News Release 26 February 2015 Hundreds of recommendations go unimplemented: Legal Strategy Coalition demands greater government commitment and accountability to ending violence against Indigenous women and girls An alarming study released today shows that governments in Canada have repeate...
Photo: The Dancers of Damelahamid FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 28, 2015 Coastal First Nations Dance Festival Continues Legacy of Traditional Stories, Songs & Dances for Artists and Audiences New educational opportunities for youth and emerging artists nurture future generations at eighth annual fes...
Photo: Monica Lister NEWS RELEASE ‘Public policy in Ontario must consider the Treaty lens ’: Chief Day TORONTO (February 25, 2015) – Key First Nation leaders and officials attended a joint gathering this week between the Rural Ontario Municipalities of Ontario (ROMA) and the Ontario Good Roads Associati...
John McAallister / Getty Image NEWS RELEASE Anishinabek concerned with Bill C-51, the Anti-Terrorism Act UOI OFFICES (Nipissing First Nation) February 25, 2015 – Anishinabek Nation communities have concerns with Bill C-51, the Anti-Terrorism Act, 2015. This bill was prompted by the Oct. 22, 2014 attack...
Photo: Indigenous Arts at The Banff Centre THE BANFF CENTRE RECEIVES $1.075 MILLION FROM RBC IN SUPPORT OF INDIGENOUS ARTS AND ARTISTIC PROGRAMS Banff, Alberta, February 11, 2015. The Banff Centre is proud to announce it received a $1.075 million funding commitment from RBC to provide greater access for...
First Nations Leaders Champion “Our Own Inquiry” for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women THUNDER BAY, ON – Political leaders from First Nations across Ontario have joined together to begin their own inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women at a three-day gathering in Thunder Bay this week. T...
TO ALL NEWS EDITORS -IMMEDIATE RELEASE WHAT: Gathering at Toronto Police Headquarters WHEN: Saturday Feb 14th at 12:30 pm WHERE: 50 College Street Since we gathered last year on this date, there has been unprecedented media and public attention on missing and murdered Indigenous women. How...
AWBEN 2015 February 11, 2015 The Aboriginal Women’s Business Entrepreneurship Network is currently underway in the planning of the AWBEN 2015 conference which will be held at the Museum of Canadian History in Hull. Aboriginal women entrepreneurs, panel speakers and peers will gather February 11,...
Photo: Two Row Times/YouTube FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Toronto (Jan 20, 2015) – On behalf of the First Nation leaders in Ontario, Regional Chief Stan Beardy expresses his deepest condolences and sympathies to the family and friends of young Makayla Sault who tragically passed away yesterday at her home loca...
Tantoo Cardinal will be presented with ACTRA Toronto’s Award of Excellence at the 2015 ACTRA Awards in Toronto gala on February 20, 2015 at the Carlu. Republished with permissions from ACTRAtoronto.com Ms. Cardinal was born in Ft. McMurray, Alberta and has worked steadily in film and television on both...
