Budget balanced at heavy cost to First Nations – StarPhoenix
September 18, 2015 The Conservatives are focusing on the fiscal bottom line and their achievement in creating a minor surplus in the 2014-15 federal budget. This ignores the deficits that…
Durham Region federal election candidates questioned about Canada’s First Nations people – Durhamregion.com
DURHAM – Pamela Downward, the NDP candidate in Pickering-Uxbridge Riding says the federal government needs to build a multi-faceted, nation-to-nation relationship with its First Nations citizens. durhamregion.com asked Durham Region…
Yukon First Nations questions get answers from most federal candidates – CBC
Sep 18, 2015 Liberal, NDP and Green candidates responded, Conservative candidate did not The Truth and Reconciliation Commission recommendations, Bill S-6, self-government, and missing and murdered indigenous women are key…
BC band hoping to learn from Membertou success – Cape Breton Post
September 17, 2015 MEMBERTOU — First Nations leaders from British Columbia are visiting Membertou in hopes of learning from the local aboriginal community’s economic success. Representatives of the Okanagan Indian…
Access to capital key to First Nations prosperity: Harold Calla in the Globe – MLI
Difficulty in accessing capital continues to hold Aboriginal communities back from the rest of Canada when it comes to economic development opportunities. Harold Calla, a member of the advisory group…
Aboriginal culture front and centre as lawyer Estella Charleson is called to the bar – Vancouver Sun
September 18, 2015 VANCOUVER — Estella Charleson isn’t the first aboriginal lawyer to be called to the bar in the Great Hall of the B.C. Supreme Court, but she was…
Iroquois hope to heal the world as they host world indoor lacrosse championships – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Sep 17, 2015 By John Chidley-Hill THE CANADIAN PRESS Oren Lyons and the Iroquois First Nations want to heal the world with lacrosse. The Onondaga Nation, one of…
Inuit Study Adds Twist to Omega-3 Fatty Acids’ Health Story – New York Times
SEPT. 17, 2015 As the Inuit people spread across the Arctic, they developed one of the most extreme diets on Earth. They didn’t farm fruits, vegetables or grains. There weren’t…
Lakehead anthropologists tracing origins of food production in Northern Ontario
Press Releases Sept. 17, 2015 Dr. Matthew Boyd and his research team are receiving $381,300 to uncover the most northern evidence of farming in the ancient Americas. Dr. Boyd, associate…
Leaders, here’s a model for First Nations prosperity – The Globe and Mail
Sep. 17, 2015 Harold Calla is a member of Squamish First Nation and executive chair of the First Nations Financial Management Board. The economy has been a dominant issue in…
