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Community, Health

Renal Education Day Held in Eskasoni

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“I was a healthy young man, and I thought I was invincible before I was diagnosed with kidney disease.” – Sam Elliot The Eskasoni Health Continue Reading →

Community, Health

Responding to and Preventing Sexual Violence Together in Paqtnkek

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Implementing a Sexual Violence Response & Prevention Project and Sharing Lessons Learned on Our Community Action Plan Paqtnkek – The Paqtnkek Health Centre and the Continue Reading →

Education, Health

Mount graduate student’s research gets international recognition

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Danielle Root comes from the small community of Listuguj First Nation in Quebec. When Danielle was young, her mother always encouraged Danielle to do something Continue Reading →

Health, Youth

‘Suicide saved my life’

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18-year-old Cape Breton woman helping those with mental health issues ESKASONI – “Suicide saved my life.” It may sound ironic but for 18-year-old Hannah Battiste, Continue Reading →

Culture, Health

New In-Community crisis counselling service with cultural component launches in NS

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Two Mi’kmaq Sisters are breaking new trails by offering the first professional on-reserve counselling service that goes In-Community across Nova Scotia, and also offers an Continue Reading →

Health

APC Proudly Supports FN Health Leaders to Attend National Conference

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APC Supports Two Applicants to be Certified First Nations Health Managers The Atlantic Policy Congress of First Nations Chiefs Secretariat (APC) is proud to announce Continue Reading →

Health, Legal

AFN says “Urgent Call to Action on a National Crisis”

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Assembly of First Nations National Chief Says RCMP Update on Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women an “Urgent Call to Action on a National Crisis” OTTAWA Continue Reading →

Health, Youth

Symposium examine gaps in Mi’kmaq child welfare

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MEMBERTOU – A symposium on Mi’kmaq child welfare has produced a consensus that there are gaps in the province’s social services network. About 130 people, Continue Reading →

Health, Legal

Truth & Reconciliation Commission brings calls for action

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History met hope at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s closing events in Ottawa, as residential school survivors and their allies examined the past and looked Continue Reading →

Health, Legal

Chiefs Angry with AANDC’s Decision – Simon Case

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In May Chiefs in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island received a letter from the Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada Continue Reading →

Community, Health

Responding to and Preventing Sexual Violence Together in Paqtnkek

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Implementing a Sexual Violence Response & Prevention Project and Sharing Lessons Learned on Developing Partners & Assessing Needs Paqtnkek – The Paqtnkek Health Centre and Continue Reading →

Culture, Health, Legal

Truth, then reconciliation: Aboriginal Peoples and Canada’s future

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With the release of the report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), Canada again confronts a dark chapter in its relationship with Aboriginal Peoples. Continue Reading →