Posts Tagged ‘aboriginal communities’

Goldcorp Donates $10,000 to Save SOS Program

Goldcorp Donates $10,000 to Save SOS Program

THUNDER BAY, ON –  Goldcorp Musselwhite Mine presented Shelter House Executive Director, Gary Mack, with a $10,000 cheque today for the Street Outreach Services program. Goldcorp Musselwhite Mine opened their new office earlier this week in Thunder Bay and are committed to making a positive [Read more]

Prince Rupert Gas Transmission and Gitxsan Hereditary Chiefs Sign Agreement

HAZELTON, BC – Marketwired- TransCanada Corporation (TSX:TRP) (NYSE:TRP) (TransCanada) today announced that its Prince Rupert Gas Transmission project (PRGT) has signed a project agreement with 12 hereditary chiefs of the Gitxsan Nation. The hereditary chiefs each represent a Wilp (house [Read more]

Federal and Provincial Greens Plan Cooperation

Federal and Provincial Greens Plan Cooperation

Nuclear Waste, Ring of Fire, Electricity Costs THUNDER BAY, ON – Cooperation between Canada and Ontario that emphasizes northern issues is the pledge that Green MP Bruce Hyer and GPO leader Mike Schreiner made today. Hyer and Schreiner are working together on a cross jurisdictional plan to [Read more]

HYER Seeks Consent : Creation of Lake Superior NMCA & Tabling of Truth And Reconciliation Commission Report

HYER Seeks Consent : Creation of Lake Superior NMCA & Tabling of Truth And Reconciliation Commission Report

OTTAWA, ON – Bruce Hyer, Deputy Leader of the Green Party of Canada and MP (Thunder Bay- Superior North) issued the following statement regarding two items that need to be passed before any possible resolution for Parliament to rise early. “The first item is to pass Bill C-61 Lake Superior [Read more]

Recruiting Teachers in Northern Ontario and Aboriginal Communities

Recruiting Teachers in Northern Ontario and Aboriginal Communities

Province Supporting Education in Northern Ontario Ontario is partnering with Teach For Canada to recruit teachers for northern communities, including remote First Nation reserves.  Teach For Canada is a non-profit organization that works with schools in remote communities to recruit, prepare, and [Read more]

NOSM Researcher Participating in $55.5M National Dementia Initiative

NOSM Researcher Participating in $55.5M National Dementia Initiative

Wednesday, September 10, 2014, the Honourable Rona Ambrose, Federal Minister of Health, announced the launch of the Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging (CCNA), a national initiative aimed at tackling the growing onset of dementia and related illnesses and improving the lives of [Read more]

NOSM Engages Communities in Strategic Planning – Here’s Your Turn

NOSM Engages Communities in Strategic Planning – Here’s Your Turn

Together, the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) and the people and communities of Northern Ontario are creating a Strategic Plan for the School for the years 2015-2020. From May to September 2014, NOSM’s Dean and CEO Dr. Roger Strasser, Associate Dean of Community Engagement and Senior [Read more]

Commemorating the Treaty of Fort Niagara: 250 Years of Shared History

Commemorating the Treaty of Fort Niagara: 250 Years of Shared History

Ontario, First Nations Partners Mark Significant Anniversary The province, the Association of Iroquois and Allied Indians, the Anishinabek Nation, the Chiefs of Ontario and the Six Nations Legacy Consortium are commemorating the 250th anniversary of the 1764 Treaty of Fort Niagara last weekend. [Read more]

Milestone Reached on Land Base Expansion for Pic Mobert First Nation

Milestone Reached on Land Base Expansion for Pic Mobert First Nation

Final Agreement Would Support New Economic Development Opportunities Ontario, Canada and Pic Mobert First Nation have signed an agreement that will enhance social supports while strengthening the local economy and creating jobs. The agreement would add about 16 square kilometres of provincial Crown [Read more]

NOSM Seeks Members for Aboriginal Reference Group

NOSM Seeks Members for Aboriginal Reference Group

The Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) is seeking two (2) volunteer members to join its Aboriginal Reference Group (ARG): one (1) Aboriginal youth member (between 18 and 29 years of age), and one (1) Aboriginal health-care professional. The Aboriginal Reference Group is an integral part of [Read more]

RoFATA Prepares Matawa First Nations Members for Employment in Mining Sector

RoFATA 	Prepares Matawa First Nations Members for Employment in Mining Sector

THUNDER BAY, ON – The Ring of Fire Aboriginal Training Alliance (RoFATA) is pleased to announce that it is receiving over $5.9-million from the Government of Canada’s Skills and Partnership Fund to provide training for employment in the mining sector for the people of Matawa First [Read more]

Photography Contest Launches on National Aboriginal Day

Photography Contest Launches on National Aboriginal Day

Ontario Government Celebrates First Nation, Inuit and Métis Culture Steep yourself in time-honoured traditions on June 21, National Aboriginal Day. This year, explore the rich culture of First Nations, Inuit and Métis in Ontario. You can share your favourite memories of Aboriginal experiences and [Read more]

Ontario Helping Protect Rare Plants and Animals

Ontario Helping Protect Rare Plants and Animals

McGuinty Government Supporting Community Projects Ontario is once again supporting individual and community projects that protect and recover species at risk and their habitats. Applications are now being accepted for the 2013/2014 Species at Risk Stewardship Fund. The deadline to apply is January [Read more]

Statement from Minister of Northern Development and Mines on Aboriginal Consultation and Mineral Exploration

Statement from Minister of Northern Development and Mines on Aboriginal Consultation and Mineral Exploration

Rick Bartolucci, Minister of Northern Development and Mines, released the following statement Friday (Nov.9,2012) on consulting with Aboriginal communities on mineral exploration and development: “Our government is responsible for managing Crown lands and the natural resources of this province. [Read more]

DISCONNECT BETWEEN FIRST NATIONS AND GOVERNMENT GROWING AS CUTS MOUNT

DISCONNECT BETWEEN FIRST NATIONS AND GOVERNMENT GROWING AS CUTS MOUNT

OTTAWA, ON – On the final day for residential school survivors to apply for compensation, Carol Hughes is worried that mounting cuts to First Nations organizational bodies will only hamper the ability to focus at the local level and deliver appropriate health services. “The Conservatives like [Read more]

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