Community News
Government's Lawful access bill gives unprecedented access to Canadians’ online activities
February 15, 2012 - 12:53pm | by AnonymousFirst Nation education solutions require adequate and equitable funding
February 12, 2012 - 7:21am | by brianbeaton
From CALGARY HERALD
Aboriginal school conditions dismay panel - Patchwork system has failed students 'miserably'
BY DARCY HENTON, FEBRUARY 11, 2012
An independent panel investigating aboriginal education found 100 crumbling schools on reserves across Canada and some in Alberta that failed to even fit the definition of a school, says panel chair Scott Haldane.
Canadian Red Cross Society requesting proposals to establish Northern First Nations Satellite Office
February 9, 2012 - 11:20pm | by brianbeaton
TO: First Nations Communities & Leadership, Northern Ontario
FROM: Melanie Goodchild-Southwind, Senior Manager, First Nations Projects
SUBJECT: Request for Proposals #9/11, Northern First Nations Satellite Office
CLICK HERE FOR A PDF COPY OF THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
DATE: February 7, 2012
Greetings,
KOCI Charity Blue Water Art Contest Winners from KO First Nations announced
February 9, 2012 - 12:45pm | by AnonymousKeewaytinook Okimakanak Charity Initiatives was created in 2009 to provide youth with recreation and education opportunities. Royal Bank of Canada awarded KOCI with a Blue Water Community Grant to enable the partner First Nation to raise awareness of the importance of water. Youth learned about source water, the water cycle, traditional water practices and promoting the protection of water for the future. Art contests occured in the partner First Nations along with tours of the local water plant in partnership with the school.
Independent report on education in NAN First Nations details challenges of the remote north
February 8, 2012 - 10:16pm | by brianbeatonNAN press release
NAN RELEASES INDEPENDENT EDUCATION REPORT THAT OUTLINES THE CHALLENGES OF THE REMOTE NORTH
First Nation Jurisdiction Over First Nation Education in Ontario report released today
February 8, 2012 - 9:19pm | by brianbeatonCOO press release from http://chiefs-of-ontario.org/Assets/Bulletin%20Ontario%20Education%20Report%20Release.pdf
To: Ontario First Nation Leadership
Fr: New Agenda Working Group and the Education Coordination Unit
Date: February 8, 2012
Re: OUR CHILDREN, OUR FUTURE, OUR VISION: FIRST NATIONS JURISDICTION OVER FIRST NATIONS EDUCATION IN ONTARIO.
National Panel on First Nations elementary and secondary education report released today
February 8, 2012 - 8:53pm | by brianbeatonThe National Panel on First Nations elementary and secondary education report is suppose to be available today at http://firstnationeducation.ca/home
or CLICK HERE FOR THE PDF COPY OF THE REPORT
AFN press release
Understanding, learning and sharing together necessary with First Nations and development
February 8, 2012 - 12:13pm | by brianbeaton
David Schulze: What Attawapiskat seeks is fairness and equality
National Post Feb 4, 2012
Several yeas ago my daughter and I took the ferry from Prince Edward Island to the Magdalen Islands, a small chain of islands in the Gulf of the St. Lawrence, which are part of the Province of Quebec.
Government still thinking about emergency help as sewage overflows in Kasabonika First Nation
February 8, 2012 - 8:37am | by brianbeatonfrom CBC.ca
First Nations in BC write to Chinese leaders asking they challenge Canada's human rights violations
February 7, 2012 - 5:46pm | by brianbeaton
B.C. First Nations ask China to raise human rights with Harper
The Canadian Press Posted: Feb 7, 2012
Aboriginals from British Columbia have asked China's president to quiz Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Canada's human rights record during his visit to the Asian country.
