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Literacy programs in British Columbia receive $700,000 a year to help the province's adult population learn to read and write. A total of 33 provincially-funded literacy projects operate across the province, even in the farthest regions of British Columbia.
On the Queen Charlotte Islands in Masset, the Haida Gwaii Adult Literacy Program is funded to provide help to 20…
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BURNABY-Kathleen Dixon never completed Grade 7.
Divorced at age 21, she had three children, no job, no education, and very little hope.
"There were many things to worry about-family, home, extended family. I had always wished I could have more education, but the opportunity never presented itself," recalled Dixon, a long-time Comox Valley resident of Metis heritage…
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BURNABY-Kathleen Dixon never completed Grade 7.
Divorced at age 21, she had three children, no job, no education, and very little hope.
"There were many things to worry about-family, home, extended family. I had always wished I could have more education, but the opportunity never presented itself," recalled Dixon, a long-time Comox Valley resident of Metis heritage…
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The University College of the Cariboo (UCC), in partnership with the Secwpemc Cultural Education Society (SCES), has received funding that will establish a program designed to encourage Aboriginal participation in the field of nursing. The program is one of three grants received to fund UCC First Nations programming.
"This is essentially a pre-nursing program," said UCC…
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The University College of the Cariboo (UCC), in partnership with the Secwpemc Cultural Education Society (SCES), has received funding that will establish a program designed to encourage Aboriginal participation in the field of nursing. The program is one of three grants received to fund UCC First Nations programming.
"This is essentially a pre-nursing program," said UCC…
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Students looking to build a firm foundation of knowledge regarding Aboriginal issues can now do so at Langara College in Vancouver through the school's new Aboriginal Studies program.
The two-year program, launched in January, is offered by the college's Aboriginal Studies department within the Social Sciences division.
Students entering the Aboriginal Studies…
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Students looking to build a firm foundation of knowledge regarding Aboriginal issues can now do so at Langara College in Vancouver through the school's new Aboriginal Studies program.
The two-year program, launched in January, is offered by the college's Aboriginal Studies department within the Social Sciences division.
Students entering the Aboriginal Studies…
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Spandex, sweat and determination - the three essential ingredients needed to earn status as an official Ironman athlete.
On Aug. 27, as many as 1,700 competitors from more than 20 countries gathered in Penticton to test their physical abilities in the world renowned Subaru Ironman Canada Triathlon, a race consisting of swimming 2.5 miles, biking 112 miles and running a…
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Spandex, sweat and determination - the three essential ingredients needed to earn status as an official Ironman athlete.
On Aug. 27, as many as 1,700 competitors from more than 20 countries gathered in Penticton to test their physical abilities in the world renowned Subaru Ironman Canada Triathlon, a race consisting of swimming 2.5 miles, biking 112 miles and running a…
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Traditional ways are often considered to be healing ways. Sharing those traditional ways is the focus of the folks who make up the Sc'wexmx Community Health Services Society, who draw from the wisdom of Elders and the serenity of the outdoors to promote health and wellness in First Nations communities around Merritt.
The society, which provides services to the communities…
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Traditional ways are often considered to be healing ways. Sharing those traditional ways is the focus of the folks who make up the Sc'wexmx Community Health Services Society, who draw from the wisdom of Elders and the serenity of the outdoors to promote health and wellness in First Nations communities around Merritt.
The society, which provides services to the communities…
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More than 125 years after the first Sto:lo land claim petition, negotiations have barely begun between the Indigenous peoples of the Fraser River and the governments of British Columbia and Canada. The Sto:lo Nation, representing 17 bands, formally entered the BC Treaty Process (BCTP) in October 1995. Two months after the Sto:lo voted to continue with the process in a December…
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More than 125 years after the first Sto:lo land claim petition, negotiations have barely begun between the Indigenous peoples of the Fraser River and the governments of British Columbia and Canada. The Sto:lo Nation, representing 17 bands, formally entered the BC Treaty Process (BCTP) in October 1995. Two months after the Sto:lo voted to continue with the process in a December…
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In the Nicola Valley and elsewhere, First Nations groups are expressing serious concern about the Aboriginal rights policies of the Canadian Alliance party.
Nicola Tribal Association Chairman George Saddleman said the policies are aimed at removing the recognition of Native title in land claims and treaty processes.
The policies of this party- the Reform party or…
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In the Nicola Valley and elsewhere, First Nations groups are expressing serious concern about the Aboriginal rights policies of the Canadian Alliance party.
Nicola Tribal Association Chairman George Saddleman said the policies are aimed at removing the recognition of Native title in land claims and treaty processes.
The policies of this party- the Reform party or…