Education

Online Launch of First Nations ICT Innovations Research Initiative Feb 21 starting at 12:30pm EST

Launch of the First Nations Innovation Research Project

Researching and Celebrating Achievements with Information and Communication Technologies 

http://fn-innovation-pn.com

Please see attached invitation (poster and media release) and circulate widely on your networks.

NED Program - Bring eLearning into First Nation Elementary Schools

Attention grade 7 and 8 teachers:
 
The Ned Program provides online supplementary courses to students in First Nation elementary schools.  This program enables grade 7 and 8 classrooms across Ontario to participate in an online program that is free and flexible.

Community Dinner & Drum Social at high school in Gingogaming First Nation

Monday, September 19th, 2011
at 6:00pm All welcome!

Nimiki Migizi Secondary School
100 Balsam Road, Longlac, ON

 

Attention Grade 7 and 8 Teachers: Registration Now Open for the Upcoming Science Program

The Ned Supplementary Courses Program provides free online supplementary courses to students in First Nation elementary schools. Registration is now open for the upcoming Science course, which is scheduled to begin on April 1, 2011.

Native Nurses Entry Program at Lakehead University application deadline April 15

Would You Like TO BE A NURSE?

If you are of Aboriginal Ancestry

(Status, Non-Status, Metis, or Inuit) and:

NAN Health Careers Grants - 2010/2011 Applications Now Available

The Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) AHHRI & IIHCP is once again offering the Health Careers Grant Program.  This is an opportunity for NAN communities, Tribal Councils and affiliated organizations to receive up to $5,000 to develop and implement Health Careers awareness/promotional activities for NAN youth.

Examples of activities that will be supported under this grant program include:

Oshki-Pimache-O-Win Celebrates Forty-Three Graduates on June 18 in Thunder Bay

MEDIA RELEASE

(Thunder Bay) (June 16, 2010) The Oshki-Pimache-O-Win Education & Training Institute will celebrate and honour the largest graduating class of OSHKI’s history on Friday, June 18, 2010.  The 2010 Graduation Ceremony will be held at the Da Vinci Centre in Thunder Bay starting at 2:00 pm.

Breaking the Moodle Mould creating new e-learning opportunities for First Nation students

This spring, Fernando Oliveira and Angela Batsford are teaming up to create an online course for the Ned Supplementary Online Courses Program (www.ned.knet.ca). The Learning Strategies course (GLS10) will be offered to grade 8 students in First Nation schools across Ontario starting in the fall of 2010. This “reach-ahead” program will allow grade 8 students to attain a grade 9 half-credit.

A Taste of the System - First Nation students at DFC experience Canadian courts first hand

From  The Chronicle Journal 

A Taste of the System

KRIS KETONEN - 03/04/2010