Respecting, honouring First Nations education
By Kelly Crawford NIPISSING FIRST NATION – John Donnelly, lead negotiator for the Mi’kmaw Kina’matneway presented on the comprehensive Education Agreement with Nova Scotia during...
M’Chigeeng shifts education paradigm
By Kelly Crawford NIPISSING FIRST NATION – Neil Debassige gave Chiefs, education leaders, and delegates at the Special Assembly on Education, November 13 and 14...
Manitoulin agencies put minds together
M’CHIGEENG FN – The multi-year efforts of United Chiefs and Council of Mnidoo Mnising tribal council’s initiative known as “Maamwi Nadamaadaa – Let’s Work Together”...
Film portrays knowledge transfer
By Barb Nahwegahbow TORONTO –Anishinaabe scholar Chantelle A.M. Richmond was frustrated with research done in First Nations communities that benefitted the researchers more than it...
December 1, 2013, World AIDS Day: What’s the prescription for an ‘AIDS-free’ Canada?
On December 1, World AIDS Day, let’s take a measure of our progress in achieving an ‘AIDS-free’ world. Globally, there is good news. The World...
ARF is the word for these patients
By Colleen Toulouse SAGAMOK – The patient left the clinic after his annual checkup. He had received a vaccination, a prescription for an embarrassing rash...
Ontario Chiefs taking action against First Nations Education Act
THUNDER BAY (Nov. 27, 2013) — Ontario Regional Chief Stan Beardy and the First Nation leadership in Ontario are united in their rejection of the...