University of Ottawa welcomes prospective students to Aboriginal Medicine Program
By Greg Macdougall OTTAWA – This Saturday, February 21, Aboriginal high school students will participate in the Mini Medical program put on by the Aboriginal...
Deadline extension for Indspire bursaries and scholarships
Indspire, the largest funder of Indigenous education outside the federal government, has extended its latest application deadline for students entering or continuing their post-secondary education....
Atikameksheng Anishnawbek energy-efficient four-plex featured at housing conference
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY – A four-plex housing complex built to Atikameksheng Anishnawbek’s recently developed First Nations Sustainable Development Standards was featured at the...
Opinion: Victims and families deserve more than an accused abuser as an advocate
By AIAI Deputy Grand Chief Denise Stonefish We live in a world where 1,200 of our Indigenous daughters, mothers, sisters, aunties and friends have gone...
Supporting children to achieve their dreams
WIKWEMIKONG -Special education resource teachers and education assistants gathered at Wasse-Abin Pontiac School in Wikwemikong Jan 28. to learn classroom interventions in support of children...
Strawberry Ceremony: Violence hasn’t stopped in ten years
By Christine Smith (McFarlane) TORONTO – Hundreds gathered and braved the bitter cold in front of police headquarters in downtown Toronto on Feb. 14 to...
Chiefs learn more about infringement at Nokiiwin conference
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY – Impact benefit agreements and the difference between consultation and accommodation and infringement were clarified during a Nokiiwin Tribal Council...
Mining engagement included discussion about water
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY – First Nation-owned bottled water and mining companies were among the ideas brought forward at the Anishinabek Nation Mining Engagement:...
Economic think tank discussions include energy projects
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY – Plans to develop energy projects to build self-sustainable communities were raised at the Robinson Superior Economic Development Think Tank....
Fox honoured during Indigenous Education Week
By Christine Smith (McFarlane) TORONTO – Mary Fox, citizen of Wikwemikong and a long-standing Toronto First Nations community member was honoured at the opening of...
‘Ontario needs to re-think their level of treaty commitment’: Chief Day
SERPENT RIVER FIRST NATION (Feb. 13, 2015) — Yesterday in Sault Ste. Marie, leaders from Northern Ontario convened a meeting to discuss important matters of...
Big economic development plans for Kettle and Stony Point
By Greg Plain KETTLE AND STONY POINT FIRST NATION – Chief Thomas Bressette says that his community will be seeing great things in their economic...
Magnetawan to host environmental and land management conference
By Rick Garrick MAGNETAWAN FIRST NATION – A Species at Risk Stewardship and Road Ecology presentation is one of seven scheduled for Magnetawan First Nation’s...
Nipissing University awarded grant to improve mental health supports
NORTH BAY – Nipissing University is launching a new project to improve counseling services for Aboriginal students. The project, titled Strengthening Campus Mental Health Supports,...
Flags: whose land is it, anyway?
By Maurice Switzer Flags have always fascinated me. How amazing that a single piece of cloth, fluttering in the breeze, can represent the past, present...