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Aboriginal Communities Invited to Apply for Energy-Saving Program

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The Ontario Power Authority is now accepting applications for the second year of the saveONenergy ABORIGINAL CONSERVATION PROGRAM TORONTO, January 29, 2014 – The Ontario Continue Reading →

Education, Health

Tripartite Forum hosts Aboriginal Community Warrior Program

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The Mi’kmaq – Nova Scotia – Canada Tripartite Forum is very proud to announce that 29 Mi’kmaw community members and employees have successfully completed the Continue Reading →

Education, Youth

Busy, busy month of October…

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BOOoooOOOooo! Happy Halloween! Wow, October sure was a busy month at our LSK School. The month started off with our Treaty Day Celebrations, which were Continue Reading →

Culture, Education

4th Annual Dalhousie University Mawiomi

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Photos by Adam Gould

Culture, Education

Mi’kmawey Debert Interpretive Trail’s 10th year celebration – Photo collection

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Photos by Adam Gould & Tanya J. MacVicar

Community, Education

Mi’kmaq employment program ‘really helpful’

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SYDNEY – Membertou resident Angie Doucette is working as a human resources co-ordinator at Membertou First Nation through a program from the Mi’kmaq Employment Training Continue Reading →

Culture, Education

Isabelle Toney-Shay Knockwood A respected author, political activist, and Mi’kmaw Elder, Isabelle Toney-Shay Knockwood has worked to inspire Aboriginal peoples and other Canadians in a Continue Reading →

Education

Should We Feed Deer in Winter?

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I have seven new furry deer friends in my yard. They arrived shortly before the holidays and have remained for my family to watch, and Continue Reading →

Education

Research project Two-eyed seeing: New way to solve old problems

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Collaborative approach to dealing with Mi’kmaq social issues could soon become reality SYDNEY – In three years time, the Mi’kmaq people of Nova Scotia may Continue Reading →

Education

Joe B. Marshall High School Role Model of the Year 2013

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As school board director, Elizabeth Ann Cremo stated, “The Role Model of the Year ceremony has become a jewel in our community.” Every November the Continue Reading →

Education, Youth

Special Chiefs Assembly Regional Report

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Regional Chief Morley Googoo Reports on Education I would like to begin by welcoming everyone to this year’s 2013 Special Chief’s Assembly here in Gatineau, Continue Reading →

Education

87.7% of Mi’kmaq Students Earning High School Diploma

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High school graduation rates among Mi’kmaq students in Nova Scotia peaked at 87.7 per cent per cent in 2012-13, considerably higher than the national average Continue Reading →