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The Office of the Saskatchewan Police Complaints Investigator has dismissed a complaint by Toronto-based actor Gregory Odjig who had accused two members of the Saskatoon Police Service of targeting him because he is Aboriginal.
Odjig held a news conference on Nov. 9, 2005 during which he made an allegation of misconduct against the members.
On the morning of Nov. 6…
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Red Sky Performance's new dance creation Shimmer is scheduled to have its world premiere on June 6 at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa.
The work, commissioned by the Canada Dance Festival is a collaboration between artists from Canada and the Torres Straight Islands of Australia.
Shimmer was conceived by Red Sky artistic director Sandra Laronde, who also directs…
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The recent flooding that has forced the evacuation of most of the residents of Kashechewan First Nation may also serve to speed up the process to relocate the community.
News reports state that Ontario's Aboriginal Affairs Minister David Ramsay supports a plan to move the reserve to higher ground 30 km further up the Albany River from its current location. Because it is…
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Maurice Vellacott has resigned as chair of the Commons Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development.
The Conservative MP for Saskatoon-Wanuskewin was a controversial choice to chair the committee because of his support for two Saskatoon police officers convicted of unlawful confinement in 2004 after dropping an Aboriginal man off on the outskirts of…
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The Ontario Federation of Indian Friendship Centres (OFIFC) will be receiving $1 million from the province to help pay for renovations to 23 friendship centres across Ontario.
"Friendship centres are very important as they are often the first point of contact for Aboriginal people arriving in urban centres," David Ramsay, the minister responsible for Aboriginal Affairs,…
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Joseph Boyden's First World War novel Three Day Road has earned the author the Canadian Author Association MOSAID Technologies Inc. Award for Fiction.
Boyden, who divides his time between Northern Ontario and Louisiana, is of Irish, Scottish and Metis heritage. In Three Day Road, as with his previous book, a collection of short stories entitled Born With a Tooth, he…
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To mark June 21, National Aboriginal Day, the Canadian Forces Leadership Institute and the Canadian Defence Academy are co-ordinating a two-day conference on Aboriginal contributions to the Canadian military.
Aboriginals and the Canadian Military: past, present, future will take place at the Royal Military College in Kingston on June 21 and 22.
The goal of the event…
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Michael White was "ecstatic" when he found out he would be one of this year's recipients of the University of Toronto President's Award for Outstanding Native Students of the Year, handed out each year to two Aboriginal students who have demonstrated excellence through their academic achievements and contributions to the Aboriginal community.
The honor came with a monetary…
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A sense of pride washed over Rebeka Tabobondung as she accepted one of this year's President's Award for Outstanding Native Students of the Year during ceremonies at the First Nations House (FNH) at the University of Toronto in early March.
"I feel very honored to get this award and very thankful," said 30-year old Tabobondung, a member of the Wausauksing First Nation of…
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Jodie-Lynn Waddilove from the Munsee-Delaware Nation has been selected as one of 12 National Aboriginal Health Organization (NAHO) national Aboriginal role models for 2006.
Waddilove, 29, is an Anishnabe (Ojibway) and Lenni Lenape (Delaware) lawyer who has worked with a number of legal and political organizations including the RCMP, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada,…
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Suzanne Rochon-Burnett, a Metis broadcaster and businesswoman who's passion for her work and her people earned her both awards and respect, died in Welland on April 2 at the age of 71.
Rochon-Burnett was born on March 10, 1935 in Ste. Adele near Montreal. She began her broadcast career in Quebec as host and producer of a daily women's radio program, then expanded into…
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Founded in 1982, Native Earth Performing Arts (NEPA) has dedicated itself to creating and producing Native theatre and dance productions. In March 2005, the organization expanded its mandate when it launched the Young Voices program, designed to provide young people between the ages of 16 and 24 with new ways of expressing themselves through the written word.
"We try to…
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The Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) has entered into a new partnership with the provincial government in order to try to improve the lives of people living within NAN territory.
The two partners announced creation of a Northern Table on March 21, designed to provide a forum to address the challenges faced by NAN communities and to try to close the socio-economic gap between…
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A group of close to 60 people gathered together at the Oak Street Housing Co-op in Toronto on March 12 to remember and honor the hundreds of Aboriginal women and children that have gone missing or have been murdered in Canada over the past four decades. The families and friends of those being honored were among those gathered, and the names of each of the missing and murdered-…