenge 2004 are now open!!! The Global Junior Challenge 2004 is rich of surprises and news. The first big surprise is the introduction of a new category: Women and Equal Opportunities. The projects of this category will be aimed at realising Equal Opportunities between women and men in every sphere of their professional life. The other two main topics of the Global Junior Challenge 2004 are: the fight against the Digital Divide and the innovative use of new technologies in education and training of youngsters. The Global Junior Challenge is dedicated to all young people, from school children, to teenagers and youth taking their first step to the job market. It concerns cities, schools and other educational institutions, local authorities, businesses, NGOs, communities and individual citizens. Projects presented have to be already working at 12/31/2002 promoting the use of I.T. in education and training of youngsters till the age of 29. The sending deadline is 12/31/2003 (the form, the must be filled in each field, is available on the web site http://www.gjc.it)."
• The Stockholm Challenge Award 2003/2004 - The finalists will be announced on February 2, 2004, and the final event is planned to take place in Stockholm in May 2004, once again gathering some of the worlds best IT entrepreneurs and expertise for a great networking experience, crowned by the Prize-Giving Ceremony in the Stockholm City Hall. The aim of the Stockholm Challenge is to identify and reward innovative use of IT within areas such as citizen empowerment, education, health care, economic development and environment. It's time to join the Stockholm Challenge 2003-2004. Tell your friends and colleagues, help spread the message in your networks and enter your project! When you enter your project, project name, organisation, country, URL and the one sentence description will be displayed on the web site as soon as the application has been approved, but not the other facts. All participants will have the possibility to improve their facts until the competition is closed, by re-entering the entry form, with a user name and password. The complete project presentations will be displayed on the Challenge web site after November 1. Go to Entry form and join the Stockholm Challenge 2002 today and become a member of an inspiring global community for pioneering entrepreneurs and innovators that all make the best use of IT! Are you already a Challenger? Join again and show your progress!

Let's show what is happening across Northern Ontario!!

Menoyawin PRESS RELEASE

Doug Semple and his Communications and Community Development team circulated a press release concerning access to the facilities operated by the Menoyawin Health Centre on Thursday, April 3.

It outlines the access guidelines being instituted across the province for all health care facilities. For Menoyawin, this includes the 5th Avenue Site, the 7th Avenue Site and the Bill George Extended Care Facility.

Further information is available at:

Northwestern Health Unit: 1-800-830-5978
Northwestern Health Unit web site: www.nwhu.on.ca
Telehealth Phone Support: 1-866-797-0000
Health Canada web site: www.hc-sc.gc.ca/english

Menoyawin Communications & Community Development Office at 807-737-3047 or by writing to Doug Semple at dsemple@slmhc.on.ca

JUST A REMINDER OF THE FIRST MEMORIAL DAY FOR THE TWO SISTERS THAT PASSED AWAY ON THE SAME DAY LAST YEAR ON APRIL 9, 2002.

EVERYONE WELCOME! FAMILY AND FRIENDS!

HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING:

FOR NORA'S MEMORIAL

THERE WILL BE AN EARLY MORNING BREAKFAST AT CHARLIE SUGGASHIE'S HOUSE AT 3:21 AM AND THE MEMORIAL FEAST AND SINGING IN THE AFTERNOON OF APRIL 9.

FOR CLAUDIA'S MEMORIAL

AND AN EVENING COFFEE, TEA AND DESSERT AND SINGING IN THE EVENING OF APRIL 9, 2003 AT LATE CLAUDIA MEEKIS' HOUSE, THEN THE MEMORIAL FEAST IN THE AFTERNOON OF APRIL 10, 2003.

NORA SUGGASHIE DIED IN HER HOME IN THE EARLY MORNING OF APRIL 9, 2002 AT 3:21 AM

CLAUDIA MEEKIS DIED IN HER HOME IN THE EVENING OF APRIL 9, 2002 AT AROUND 6:00 PM

Kokum Brenda Beardy celebrated the birth of her first grandchild on March 27, with her mother, her grandmother and daughter. Pictures of all five generations are posted for everyone to share in this special event.

Congratulations to Emma and her mother Jen from the Keewaytinook Okimakanak team. Thanks for sharing this story with everyone.

Nishnawbe Women's Leadership Forum

May 13-15, 2003

Equay-wuk (Women's Group) is organizing a three day gathering of women leaders, entitled, "Nishnawbe Women's Leadership Forum".  The event will bring together women who are Chiefs and Councillors in NAN First Nation communities.  The leadership forum will consist of presentations and discussions by women leaders about their experiences in running in band council elections and their experiences as Chiefs or Councillors.

The Leadership Forum will take place May 13-15, 2003, in Sioux Lookout, Ontario at the Sunset Inn.  Invited to the forum are:  8 Chiefs, 1 Deputy Chief and 13 Councillors.

The Keynote Speaker will be Dr. Emily Faries, Chief Self Government Negotiator for the Nishnawbe Aski Nation.  Guest speakers include:  Chief Margaret Penasse-Mayer (Nipissing First Nation), and Deputy Chief Gloria Harris (Missanabie Cree First Nation).

The event will be broadcast live on Wawatay Radio on the mornings of May 13-15, 2003.

Interested persons are welcome to come and observe.

Funding for this event was made possible Thanks to the Status of Women Canada.

For more information contact:    

• Felicia Waboose, Program Director or
• Darlene Angeconeb, Project Coordinator.  Telephone:  807-737-2214 or 800-261-8294
• Equay-wuk Website:    www.equaywuk.ca  

On April 4, 5 and 6, A Gospel Jamboree will be held at the Gymnasium with verious guests on the list including the Red Sucker Lake Band from Red Sucker Lake, Manitoba.

For more information, please call Saul Keeash @ (807) 469-7441

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The New Life Pentacostal Church and the One
Name Church in Weagamow Lake, will be hosting a joint service on April 25, 26 and 27.

Guest Speakers include Clark Stevenson

Roger Stevenson of Whitewood, Sask. & Darius Ferris of Calstock, Ontario

For more info please call Pastor Samson Chikane @ (807)469-1044

Or Pastor Colin Kanate @ (807) 469-1041

Or email @ newlifecenter@knet.ca

Pentecostal Harvest Church

Deer Lake,Ontario

Invites All!

for services taking place on

APRIL 11, 12 & 13, 2003

WITH GUEST SPEAKER: JIM FELIX

WITH MUSICIANS: CARL DAY, ALEC CAPAY,

EUGENE CAPAY, & JEREMY CAPAY

FOR MORE INFO

CONTACT PASTOR EVELYN MEEKIS AT 775-2103 0R

ROYDALE OR DORIS MEEKIS AT 775-9444

Ed and Maxine Wesley began MAX-WEAR from their home community of Ginoogaming First Nation many years ago. Ed travels across Northern Ontario visiting First Nations and their organizations to sell their beautiful fleece jackets and vests. Their operation has grown to include a Thunder Bay store front called Wolf Tracks. Everyone is invited to visit their store and their web site at http://www.tbaytel.net/maxwear.

From their web site: "WOLF TRACKS carries exclusive MAX-WEAR apparel and is convienently located in Thunder Bay's downtown core, 213 Red River Rd. Come in and view our selection of fine Aboriginal apparel including sweat-shirts, T-shirts, fleece vests, and more!

Designed and created by Maxine Wesley, a talented Ojibway artist inspired by her life's blessings...the sound of the flowing rivers, the visions of a calm lake and the cry of the loon.

Jackets are available in embroidered or applique style and come in a wide range of colours. Custom design jacket orders are accepted, including discounts on large corporate and organization jacket orders."

Contact Ed at maxwear@tbaytel.net or wolftrac@tbaytel.net

www.SandyLake.FirstNation.ca has had a loyal following since our launch in early December 2002. In late February, after only 3 months, the website surpassed 100,000 hits!

In the beginning, the purpose of the website was to present the community in a way that was positive and informative while at the same time educational for both the community members and visitors alike.  Keeping true to this ethic, our website features an online Photogallery where we attempt to rekindle the memories of years past by posting pictures of our community and its people throughout our history.  The pictures are donated from personal collections found within and/or outside the community which contributes to the overall diversity of the web site.

Our website has grown to also include such memorable favorites as, the Rez Pez recipes, and the ever popular Joke-Sah-Weh corner.  We are constantly updating our community news, information, and events.  Please visit us...

                                                                           --Admin--

                                                       www.SandyLake.FirstNation.ca

Cultural Survival has three major goals:
1. Spread awareness and provide formal documentation of the myriad challenges confronting indigenous peoples around the world.
2. Engage and educate the next generation about the critical issues facing indigenous peoples and their importance within the global community.
3. Provide empowerment tools that support indigenous efforts to effectively resist cultural degradation and threats to their sovereignty.

It publishes the Indigenous Weekly News that everyone is invited to subscribe to by sending an e-mail message to join-weekly_indigenous_news@lyris.cs.org. Their quarterly journal, Cultural Survival Quarterly (CSQ), contains articles that "explore the interconnected issues that affect indigenous and ethnic minority communities, including environmental destruction, land rights, sustainable development, and cultural preservation."

"All over the world, governments were seeking to extract resources from areas that had not hitherto been developed and, in the process, were mistreating their indigenous inhabitants. What should be done about this? What could be done about this? Cultural Survival was founded to try to answer these questions and to work for the solutions developed by the nascent indigenous and pro-indigenous movements."