Darrell Greer
Northern News Services
Published Wednesday, November 25, 2009
RANKIN INLET/KIVALLIQ - The Kivalliq Inuit Association (KIA) is taking the lead in trying to convince the federal government not to cut funding to the Aboriginal People's Program.
The KIA has been holding summer and winter youth camps through the program, as well as media training and other various cultural programs such as the highly successful Somebody's Daughter.
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Friday, November 27, 2009
Aboriginal-Rights Champion Cindy Blackstock Awarded Atkinson Fellowship
TORONTO, Nov. 23 - Cindy Blackstock has been awarded the Atkinson Foundation's Economic Justice Fellowship. The three-year Fellowship will provide $100,000 annually for Ms. Blackstock's advocacy on behalf of First Nations children and communities.
"With every generation comes an opportunity to create a better world. But First Nations children are debilitated by funding inequalities in education and child welfare. We can correct past mistakes by giving this generation a real opportunity to understand their place in the world differently and to succeed," said Cindy Blackstock, Executive Director of the First Nations child and Family Service Caring Society of Canada.
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"With every generation comes an opportunity to create a better world. But First Nations children are debilitated by funding inequalities in education and child welfare. We can correct past mistakes by giving this generation a real opportunity to understand their place in the world differently and to succeed," said Cindy Blackstock, Executive Director of the First Nations child and Family Service Caring Society of Canada.
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Health : Inuit Health System Must Move Past Suicide Prevention To “Unlock A Better Reality,” Conference Told
November 25, 2009
Inuit communities have been dysfunctional for the past 30 to 50 years, with suicide now touching “each and every one of us,” but this must not be accepted as normal, attendees at the National Aboriginal Health Association conference in Ottawa were told yesterday.
“We all have brothers, sisters and friends who have died by suicide,” Natan Obed, director of social and cultural development for Nunavut Tunngavit Inc., which represents beneficiaries of the Nunavut Land Claim Agreement, told the opening session at the three-day conference. “But I contend that our people [in the past] had a low death by suicide rate. It is not our fate in life to be at risk.”
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Inuit communities have been dysfunctional for the past 30 to 50 years, with suicide now touching “each and every one of us,” but this must not be accepted as normal, attendees at the National Aboriginal Health Association conference in Ottawa were told yesterday.
“We all have brothers, sisters and friends who have died by suicide,” Natan Obed, director of social and cultural development for Nunavut Tunngavit Inc., which represents beneficiaries of the Nunavut Land Claim Agreement, told the opening session at the three-day conference. “But I contend that our people [in the past] had a low death by suicide rate. It is not our fate in life to be at risk.”
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Friday, November 20, 2009
Video game to be aimed at aboriginal youth
Posted By AEDAN HELMER, SUN MEDIA
Posted 1 day ago
A Carleton University initiative is allowing First Nation youths to walk a virtual mile along the Path of the Elders.
Canadian Heritage has provided a $375,000 grant to the university and its partners to develop a website "that seeks to strengthen the identity and self-respect" of Native youths.
The goal is to develop a video game, with local software firm BlackCherry Digital Media, that engages and entertains youth while serving as an educational tool, providing a window into the rich history, culture and teachings that have been passed along for generations in the oral tradition.
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Posted 1 day ago
A Carleton University initiative is allowing First Nation youths to walk a virtual mile along the Path of the Elders.
Canadian Heritage has provided a $375,000 grant to the university and its partners to develop a website "that seeks to strengthen the identity and self-respect" of Native youths.
The goal is to develop a video game, with local software firm BlackCherry Digital Media, that engages and entertains youth while serving as an educational tool, providing a window into the rich history, culture and teachings that have been passed along for generations in the oral tradition.
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Wednesday, November 18, 2009
NAHO Congratulates Role Models for their success at the Aboriginal Peoples Choice Music Awards
Ottawa, ON - The National Aboriginal Health Organization (NAHO) is thrilled to congratulate 2008 National Aboriginal Role Model, Inez for winning four awards at the Aboriginal Peoples Choice Music Awards (APCMA). Inez took home awards for Best New Artist, Best Pop CD, Best Album Cover Design and Single of the Year for her track Breathe.
“Inez is a rising star who we look forward to following as her future endeavours unfold,” says Dr. Paulette C. Tremblay, CEO of NAHO. “She received the honour of being recognized as a NAHO National Aboriginal Role Model in 2008 for her outstanding contributions to her community.”
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“Inez is a rising star who we look forward to following as her future endeavours unfold,” says Dr. Paulette C. Tremblay, CEO of NAHO. “She received the honour of being recognized as a NAHO National Aboriginal Role Model in 2008 for her outstanding contributions to her community.”
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Concerns 9yo boy's death was suicide
A Central Australian youth service says it has received a report about the death of a nine-year-old boy at a remote Aboriginal community.
Northern Territory Police will not release any information on the matter because they say the death is being investigated as a possible suicide.
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Northern Territory Police will not release any information on the matter because they say the death is being investigated as a possible suicide.
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Thursday, November 5, 2009
Loss of global languages threatens culture, history: Language expert
By Allison Cross, Canwest News Service
November 3, 2009
When the last native speaker of an endangered language dies, does that language die with them?
Not necessarily, say academics, although there's a risk of losing significant ties to cultures, communities and collective histories.
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November 3, 2009
When the last native speaker of an endangered language dies, does that language die with them?
Not necessarily, say academics, although there's a risk of losing significant ties to cultures, communities and collective histories.
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