Professors begin project to address poverty, homelessness in North

Nipissing University professors Dr. Katrina Srigley and Dr. Dean Bavington, Canada Research Chair in Environmental History, will be working with Laurentian University professor, Dr. Carol Kauppi to address poverty, homelessness and migration issues in northern Ontario.
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Olympic success due in large part to one leader

As the 2010 Olympic Games draw to a close, history has been created.
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Young Artist Warriors collective aims to give First Nations art in Canada a boost

"For someone to come and just look at you, examine you, and portray you as a strong individual -- it makes you feel very proud,"
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'World's biggest potlatch' changing attitudes

If our nation's new-found patriotism is one of the legacies of the 2010 Winter Olympics -- and it's hard to argue with three million pairs of red mittens that it isn't -- then it's fair to say it's not the only one.
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2-1/2 day walk to MacGregor to start new life

Harriet (Roulette) Appleby's feistiness has kept her going all these years.
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Ancient ceremony comes alive

Paula Cranmer-Underhill sits quietly weaving cedar bark in the lobby of the Pan Pacific Hotel amid a whirl of comings and goings[.]
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‘We Are Here’

There were no nosebleed seats at the opening ceremonies for the 2010 Winter Games, says Jody Broomfield, not from where he was sitting.
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Social worker focuses on life

Brooke Pratt first considered suicide when she was 12 years old.
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Too much junk food in Inuit diet

The Inuit diet, once based on traditional foods like polar bear and seal, now consists of nearly 50 percent junk food, said Dr. Sangita Sharma, a nutritional epidemiologist at the N.C. Research Campus.
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Push underway to build First Nations infrastructure

A federal government plan to build 18 water and wastewater infrastructure projects in First Nations communities across Canada is well underway, with nine projects under construction and another five scheduled to commence by next month.
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Olympics have returned aboriginals to rightful place, says leader

The partnership of the Four Host First Nations in the Winter Games illustrates what the new relationship between Canada and its aboriginal people should be, the national leader of the Assembly of First Nations said Tuesday.
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Art focuses on missing aboriginal women

Artists are calling Saskatoon's attention to the number of missing and murdered aboriginal women in Canada through a show that opened Monday at The Centre mall gallery.
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Reel Injun takes aim at First Nations stereotypes

Neil Diamond never thought much of the First Nations stereotypes created by Hollywood westerns — he and his friends always cheered for the white cowboys.
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Manitobans Celebrate Louis Riel Day

Today marks our province's [MB] third celebration of Louis Riel Day.
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Native leaders see 'time of transformation'

It was, native leaders say, the greatest pole-raising ceremony ever witnessed and they hope the dramatic presentation by native cultures at the Olympic opening ceremonies will prove to be a transformative moment in Canada's history.
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Girls who blog together act together

Calling all girls with a computer and an opinion.
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B.C. will take AIDS treatment to sex workers, drug users

The B.C. government announced Thursday a $48 million pilot project to find and treat sex trade workers and injection drug users who are undiagnosed or untreated for HIV in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside and Prince George, B.C.
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G7 meeting showcases Inuit culture

Delegates to the G7 meeting will learn more about Inuit culture and seal harvesting while in Iqaluit, said Nunavut's MP.
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Local programs helping prevent diabetes one lesson at a time

Officials at the Edson Friendship Centre are raising awareness among local students about diabetes thanks to a provincial diabetes initiative.
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Helping create better counselors

Ofelia Leon's work can be described as being a guide for counsellors at Nats'ejee K'eh Treatment Centre on the Hay River Reserve.
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Tradition and identity

Lois Edge is certain there is a link between traditional activities - specifically beading - and indigenous identity, lifelong learning and well-being.
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Breast cancer conference aims at aboriginal women

The earlier breast cancer gets caught, the quicker and easier it is to beat.
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B.C.'s street-smart strategy to treat HIV – no matter who has it

A four-year, $48-million pilot program will send health-care workers on to the streets in a bid to stop the spread of AIDS among aboriginal people, drug users and other groups among whom the condition tends to go undiagnosed and untreated.
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Health services committee introduced in Nipawin

A by law was passed at the last council meeting to establish a northeast health services committee within the Town of Nipawin.
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More than 30 groups unite in $15.5m effort to prevent chronic disease

More than 30 organizations from across Canada are forming partnerships in a $15.5-million series of initiatives designed to prevent chronic disease.
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Aboriginal physicians have skills to offer - and communities that need them

Darlene Kitty always knew she wanted to be a doctor, and to practise in her northern Cree community of Chisasibi.
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Native in the city

A memory is etched in Raven Louie’s mind. One of shame but also awakening.It helped define her.
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Aboriginal health internship program a success

The Portage la Prairie School Division's Aboriginal Academic Achievement (AAA) facilitator gave an informational presentation at Thursday night's bi-weekly meeting of the division's board of trustees.
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Inuit preschoolers often go hungry: study

Seventy per cent of Inuit preschoolers in Nunavut live in homes where there isn't enough food, a situation with implications for children's development, a McGill University researcher says.
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