The first training session of the year for aboriginal doulas will take place from March 4 through 8 in Port Alberni, British Columbia. Training, travel, accommodations and course materials will be provided. February 24 is the deadline to apply. Training…
February 20, 2012
Aboriginal Doula Training to Be Offered
February 19, 2012
Plays Are Part of Talking Stick Festival for First Time in 20-Year History
This year is something of a turning point for the Talking Stick Festival in Vancouver. Twenty years after its inception, the festival adds original theater to the repertoire along with the usual dance, music, storytelling, poetry slam and workshops. “It…
February 16, 2012
Romeo Saganash Exits NDP Leadership Race, But His Bid Inspired Aboriginal Youth
The first aboriginal ever to run for head of a major political party in Canada has withdrawn from the race, citing a lack of cash as well as family illness. But his bid inspired aboriginal youth nonetheless. Romeo Saganash, Cree…
February 15, 2012
Thousands Turn Out for Largest Women’s Memorial March to Date
First Nations and women’s groups may have been shut out of the Missing Women’s inquiry, but their voices were heard loud and strong on Valentine’s Day in Vancouver. As many as 5,000 people—the largest number to date—participated in the 21st…
February 13, 2012
Marchers to Commemorate Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women on Valentine’s Day
Another year has passed, and although some progress has been made on the issue of missing and murdered aboriginal women, the bleak fact remains that a multitude of them are still inexplicably gone, or their deaths are unsolved. On February…
Funding Inequities Amount to Racism Against Canada’s Aboriginal Children, Supreme Court Hears
Aboriginal child welfare was on the docket before the Supreme Court of Canada on Monday as child advocates argued that inequities in funding between on-reserve education, health and children’s services are so glaring that they constitute racism. In a court…
February 11, 2012
Education Report Calls for Urgent Action on First Nation Schools
The eagerly awaited national report on First Nations elementary and secondary education conducted by the Assembly of First Nations in conjunction with the federal government has been released, calling for the immediate formation of a national commission on education and…
February 9, 2012
Plan Nord to Include Protection for 50 Percent of Northern Quebec
Quebec Premier Jean Charest has announced a plan to protect 50 percent of the province’s northern wilderness from industrial development with a strategy that leans heavily upon consultation with First Nations, Inuit and Métis. The new plan increases the protected…
February 6, 2012
Aboriginals Receive Diamond Jubilee Awards
In celebration of Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee, the 60th anniversary of her reign, the Governor General of Canada awarded 60 inaugural medals, several of them to aboriginals or people working on indigenous issues. Foremost among the aboriginal winners was…
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