Moving from NIBY to Yes: Stronger “Social MPartnerships” Needed to Get Resource Projects off the Ground
Press Release “Communities that don’t feel their needs are well understood have greater incentives to form alliances with outside activist groups that pursue much stricter development limits as part of…
NAN Honours Order of Canada Recipient Garnet Angeconeb
Press Release THUNDER BAY, ON: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler, on behalf of the Executive Council, congratulates Indian Residential School survivor and advocate Garnet Angeconeb, who was…
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami President Natan Obed to attend COP 21 on the Official Canadian Delegation
Press Release Ottawa, ON, November 26, 2015 –Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami President Natan Obed has been invited by the Honourable Catherine McKenna, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, to attend the…
Applications now being accepted for Council on Aging
Press Release 29 November 2015 FREDERICTON (GNB) – The provincial government is inviting those interested in serving on the Council on Aging to submit an application. The mandate of the…
Remembering Shannen Koostachin and the forgotten generation of Indigenous children – CBC
November 27, 2015 Shannen Koostachin was just 15-years-old in this video, speaking at the Ontario Federation of Labour Convention in 2009. She was there to raise awareness about the state…
Video: AFN National Chief calls for policy work with impact, lauds MLI’s Ken Coates – MLI
In a speech last week, Perry Bellegarde, National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, called for a new approach to research on Indigenous issues, and pointed to the Macdonald-Laurier…
NOSM Board Holds Face-to-Face Meeting in Thunder Bay
Press Release Board Members Tour Anishnawbe Mushkiki Aboriginal Health Centre and Take Part in a Case-Based Learning Exercises The Board of Directors of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM)…
Right to Play, Microsoft Expand First Nations Youth Empowerment Program to British Columbia
Press Release VANCOUVER, CANADA (November 30, 2015) – Right To Play today announced a gift of $3,000,000 USD from Microsoft to expand the Promoting Life-skills in Aboriginal Youth (PLAY) program…
100% Possible March: The AFNQL supports the fight against climate change
Press Release WENDAKE, QC, Nov. 29, 2015 – On the eve of the Paris Summit on climate change and on this day of the 100% Possible March in Ottawa, the…
$5,000 Scholarship Award Applications for 2016 are now OPEN!
Press Release November 27, 2015 We are now accepting applications for the Youth and Mid-Career $5,000 Scholarships for BC and Yukon First Nations artists. Click HERE for the Call for…
