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June 11, 2018 – ‘We didn’t have to hide this event today’

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

2021-03-15T15:55:37-04:00June 11th, 2018|Categories: Recent News|

May 25, 2018 – As Universities ‘Indigenize,’ Some See a Threat to Open Inquiry

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

2021-03-15T15:54:27-04:00May 25th, 2018|Categories: Recent News|

May 10, 2018 – ‘It’s a Sign of Respect’

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

2021-03-15T15:53:53-04:00May 10th, 2018|Categories: Recent News|

April 11, 2018 – Perth to Memorialize Residential School Children and Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women

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

2021-03-15T15:53:16-04:00April 11th, 2018|Categories: Recent News|

March 22, 2018 – N.W.T’s ‘Bush University’ Upset About Exclusion from Long-Term Public Funding

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

2021-03-15T15:50:46-04:00March 22nd, 2018|Categories: Recent News|

March 14, 2018 – Residential School Survivors need Clinical and Cultural Care, Advocates Urge

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

2021-03-15T15:50:03-04:00March 14th, 2018|Categories: Recent News|

March 7, 2018 – First Nations Students to Stay Home After Racist Graffiti, Threats Against School

CBC News – March 7, 2018 Chief Paul Prosper of Paqtnkek Mi'kmaw Nation said he was "shocked" at the racist incidents, and students from the First Nation will remain home for the week. "This would allow us to seek out proper resources and to reach out to the African-Nova Scotia community as well to come up with a

2021-03-15T15:49:22-04:00March 7th, 2018|Categories: Recent News|

Feb 28, 2018 – AFN National Chief Bellegarde – Budget 2018

Net News Ledger – February 28, 2018  “This is a good day and an important day for First Nations children and a good day for our families,” said National Chief Bellegarde. “We know the needs are great and that’s why we pressed for, and will continue to press for sustained, strategic investments. The ongoing investments that support

2021-03-15T15:48:47-04:00February 28th, 2018|Categories: Recent News|

Feb 22, 2018 – Teacher Education Must Rise Above Political Correctness

Times Higher Education – February 22, 2018 A less well known but arguably much more serious example is the increasing tendency for Canadian faculties of education to use admissions criteria that are unrelated to the characteristics and skills needed by effective classroom teachers. At the University of Windsor, for example, special consideration is being given to

2021-03-15T15:47:56-04:00February 22nd, 2018|Categories: Recent News|

Feb 6, 2018 – Kinoomaadziwin Education Board Elects New Executive

Anishinabek News – February 6, 2018  “I am looking forward to working with this new board and executive,” expressed Catherine Pawis, newly acclaimed Chair of the KEB. “The Kinoomaadziwin Education Body has a lot of important work ahead of us.” The new executive of the Kinoomaadziwin Education Body board include Catherine Pawis (Chair), Lisa Michano (Co-Chair), Lauri Hoeg

2021-03-15T15:47:23-04:00February 6th, 2018|Categories: Recent News|
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