NU Government: Call for proposals – Women’s empowerment initiatives
Press Release August 02, 2018 The Department of Family Services is accepting applications for community-based projects that promote women’s empowerment in Nunavut. Projects must take place between October 15, 2018…
Curriculum writing session cancellation sparks concern – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Jul 10, 2018 TORONTO _ Indigenous leaders are expressing concern after Ontario’s new Tory government suddenly cancelled curriculum writing sessions designed to fulfil findings of the Truth and…
Opponents of 60s Scoop settlement aren’t giving up after judge OKs deal – CP
Source: The Canadian Press May 14, 2018 By Rob Drinkwater THE CANADIAN PRESS A woman who has spent months informing ’60s Scoop survivors about Ottawa’s class-action settlement says she’ll continue advising people…
New RCMP chief’s philosophy: ‘Be kind and take care of others, have fun’ – CP
Source: The Canadian Press May 7, 2018 By Jim Bronskill THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA _ When she ran the RCMP’s training academy in Regina, Brenda Lucki told graduating cadets to make the…
University of Winnipeg: Winners of 3MT Competition
Press Release The University of Winnipeg’s Faculty of Graduate Studies hosted its Fifth Annual Three-Minute Thesis Competition (3MT™) with six courageous student participants. Each student had only three minutes to…
Northern Peninsula’s Mekap’sk Mi’kmaq Band formally asserts Aboriginal title over region – Northern Pen
PORT SAUNDERS, NL – Chief Mildred Lavers says the Mekap’sk Mi’kmaq Band is “being forgotten on the Northern Peninsula.” According to a news release from the band on Tuesaday, March…
Shake, Rattle and Reels is at Dakota Dunes Casino this weekend!
Press Release February 28, 2018 – Saskatoon, SK – $50,000 in cash and prizes is waiting to be won at the Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority (SIGA)’s annual Slot Tournament on…
Mill, First Nations, sign MOU to create forestry jobs in Merritt – CFJC Today
KAMLOOPS — An important step has been taken to ensure the future of the forestry sector in Merritt. The Lower Nicola Indian Band Development Corporation, Stuwix Resources Ltd and Aspen…
First Nations communities lift water advisories with simple treatment system – UBC News
Feb 14, 2018 For the first time in decades, two remote First Nations communities in Lytton, B.C. have access to safe drinking water – thanks to a point-of-entry treatment system…
Indigenous speaker series aims to tell untold history of Edmonton – CBC
‘We need to understand Indigenous history as lived and told by the people’ Jan 25, 2018 A group of Indigenous Edmontonians says their stories haven’t always been told properly —…
