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A new program being offered by the Creating Hope Society aims at targeting an area that has often been overlooked.
The Indigenous Father’s Initiative provides Indigenous fathers with a supportive environment where they can share their stories with other fathers in a safe and positive environment.
“Most of the healing programs are focused more towards mothers. This creates the gap…
An Edmonton-based pilot project that in part helps Aboriginals enter the workforce has been deemed a success.
And officials with the Apprenticeship Prep Pilot Program are hoping the venture will continue in January of 2014.
The program, which is targeted at Aboriginals and immigrants under the age of 30, is a partnership between NorQuest College and the Alberta Pipe Trades…
Educating Indigenous students using an Indigenous whole child mindset has seen incredible results in provincial achievement tests for Grades 3, 6 and 9 at Mother Earth’s Children’s Charter School.
“Rather than teach to the test, the students are taught skills to be successful,” said principal Erin Danforth.
The specific technique used is the Picture Word Inductive Model,…
An honours project now underway at the University of Alberta is exploring the reach of Twitter for Indigenous communities, and studying potential opportunities for connecting with students.
For her project, titled Indigenous Twibes in 140 Characters or Less, U of A student Kirsten Lindquist is following five prominent Indigenous intellectuals who use Twitter, sharing information on social…
When Edmonton artist Heather Shillinglaw travelled to the Onchaminahos School at the Saddle Lake Cree Nation last fall, she was delighted with the budding talent that she observed amongst the students.
Shillinglaw is an artist-in-residence and was sponsored by the Alberta Foundation for the Arts to work with the students for a three-week period. She travelled the 180 km from Edmonton to…
The new Alberta Regional Chief for the Assembly of First Nations is ready to hold Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s “feet to the fire” to ensure First Nations people are heard.
Cameron Alexis was elected by Alberta Chiefs and their proxies to the position on Jan. 31 in Calgary. The Alexis Nakota Sioux Chief was declared winner after the first ballot, having garnered 25 of 45 eligible…
Jordan Bennett’s studio on the University of Alberta’s campus is full of paintings, drawings and sculptures. But his favourite art form is music. While he comes from a family of visual artists, he also has classical piano training. But it isn’t playing the piano that gets him off. It’s being a DJ that does it for him.
“When my art goes into a gallery, I don’t get to see how people…
Pathways hosts 7th annual round dance
On Jan. 26 Pathways Community Services hosted its 7th annual Friendship Round Dance at the Bowness Community Centre with 800 people attending. The traditional round dance brings the community together in the winter months. Free and open to all, the evening begins with a pipe ceremony followed by a feast of traditional food including…
Numbers were up for meals served at the annual New Year’s Day dinner hosted by the Bissell Centre.
Number of meals served for New Year’s Day up
Bissell Centre served 1,600 meals on New Year’s Day, up by 400 over the previous year. But that number doesn’t necessarily represent an increase in mouths fed, said Kristen Clark, manager of marketing and communications…
The Siksika Justice Department is considering if full Gladue report writing can better serve its members who go through the corrections system.
“(Aboriginal people) have the highest rates of incarceration in the jail system and it’s important that these reports be used to keep those people who don’t need to be in jail out of there,” said Siksika First Nations Councillor Laverna McMaster…
The Métis Nation of Alberta is pleased to hear that the government will be implementing a consultation policy with the Métis.
However, Aaron Barner, executive director with the MNA, says the Métis need to be fully engaged in that process.
“We want to work with the government. We don’t want them to develop it in a vacuum ... and bring it to us. We need to be involved right from…
In Edmonton, labour and public interest groups came together to declare their support for the Idle No More movement, while in Lubicon Lake territory, members blocked highway 986. These actions, as well as others across the province and the country, marked the opening of Parliament on Jan. 28 and declared the fight against Bills C-38 and C-45 were continuing.
Morningstar Mercredi, who…
Aboriginal Relations Minister Robin Campbell has made it clear: his government will not be considering resource revenue sharing with First Nations.
Campbell addressed a group of Chiefs and representatives from First Nations from Alberta and Saskatchewan at the Western Aboriginal Consultation and Negotiation forum on Jan. 29, pledging that his government would “no longer … accept the…
“Idle No More is a wakening to all the people of this land,” said Samson Cree Elder Cecil Nepoose.
That thought was just one of many shared by a panel of six at the University of Alberta, who spoke about the movement in a three-hour presentation on Feb. 8.
“What we heard from the panelists today is that the Idle No More movement has meant numerous things to Indigenous peoples…
Calgary was recognized as the Cultural Capital of Canada in 2012, embracing its Aboriginal cultural along with the rest of its diversity. The Calgary Stampede which celebrated its centenary also embraced its First Nation involvement.
Homeless count up 12 per cent
“The rise in the number of youth and Aboriginal people who are homeless…