15th Annual Labrador Inuit Youth Symposium

April 30 - The symposium will begin with a career fair on Friday which will feature displays by groups such as Inuit Pathway’s, the College of the North Atlantic, and Aurora Energy Incorporated.
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Governments commit to improving First Nations education in N.B.

April 29 - The New Brunswick Education Department will use 50 per cent of tuition payments it receives to cover the costs of educating aboriginal students in the public school system to improve First Nations programming.
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Mental Health Commission of Canada Outlines Startling Statistics at Public Forum on Homelessness & Mental Illness

VANCOUVER, April 28 - The statistics are disturbing, but there is hope. That was the message from the Honourable Michael Kirby, Chair of the Mental Health Commission of Canada, as he delivered the keynote address at the Collaboration for Change forum in Vancouver today.
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Med school costs discourage applicants: Study

April 28 - Canada needs more physicians to serve rural and aboriginal communities, but the prospect of medical school debts may be discouraging promising students from those regions – who might eventually return home to practise – from even applying to med school, doctors-in-training say.
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B.C. Metis receive $450,000 grant

Vancouver, April 25 - B.C.'s Metis Nation have received a grant of $450,000 from the provincial government to help improve health, housing, education and economic development, Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation Minister Michael de Jong said Thursday in a press release.
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Saskatoon health region signs deal to help First Nations with system

Saskatoon, April 25 - An agreement signed Thursday by the Saskatoon Health Region could lead to more ceremony rooms for First Nations people to use at hospitals, or guides to help aboriginal people navigate the complex health system.
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Aamjiwnaang First Nation in Sarnia sounds alarm over toxins

Members of the Aamjiwnaang First Nation in Sarnia, Ont., think their reserve, which recorded the lowest rate of live male births in the world (two girls born for every boy) and high rates of death, miscarriage and disease, is beyond the saturation point for exposure to pollutants, and the community is making a public plea for action.
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Grieving First Nation proposes Yukon-wide prayer circle

Yukon, April 22 - A number of recent deaths in some Yukon aboriginal communities has one First Nation inviting others to observe a moment of prayer across the territory next week.
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Water rights battle hits court

Calgary, April 22 - Two aboriginal communities, Tsuu T'ina Nation southwest of the city and Samson Cree Nation in Hobbema north of Red Deer, are asking the Court of Queen's Bench to overturn the Alberta government's August 2006 decision to close nearly every river, lake and stream in southern Alberta.
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Study probes First Nations risks from seafood toxins

April 20 -Vancouver Island First Nations eat an average 60 kilograms of seafood each year, or 15 times the amount of the average Canadian. It's a valuable finding from a new study that will help local researchers determine safe consumption levels based on contaminants found in seafood.
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Federal government targets smoking, Aboriginal health issues

April 18 - The federal government has unveiled about $1 million to help deal with smoking issues and aboriginal health matters.
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Metis council hosts workshop

The Southwestern Ontario Metis Council will be hosting a Metis information workshop on May 3. The workshop will provide information about Metis rights in areas of health care, education, funding initiatives, starting a small business and Canada Metis Council Organization Structure.
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National Inuit Education Summit: Foundation and Inuit Partner on Strategy for Progress

INUVIK, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, April 15, 2008 - The Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation is pleased to announce its partnership with Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK) on the first ever National Inuit Education Summit, which will bring together Inuit leaders from April 15 to 17 in Inuvik to discuss the barriers and challenges to Inuit education, as well as a strategy for progress.
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$330M will fund improvements to drinking water on First Nations

REGINA, April 16 - The federal government is investing $330 million over the next two years to improve the drinking water on First Nations.
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Inuit health office to open in Ottawa

OTTAWA, April 14 - Federal Health Minister Tony Clement has announced a new Inuit office in Ottawa that will focus on addressing the unique health challenges Inuit face across the country, from epidemics to health-care access in remote communities.
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Yukon First Nations in talks to set up medical diagnostic centre

April 10 - A group of First Nations in the Yukon wants to bring a medical diagnostic centre to Whitehorse, with the help of technology company Siemens Canada Ltd.
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First Nations still waiting for water treatment

KENORA, April 10 - More than two years after Ottawa issued a list of its top 21 communities for improving drinking water on First Nations, two of those communities in the Kenora area are still waiting for action.
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Improving quality of life for Métis people aim of historic talks

TORONTO, April 8 - Improving the quality of life for Métis people in Ontario is the aim of historic talks announced today by Michael Bryant, Ontario Minister of Aboriginal Affairs, and Tony Belcourt, President of the Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO).
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Sask. ranks high on boil-water advisory list

REGINA -- The Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) has uncovered some startling facts about Canada's drinking water.
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Fontaine, Simon and Chartier Congratulate Canadian Parliament for their support of the United Nations Declaration on Rights of Indigenous Peoples

OTTAWA - The National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations Phil Fontaine, the President of the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami Mary Simon and the President of the Metis National Council Clement Chartier together announced their overwhelming support for yesterday's decision by the Canadian Parliament to endorse the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples on April 8, 2008.
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Social worker shortage plagues Nunavut

Apr 4, 2008 - More than one-third of Nunavut's social worker jobs sit empty. Read More>>

Aboriginal health researcher garners national award

Apr 3, 2008 - Dr. Jeff Reading, Mohawk Tyendinaga, scientific director of the UVic-based Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Institute of Aboriginal Peoples Health, has received the 2008 National Aboriginal Achievement Award in the field of health. Read More>>

CFI Funds U of S Research on Aboriginal Health, Pollution and Depression

April 02, 2008 - University of Saskatchewan (U of S) researchers have been awarded a total of $322,492 from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) for projects that will shed light on diabetes' history in Saskatchewan First Nations, better treatments for seniors with depression, pollution's affect on heart disease, and other issues. Read More>>

Roasted partridge coming up

Apr 1, 2008 - Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre will begin serving aboriginal food in the cafeteria, offering such dishes as venison and rabbit stews, roasted partridge, wild rice and traditional vegetables. Read More>>

Inner-city clinic to offer HIV services

SASKATOON, SK, Mar 31, 2008 - A new clinic offering diagnosis, treatment and prevention of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases -- along with a menu of related services -- will open in Saskatoon's inner city. Read More>>

Aboriginal health a growing concern

PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE, MB, Mar 29, 2008 - Melanie Ferris, a 28-year-old entrepreneur from Long Plain First Nation, is the driving force behind Huntinghawk Communications, an organization devoted to the health of aboriginal Canadians. Read More>>

New Aboriginal Focussed Hospital for Sioux Lookout

THUNDER BAY, ON, Mar 28, 2008 - Ontario has given the official go ahead to Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre (SLMHC) to move its new hospital construction project forward. Read More>>