CBC News – July 17, 2018 "It's part of our national program to reach out to Indigenous communities and youth ... and introduce them to STEM," said Doug Dokis, senior advisor for Actua's national InSTEM program. "It's to take them on the land and help them to recognize and identify with ... Indigenous land-based knowledge and connecting [it with
The Toronto Star – July 11, 2018 Even though my name may not indicate that I have Indigenous heritage, I am a status Mohawk from the Six Nations Reserve southwest of Toronto. I am saddened by Education Minister Lisa Thompson’s move to cancel the writing session for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission curriculum revisions because
Net News Ledger – July 5, 2018 “They are going to go home with a lot of valuable knowledge and with a lot of good memories,” said Captain John McNeil. The camp is held in the bush on Springwater Lake, 50 kilometres north of Geraldton, and will provide a week of advanced training for an anticipated 164 Junior
CBC News – June 21, 2018 Are you really an Indigenous person? Do you still live in teepees? "People think that we're extinct," said the east-end resident. She's among those hoping a new awareness campaign about the city's Indigenous history will help open peoples' eyes to the reality that as many as 70,000 Indigenous people are living in the
Nugget - June 11, 2018 Some North Bay schoolchildren heard Indigenous drumming, singing, and even got up for some dancing at an educational pow-wow Monday. http://www.nugget.ca/2018/06/11/we-didnt-have-to-hide-this-event-today Meet some of the grads from the only northern bush university in Canada APT News - June 11, 2018 The only bush university in the Northwest Territories just
National Post –May 25, 2018 On paper, Mount Saint Vincent University professor Martha Walls seems perfectly suited to teach a course called Selected Topics in North American History: Residential Schools. An expert on First Nations history, colonialism and gender, she has crafted a curriculum giving priority to Indigenous narratives and primary sources. But according to her
CBC News – May 8, 2018 "It's a sign of respect and a contribution to that language," he said. Torkabadi said much of the language used in his thesis is very new academic terms and that translating enriches the local language being used. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/it-s-a-sign-of-respect-non-indigenous-u-of-r-phd-student-writes-thesis-abstract-in-cree-1.4649453 St. Anne's Residential School Survivors Lose What Could be Final Battle with Ottawa
Lake 88.1 – April 11, 2018 Fenik added, "I think any time we can support our First Nations people, Indigenous youth we should. I think it’s fair and equitable that our First Nations people put forward this plaque in memory of those people who suffered abuse in residential schools.” http://lake88.ca/2018/04/11/033486478/ Centennial Students Ready to Bring it
CBC News – March 21, 2018 The paper says Indigenous institutes, which are Indigenous-governed and operated, would fall under the private sector and outside of the publicly funded post-secondary system. In its 11-page response, Dechinta said the decision is fiscally and socially irresponsible and sets northern students up for failure. The school also said it ignores the
CBC News – March 14, 2018 Trauma counsellors from Northern Canada gathered in Ottawa this week to talk about combining clinical therapy with cultural healing to better help residential school survivors and their families. The three-day training event was organized by the Ilisaqsivik Society — an organization based in Nunavut that helps residential school survivors — and the Department of Indigenous Services. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/residential-school-counsellors-psychologists-1.4574642
