Students’ caribou hunt in Aklavik provides meat for the entire school
November 22, 2022
6 students teamed up with 6 skilled hunters for an on-the-land experience
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/aklavik-school-caribou-hunt-students-1.6659158
Young learners falling behind on literacy rates, say First Nations educators
November 22, 2022
‘We want to make sure our students are tracking to be fully fluent readers by Grade 3’.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/early-literacy-rates-first-nation-schools-1.6664429
Indigenous youth explore the world of veterinary medicine thanks to a new grant
November 23, 2022
Enhanced outreach program includes Nakoda youth engagement and mentorship, provides veterinary services in the community
https://news.ucalgary.ca/news/indigenous-youth-explore-world-veterinary-medicine-thanks-new-grant
Payette returns to principal’s role for M’Chigeeng First Nation school
November 25, 2022
Well officially, Gayle Payette returns as the principal at Lakeview School, located in her community of M’Chigeeng First Nation on Manitoulin Island, next week on Monday Nov. 28
‘Without language identity is lost’: feds invest $39.4 M into Indigenous language programs in the North
November 25, 2022
Nunavut will receive $17.7M, the Yukon $14.7M and the N.W.T. $6.9M
U of T Mississauga’s first-ever Indigenous rematriation adviser seeks rightful owners of 40,000-artifact collection
November 28, 2022
Robin Gray doesn’t believe in empty promises – which is why she’s embracing a new role after being appointed the University of Toronto Mississauga’s first-ever special adviser on Indigenous rematriation.
Ontario First Nation looks to put ‘horsepower’ behind residential school investigations
November 29, 2022
Missanabie Cree First Nation announces partnership during unmarked graves gathering in Winnipeg.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/missanabie-investigations-unmarked-graves-1.6668180
Sask. First Nation high school students learn about bison herd through synchrotron
November 30, 200
Carry the Kettle teams up with Canadian Light Source at University of Saskatchewan for unique project.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/carry-kettle-students-bison-synchrotron-1.6669420
Dr. Cindy Blackstock named NOSM University’s Chancellor and inaugural Board of Governors announced
December 1, 2022
SUDBURY — On Thursday, November 24, Dr. Cindy Blackstock, renowned Indigenous child and family rights activist and member of the Gitxsan, is named NOSM University’s inaugural Chancellor.
Remembering Emerence Cardinal, renowned Dene language keeper and teacher
December 1, 2022
Emerence Cardinal, a “master speaker” of Tetsǫ́t’ıné and co-author of a dictionary of the language, has died. She was 79 years old.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/emerence-cardinal-obituary-1.6670897
Nipissing First Nation Anishinaabekwe brings compassionate knowledge and healing in a pandemic world
December 2, 2022
NIPISSING FIRST NATION — Michèle J. Chrétien, Shawanoong Noongoose Kwe (Southern Star Woman), attended an in-person graduation ceremony on Oct. 27 and was honoured as an Indigenous Graduate of the Thanatology Certificate Program – with Honours at Durham College in Oshawa, Ont.
