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07 Mar School events should begin with aboriginal recognition: teachers’ federation (The Vancouver Sun)

Posted at 13:59h in News, Posts

Schools and school districts should begin all events with official recognition of aboriginal territory, according to delegates attending the B.C. Teachers' Federation (BCTF) annual general meeting. While such recognition has become the usual practice at the start of many meetings in B.C., teachers said it...

04 Mar Aboriginal leaders offer a skeptical take on budget promises: Assembly of First Nations chief disappointed with education commitment (The Globe and Mail)

Posted at 14:03h in News, Posts

The federal budget promised funding for aboriginal health, skills training and counselling for residential-school survivors, as well as a small but significant amount to address the country’s missing women crisis. But it largely ignored the issue the Assembly of First Nations has made its No....

04 Mar Stimulus funds found for aboriginal communities: $170-million to address suicide and infant mortality rates that are disproportionately high in remote communities (The Globe and Mail)

Posted at 14:01h in News, Posts

The violence, poverty and social issues that plague Canada’s aboriginal population will be targeted with millions of dollars in new funding announced in Thursday’s budget. A small but symbolic amount of $5-million has been set aside in each of the next two years to look...

Author: Michael Murphy

07 Mar School events should begin with aboriginal recognition: teachers’ federation (The Vancouver Sun)

04 Mar Aboriginal leaders offer a skeptical take on budget promises: Assembly of First Nations chief disappointed with education commitment (The Globe and Mail)

04 Mar Stimulus funds found for aboriginal communities: $170-million to address suicide and infant mortality rates that are disproportionately high in remote communities (The Globe and Mail)