Libraries prepare to celebrate First Nations Public Library Week in Ontario
SUDBURY, ONTARIO – The theme for the 19th annual First Nations Public Library Week (FNPLW) celebration is Revitalizing Indigenous Languages. Libraries across the Province of...
Autumn Peltier going to the United Nations to share her message about water
By Marci Becking Anishinabek Nation Chief Water Commissioner, Autumn Peltier, is headed to the United Nation Secretary-General’s Climate Action Summit this week in New York...
Celebrate with First Nations Public Libraries Sept. 29 – Oct. 5
First Nations Public Library Week 2019 KETTLE AND STONY POINT FIRST NATION – (September 18, 2019) – The 19th annual First Nations Public Library Week...
M’Chigeeng First Nation expands Ngwaaganak Program
M’Chigeeng First Nation (September 17, 2019)— Lakeview school is expanding their Anishinaabemowin Immersion Program. Ngwaaganak has expanded to another grade this year at Lakeview school....
New provincial Reciprocal Education Approach will remove barriers to education for First Nation students
By Victoria Racette NIPISSING FIRST NATION — Anishinabek Nation Grand Council Chief Glen Hare says that the provincial Reciprocal Education Approach (REA) will remove barriers...
Anishinaabe associate professors among seven to receive funding for research projects
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY — Videos on land-based programming are being created for a Lakehead University Indigenous food sovereignty research project funded by the...
Progress underscored at delivery of the Report Card on the Implementation of the Recommendations from First Nations Youth Inquest
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY — The Year Three Report Card on the Implementation of the Recommendations from the First Nations Youth Inquest in Thunder...
Rainbow District School Board and First Nations renew Education Service Agreement
ATIKAMEKSHENG ANISHNAWBEK FIRST NATION (August 30, 2019)–Representatives of Rainbow District School Board and First Nations gathered at Atikameksheng Anishnawbek on Friday, August 30, 2019, to...
A journey of learning and teaching
By Brian Wright-McLeod TORONTO— It is only within living memory that Indigenous people have entered and excelled in the halls of higher education. As many...
Inspiring internship broadens horizons
By Brian Wright-McLeod BKEJWANONG— McKenzie Dorn, a young Anishinaabe man from Bkejwanong (Walpole Island First Nation), travelled to Colombia through the International Aboriginal Youth Intern...
Munsee Delaware Anishinabek Educational Institute celebrates its 2019 graduates
By Frank Cooper MUNSEE-DELAWARE FIRST NATION—The Anishinabek Educational Institute (AEI) Munsee Delaware Campus held their graduation ceremonies on Wednesday, June 19, 2019, in the city...
Anishinabek Educational Institute celebrates Nipissing First Nation campus graduates
NIPISSING FIRST NATION— The Anishinabek Educational Institute (AEI), Nipissing First Nation campus, had it’s 2019 convocational ceremony on June 22 at the Best Western in...
Pays Plat hosts national youth program
By Rick Garrick PAYS PLAT FIRST NATION—Pays Plat recently hosted a group of 40 Ocean Bridge program youth from across the country who participated in...
Red Rock Indian Band PhD student awarded prestigious scholarship
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY — Lakehead University researcher and PhD student Holly Prince, a Red Rock Indian Band citizen, is excited about being awarded...
Former Indigenous hockey star receives honorary doctorate
By Sam Laskaris AUNDECK OMNI KANING FIRST NATION – Though he left school after Grade 8, Reggie Leach now has one of the highest honours...