Phil Mack: Golden in Rugby/committed to First Nations kids back home
TORONTO –As soon as the Pan Am Games had officially commenced, Phil Mack and the rest of Canada’s Rugby Sevens team were in the heat...
Kettle and Stony Point has a naturally-occurring phenomenon on golf course
By Greg Plain KETTLE AND STONY POINT FIRST NATION – Since June 17, there has been a naturally-occurring phenomenon at the Indian Hills Golf Course...
Ottawa Drop-In Centre reopens its doors with no government funding
By Suzanne Keeptwo OTTAWA – Shawenjeagamik , Algonquin for House of Compassion, opened its doors in Ottawa in 2005, made possible through the Homelessness Initiative...
Hot, cold and deep: Schafrik first Native to earn PhD in mining engineering
By Laura E. Young SUDBURY – When Sidney Schafrik’s father asked him to choose the hardest subject to study that he could think of, Schafrik...
Planet IndigenUS returns with over 300 artists from around the globe
TORONTO, ON — Planet IndigenUS returns to Harbourfront Centre and Woodland Cultural Centre, its co-producing partner, July 31– August 9. This contemporary 10-day festival showcases...
Open letter to the Premier of Ontario
July 14, 2015 Hon. Kathleen Wynne Premier of Ontario Legislative Building Queen’s Park Toronto, ON M7A 1A1 Dear Premier Wynne: I am writing in advance...
Historic Aboriginal Pavilion music, arts, athletics and culture festival kicks off first week with star studded Opening Night extravaganza
TORONTO – Beginning this week the Aboriginal Pavilion – the lone “official” Indigenous music and arts festival taking place during the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am/Parapan...
Anishinabek Education Institute celebrates graduates
NIPISSING FIRST NATION – The Anishinabek Educational Institute (AEI) Nipissing campus held their graduation ceremonies on June 27. AEI saw 31 graduates from three programs: ...
Trudeau passionate about self-sufficiency for communities
By Rick Garrick Wikwemikong’s Lynda Trudeau is excited about learning from Aboriginal women leaders at the the COADY Institute of St. Francis Xavier University’s Indigenous...
And what an opening ceremonies they were!
By Laura Robinson The ceremonies started with the drum and then dancers, dancers and more dancers. The Mississauga of the New Credit, Six Nations, Huron-Wendat...
Progression of Indigenous theatre at the National Arts Centre
By Suzanne Keeptwo OTTAWA – Twenty-six years ago, the National Arts Centre (NAC) presented Tomson Highway’s Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing (1989),twenty years prior...
#YouAreWelcome Food Truck brings Aboriginal Cuisine to Pan Am Games
Visitors Encouraged to Eat, Play, Learn with Host First Nation, Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation Before Canada was a poutine nation, traditional Aboriginal...
‘Back to Red Road’ a heartbreaking read
Reviewed by Christine Smith (McFarlane) “Back To The Red Road: A Story of Survival, Redemption and Love” is a memoir co-written by authors Florence Kaefer...
Work still continues for 60s Scoop grassroots organizer Colleen Cardinal
By Suzanne Keeptwo OTTAWA – Indigenous adoptee, Colleen Cardinal speaks from lived experience as a child of the 60s Scoop. First Nation and Métis children...
Beausoleil enters five-year partnership to operate Springwater Provincial Park
Beausoleil First Nation is working with the Government of Ontario to operate Springwater Provincial Park and provide visitors with picnic areas, walking trails and recreational...