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Education, Youth

Millbrook’s Early Education Centre

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I had a chat with Nik Phillips, Millbrook’s Director of Early Education. In this article, Nik outlines changes he and his team have made within Continue Reading →

Community, Jobs

Improving A Mi’kmaw Community For The Next Seven Generations

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Seven years ago, Chief Sid Peters made a gamble – he resigned from his established career in exchange for uncertainty and five months with no Continue Reading →

Art, Education

UNB Welcomes First Female, Indigenous Artist-In-Residence

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The University of New Brunswick’s Art Centre has welcomed its first artist-in-residence in almost six decades. Natalie Sappier, who also goes by her Wolastoqey name Continue Reading →

Community

Applications Open For Building Vibrant Communities Grants

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A grant program that opens on, Oct. 1, will strengthen community programs and services that help Nova Scotians that are struggling to make ends meet. Continue Reading →

Community, Youth

1st Youth Representative Elected To Qalipu Council

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Corner Brook— The Qalipu First Nation is pleased to announce that following the recent youth gathering where an election was held to choose a representative, Continue Reading →

Culture, Education

An Unbelizable Learning Opportunity!

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Every other year Saint Francis Xavier University offers their Masters students a service teaching opportunity which takes place in Maya Center, Belize. We (Sheri Julian-Brooks Continue Reading →

Culture, Education

Interesting People and Events 27

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October 2, 2019, will be the 270th anniversary of the time when the British military governemnt offered a bounty for the scalps of the Mi’kmaq. Continue Reading →

Business, Legal

N. Chief Bellegarde Supports Listuguj Exercising their Treaty Right To Fish

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National Chief Perry Bellegarde Fully Supports the Listuguj First Nation in Exercising their Treaty Right to Fish in their Territory OTTAWA – Assembly of First Continue Reading →

Business, Education, Jobs

First Nations: Business In The Trades

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Membertou, NS. Sept 28, 2019…. A group of seven Indigenous trades people from Unama’ki (Cape Breton) graduated Sat. Sept 28, from the Atlantic Trades Business Continue Reading →

Business, Legal

Action Plan To Renew And Expand DFO Indigenous Programs

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In the spirit of advancing reconciliation, Indigenous executives in the National Indigenous Fisheries Institute worked with Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) over the last two Continue Reading →

Community, Culture

2019 Eskasoni Pride Festival

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The Eskasoni Pride Festival celebrated its 4th year of celebrations on the 19th of September to the 22nd, 2019. The Eskasoni Pride committee formed in Continue Reading →

Legal

Mi’kmaq Of NS Launch Mi’kmaw Enrolment Process

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The Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw Chiefs is proud to announce the launch of the Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw Enrollment Process. “September 23rd is more than Continue Reading →