Anishinabek Nation welcomes new advisory council
ANISHINABEK NATION TERRITORY – With the goal of bringing 2SLGBTQQIA + voices to the political forefront, the Anishinabek Nation Nation 2SLGBTQQIA+ Advisory Council was formed....
Dokis member offers thoughts of economic reconciliation at Toronto conference
By Sam Laskaris TORONTO – Karen Restoule believes it is time for change. Restoule, a member of Dokis First Nation in Northern Ontario, shared her...
Noojmawing Sookatagaing Ontario Health Team a voice for citizens
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY — An Indigenous Service Providers Showcase and Leadership Session was hosted by the Noojmawing Sookatagaing (Healing Working Together) Ontario Health...
ABPA responds to the Liberal Government’s Announcement of a National Indigenous Loan Guarantee Program
ROBINSON-SUPERIOR TREATY AND FORT WILLIAM FIRST NATION TERRITORY, THUNDER BAY, ONTARIO (November 22, 2023) – This week, the Liberal government announced the next steps for...
Bull offers insights into national Indigenous procurement mandate
By Sam Laskaris TORONTO – The federal government has had a mandated commitment to have at least five per cent of its contracts awarded to...
Mikinakoos Children’s Fund launches $15,000 fundraiser for GivingTuesday
THUNDER BAY (November 22, 2023) — Mikinakoos Children’s Fund, an Indigenous children’s charity providing essentials to youth in remote First Nations in Northwestern Ontario, is...
Buffy Sainte-Marie Statement of Response to CBC’s The Fifth Estate
TORONTO (NOVEMBER 23, 2023) — I want to begin by thanking the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for the honour. As one of...
Fort William launches National Addictions Awareness Week with information sessions
By Rick Garrick FORT WILLIAM FIRST NATION — Fort William launched National Addictions Awareness Week with presentations on Naloxone usage and the Good Samaritan Act,...
Lakehead University students connect with Indigenous culture and community through ribbon skirt-making
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY — Lakehead University’s Indigenous Student Services Centre held a Ribbon Skirt Making Workshop for students on Nov. 18 at the...
Book review: Inventing the Thrifty Gene: The Science of Settler Colonialism
Reviewed by Karl Hele Travis Hay’s Inventing the Thrifty Gene: The Science of Settler Colonialism is a wondrous exploration of the bonds between settler colonialism and...
Curve Lake member appointed to Ontario Arts Council
By Sam Laskaris CURVE LAKE FIRST NATION – Missy Knott already had a rather busy life, but when an offer came her way earlier this...
Biigtigong Nishnaabeg lawyer talks treaties during Treaties Recognition Week
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY — Biigtigong Nishnaabeg’s Nicole Richmond recently delivered presentations on the history of treaties and treaty relationships during Treaties Recognition Week...
‘So much of health is dictated by the ruling classes,’ says Dr. Sereda
By Jesse Johnson NORTH BAY – Dr. Andrea Sereda, a Physician at London Intercommunity Health Centre, posed the question, “What is Health?” and brought out...
Creating a safe space through expanding understanding
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY — Garden River’s Dave Jones and Daniel Jones and the Turtle Concepts team shared their own personal journeys during the...
Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome addressed at Anishinabek Nation Health Conference
By Jesse Johnson NORTH BAY – Dr. Astrid Guttmann, a general paediatrician and Senior Scientist at the Hospital for Sick Children, and her team spoke...