BC First Nations Artists Celebrated With Creative Achievement Awards
Press Release VANCOUVER – Hon. John Rustad, Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation presented the 2015 BC Creative Achievement Awards for First Nations Art to six recipients Monday. Among them…
Elders’ appreciation event at Makigiarvik
December 04, 2015 News Release Elders’ appreciation event at Makigiarvik IQALUIT, Nunavut (December 4, 2015) – The Department of Justice held an event today in Iqaluit to acknowledge the contribution…
AFN Bulletin – December 3, 2015
AFN Executive Committee Meeting with Ministers – November 23-25, 2015 The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Executive Committee met last week in Ottawa. Regional Chiefs and representatives from Elders, Women…
Statement by the Prime Minister of Canada on the Speech from the Throne
Ottawa, Ontario 4 December 2015 The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, issued the following statement today marking the delivery of the Speech from the Throne in the Senate Chamber: “This plan…
First Nations from Across the Country Gather for Assembly of First Nations Special Chiefs Assembly in Gatineau, PQ December 8-10
OTTAWA, Dec. 4, 2015 – First Nation leaders, Elders and youth from across the country will gather in the traditional territory of the Algonquin Nation next week from December 8-10 for the…
Crees of Waswanipi fighting to protect last intact boreal forest on their ancestral land
Press Release WASWANIPI, QC, Dec. 4, 2015 – In a last-minute decision, the Environmental and Social Impact Review Committee (COMEX) has agreed to postpone the public hearing on the construction…
Indigenous consent in Canadian mining
Press Release Ryerson University’s Institute for the Study of Corporate Social Responsibility, with co-sponsors the Ryerson CSR Student Association, the Ryerson Commerce and Government Association, and the Ryerson Law and…
Restricted Deer Hunt in Pinery Provincial Park
Press Release Ontario Honours Treaty Rights of the Chippewas of Kettle and Stony Point First Nation December 4, 2015 Pinery Provincial Park will be closed to the public from December…
Bruce Power to host Aboriginal Employment and Business Forum
Press Release Bruce Power is hosting its first Aboriginal Employment and Business Forum as a new, permanent measure to enhance opportunities for Aboriginal peoples on the Bruce Power site. The…
UINR: #Tiam Facts from the Mi’kmaw point of view
Press Release Dec 4, 2015 We’ve put together some facts about the Mi’kmaw harvest in Cape Breton Highlands National Park, a partnership with Parks Canada to remove a small number…
