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Alberta education minister David Eggen says it is not acceptable that Northland School Division has been operating under a government-appointed trustee for five years. “The result has been very disappointing,” Eggen said, speaking at a First Nations, Metis and Inuit education symposium in Edmonton. “It is my intention to work hard that our government will put in place and have proper elections…
Premier Rachel Notley has met with the Chiefs of Treaty 6 and 7 to discuss working together in a new spirit of respect and reconciliation. She met with Treaty 7 Chiefs on Oct. 16 and Treaty 6 Chiefs on Oct. 7 The meetings were held on a “government-to-government basis,” stated Notley in a news release. She said, “We are committed to establishing a more respectful and constructive relationship…
Advancing reconciliation in the sphere of post-secondary education will take more than a faculty of Native studies, a tipi on university property, and an Aboriginal students’ centre.
It will also take more than a poster recruiting Aboriginal students, says Cindy Blackstock, an associate professor at the University of Alberta. She says it starts in the classroom on reserves, where First…
Photo caption: Premier Rachel Notley and Aboriginal relations minister Kathleen Ganley meet with Treaty 8 Chiefs.
(Photo: Alberta government)
UN declaration to be basis of relationship between province, First Nations
October 20, 2015. Chiefs of Treaty 8 First Nations met with Premier Rachel Notley and Aboriginal relations minister…
October 20, 2015. It took the last polling stations in two ridings to confirm that Alberta was sending four Liberal MPs to Ottawa. Battles in Edmonton-Millwoods and Calgary Centre seesawed back and forth until after midnight. In Edmonton-Millwoods, Amarjeet Sohi won by 80 votes, garnering 20,399 to Conservative incumbent Tim Uppal’s 20,319. In Calgary Centre, Liberal Kent Hehr…
October 19, 2015. Alberta Premier Rachel Notley congratulated Liberal leader and Prime Minister-Elect Justin Trudeau on his victory and emphasized the need to work with Indigenous peoples. “I look forward to working collaboratively with him to build a strong Alberta within a strong Canada,” said Notley in a statement. “As leaders, we need to work together to build important…
October 19, 2015. The polling station on the Siksika First Nation ran out of ballots for close to half an hour Monday afternoon before Elections Canada brought more
in. APTN reported that the First Nation received only 400 ballots for 7,200 residents. Elections Canada said the ballot shortage lasted about 15 minutes, but others on the reserve said it was closer to half…
Lakeland Liberal candidate Garry Parenteau jokingly said before the election that his party was “going for” a majority government. Never did he think the red wave would be so strong.
Justin Trudeau’s Liberals began its sweep in the Atlantic, carried through to Quebec and Ontario to the northern territories and then got a smattering of seats throughout the prairies before ending with a…
October 19, 2015
The red wave that swept Justin Trudeau into Ottawa as prime minister of a Liberal majority government with 184 seats by-passed Alberta.
The province’s sole Aboriginal Liberal candidate, Garry Parenteau, placed a distant second in the northern riding of Lakeland. Lakeland was the only riding in the province with two Aboriginal candidates. NDP Duane Zaraska placed…
Eggen to speak at Treaty 7 education conference
October 13, 2015. Education minister David Eggen will be addressing delegates at the annual Treaty 7 education conference today in Calgary. Last week, Eggen spoke at a symposium on First Nations, Metis and Inuit education where Simon Bird, superintendent for Stoney Education Authority, asked the minister…
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Peace River-Westlock candidate Cameron Alexis with NDP leader Thomas Mulcair at the recent Assembly of First Nations open forum on Enoch Cree Nation. (Photo: Shari Narine)
RIDING: PEACE RIVER-WESTLOCK
Former Alberta Regional Chief for the Assembly of First Nations Cameron Alexis is in the home stretch of working the campaign trail for the New Democratic…
RIDING: EDMONTON-MANNING
Aaron Paquette is carrying the New Democratic Party banner in a riding that a CBC poll analyst says could crack the Conservative armour in Alberta.
That’s not a surprise to Paquette, who’s been knocking on doors and talking to “thousands and thousands” of people in the riding of Edmonton-Manning.
“They’re tired of Stephen Harper. They’re…
October 9, 2015
O’Chiese First Nations Elder Theresa Strawberry feels change is in the air.
“There are things happening now that weren’t happening before,” said Strawberry, who points to her position as Elder at West Central High School in Rocky Mountain House.
Strawberry was one of 400 people to attend the first ever symposium on First Nations, Métis and Inuit education…
Only one riding in Alberta has two Indigenous candidates going head-to-head. This is the riding that stands the strongest chance of sending an Aboriginal Member of Parliament to Ottawa.
In the new northern riding of Lakeland, Garry Parenteau, the only Liberal Aboriginal candidate in the province, is taking on NDP candidate Duane Zaraska. Both men are Metis and active in the Metis…
October 8, 2015
In a survey that went out to all four major parties in the federal election, the City of Calgary asked for response on nine major topics, among which was the funding of Aboriginal strategies. The City of Calgary is home to over 27,000 Aboriginal peoples. In March 2014, the city proclaimed the “Year of Reconciliation.”
Below are the responses provided by…