CBC Indigenous – May 10, 2017 Spirit Bear is not a household name, but he has become the symbol of Jordan's Principle, a child's-first principle meant to ensure that First Nation children receive the health care they need without delays. http://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/bear-witness-day-brings-awareness-to-jordans-principle-1.4107196 Rethinking the Education Approach for Indian Children Indian Country Today - May 4,
Anishinabek News – April 26, 2017 Dr. Mike DeGagné, President and Vice-Chancellor of Nipissing University, has spoken hundreds of times on residential schools and reconciliation. Dr. DeGagné is also the Chair of Reconciliation North Bay. Recently, Dr. DeGagné was the Executive Director of the Aboriginal Healing Foundation which addressed Indian Residential Schools. Dr. DeGagné wants
Global – March 12, 2017 There’s a new class in Yorkton, Sask., for First Nation students that’s laying a good foundation for their future. In Construction 101, students from grades 10 to 12 are learning how to build a tiny house. The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) has partnered with Your Choice Homes to
CBC – Feb 14, 2017 Shannen Koostachin spoke openly about deplorable conditions she and other aboriginal students had to deal with in their schools on First Nation reserves. The young activist from Attawapiskat First Nation, Ont., took her message to Parliament Hill in 2009, to demand the federal government provide better, safer schools for students living on reserves.
art House – Feb 6, 2017 Long before Drake nicknamed Toronto “The 6ix” some French explorers and a cartographer prone to typos borrowed from the Mohawk word “Tkaronto” to give the city its name. How “Tkaronto” came to be known as “Toronto” is a long, convoluted – and debated – story. But as Hart House’s new “Talking Walls”
TBT News – Jan 22, 2017 The Lakehead District Public School board says the growing popularity of its Native Studies and Native Language programs has resulted in an expansion to additional schools. Already provided at each of the board's four high schools and three elementary schools (Algonquin, Ecole Gron Morgan and the school in Armstrong,) instruction in Ojibwe
Thunder Bay Chronicle Journal – Nov 20, 2015 First Nations chiefs from across Ontario are meeting this week with Liberal cabinet ministers to discuss aboriginal issues. Pegged as the Leaders in the Legislature event, the roundtable discussions are focusing on key issues including resource benefits, revenue sharing, treaty awareness, and missing and murdered indigenous women
