SAULT STE MARIE, ONTARIO, October 21, 2009 – Fifty Aboriginal children will today be the first to participate in a unique leadership camp, part of a five-year partnership announced between The Tim Horton Children’s Foundation and Ted Nolan Foundation.
The youths, some of whom have never left their native reserve, were selected from the Sault Ste. Marie First Nation to attend the five-day camp at the Tim Horton Children’s Foundation camp just north of Brantford. The Tim Horton Children’s Foundation has adapted its youth leadership program to cater specifically to Aboriginal youth.
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Monday, October 26, 2009
Hockey Greats Team Up For Aboriginal Kids
SAULT STE MARIE, ONTARIO, October 21, 2009 – Fifty Aboriginal children will today be the first to participate in a unique leadership camp, part of a five-year partnership announced between The Tim Horton Children’s Foundation and Ted Nolan Foundation.
The youths, some of whom have never left their native reserve, were selected from the Sault Ste. Marie First Nation to attend the five-day camp at the Tim Horton Children’s Foundation camp just north of Brantford. The Tim Horton Children’s Foundation has adapted its youth leadership program to cater specifically to Aboriginal youth.
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The youths, some of whom have never left their native reserve, were selected from the Sault Ste. Marie First Nation to attend the five-day camp at the Tim Horton Children’s Foundation camp just north of Brantford. The Tim Horton Children’s Foundation has adapted its youth leadership program to cater specifically to Aboriginal youth.
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Thursday, October 15, 2009
Police Officer Wins International Award For Work With Aboriginal Youth
By Joan Delaney
Epoch Times Staff
An Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer who “went beyond the call of normal duty” to help aboriginal youth on a remote reserve in northwestern Ontario has won an award from the International Association of Chiefs of Police.
Sergeant Jeff Simpkins from the Aboriginal Policing Bureau received the award for his contribution to a unique OPP initiative designed to provide disadvantaged aboriginal youth with “a positive and culturally-relevant experience.”
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Epoch Times Staff
An Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer who “went beyond the call of normal duty” to help aboriginal youth on a remote reserve in northwestern Ontario has won an award from the International Association of Chiefs of Police.
Sergeant Jeff Simpkins from the Aboriginal Policing Bureau received the award for his contribution to a unique OPP initiative designed to provide disadvantaged aboriginal youth with “a positive and culturally-relevant experience.”
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Former National Chief, Phil Fontaine, Accepts Position as National Spokesperson for the Aboriginal Youth Suicide Prevention Program - River of Life
The Centre for Suicide Prevention (Calgary, Alberta) and Millbrook Technologies Inc. (Truro, Nova Scotia) are pleased to announce the acceptance of former National Chief Phil Fontaine as the national spokesperson for the River of Life, an online Aboriginal Youth Suicide Prevention Program.
Calgary, Alberta (PRWEB) October 15, 2009 -- The Centre for Suicide Prevention (Calgary, Alberta) and Millbrook Technologies Inc. (Truro, Nova Scotia) are pleased to announce the acceptance of former National Chief Phil Fontaine as the national spokesperson for the River of Life, an online Aboriginal Youth Suicide Prevention Program.
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Calgary, Alberta (PRWEB) October 15, 2009 -- The Centre for Suicide Prevention (Calgary, Alberta) and Millbrook Technologies Inc. (Truro, Nova Scotia) are pleased to announce the acceptance of former National Chief Phil Fontaine as the national spokesperson for the River of Life, an online Aboriginal Youth Suicide Prevention Program.
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Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Alberta, aboriginal groups to tackle education gaps
By Elise Stolte, edmontonjournal.com
EDMONTON — Three provincial ministers and the heads of Alberta’s aboriginal communities formed a new partnership Tuesday to address gaps in aboriginal education.
Ministers Dave Hancock, Doug Horner and Gene Zwozdesky, along with eight members of First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities, signed a letter of agreement at Government House to establish a ministers’ council.
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EDMONTON — Three provincial ministers and the heads of Alberta’s aboriginal communities formed a new partnership Tuesday to address gaps in aboriginal education.
Ministers Dave Hancock, Doug Horner and Gene Zwozdesky, along with eight members of First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities, signed a letter of agreement at Government House to establish a ministers’ council.
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009
School cash lags for Alberta's First Nations
By Sarah McGinnis, Calgary Herald
CALGARY - Efforts to combat dropout rates for aboriginal students has Alberta's education minister launching talks with Ottawa to boost education funding for First Nations youth.
The federal government is responsible for aboriginal students.
Alberta's First Nations communities either run their own schools or pay tuition to nearby public school boards to educate aboriginal students based on federal funding.
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CALGARY - Efforts to combat dropout rates for aboriginal students has Alberta's education minister launching talks with Ottawa to boost education funding for First Nations youth.
The federal government is responsible for aboriginal students.
Alberta's First Nations communities either run their own schools or pay tuition to nearby public school boards to educate aboriginal students based on federal funding.
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Wednesday, October 7, 2009
A love for learning
ASHLEY CREWE
Today staff
Learning about building igloos, dog sledding and pounding seal fat, Good Shepherd School students got an inside look at the life of the Inuit when children's author Michael Kusugak spent the day in the school's library sharing his childhood stories and old tales his grandmother told him.
Kusugak, who grew up in Repulse Bay, N.W.T. (in a part of the territory that is now Nunavut), didn't have television, video games or even books when he was growing up but it was his grandma who first began to tell him stories as a small child.
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Today staff
Learning about building igloos, dog sledding and pounding seal fat, Good Shepherd School students got an inside look at the life of the Inuit when children's author Michael Kusugak spent the day in the school's library sharing his childhood stories and old tales his grandmother told him.
Kusugak, who grew up in Repulse Bay, N.W.T. (in a part of the territory that is now Nunavut), didn't have television, video games or even books when he was growing up but it was his grandma who first began to tell him stories as a small child.
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