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Nicole Nicholas, 16, from Victoria has placed first in the 2005 Aboriginal Youth Writing Challenge with her story of first contact on the West Coast.
The Grade 11 student who attends Spectrum Community School wrote about a time when Europeans and Aboriginal peoples were first acquainted with each other.
It was a research project for her and she enjoyed writing the…
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Nicole Nicholas, 16, from Victoria has placed first in the 2005 Aboriginal Youth Writing Challenge with her story of first contact on the West Coast.
The Grade 11 student who attends Spectrum Community School wrote about a time when Europeans and Aboriginal peoples were first acquainted with each other.
It was a research project for her and she enjoyed writing the…
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After 140 years the B.C. government has prepared to come to terms with Aboriginal title and rights and will develop a new relationship with First Nations in the province.
The new relationship was promised in the government's throne speech on Sept. 12. It is essentially an agreement between the First Nations and the B.C. government to work towards common goals and…
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After 140 years the B.C. government has prepared to come to terms with Aboriginal title and rights and will develop a new relationship with First Nations in the province.
The new relationship was promised in the government's throne speech on Sept. 12. It is essentially an agreement between the First Nations and the B.C. government to work towards common goals and…
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An easy-to-use and attractive new Web site gives exposure to the Nuu-chah-nulth language, as well as a diversity of marine life in the region.
Visitors can simply point and click onto "Sea Creatures" found at the West Coast Vancouver Island Aquatic Management Board (AMB) homepage at www.…
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An easy-to-use and attractive new Web site gives exposure to the Nuu-chah-nulth language, as well as a diversity of marine life in the region.
Visitors can simply point and click onto "Sea Creatures" found at the West Coast Vancouver Island Aquatic Management Board (AMB) homepage at www.…
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DeDe DeRose was the first Aboriginal principal in the Kamloops school district, and she is now the first recipient of the Teacher Education Award from the Association of B.C. Deans of Education.
"DeDe DeRose has done outstanding work in supporting and promoting teacher education at the school level," Harro Van Brumelen, dean of Education at Trinity Western University and…
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DeDe DeRose was the first Aboriginal principal in the Kamloops school district, and she is now the first recipient of the Teacher Education Award from the Association of B.C. Deans of Education.
"DeDe DeRose has done outstanding work in supporting and promoting teacher education at the school level," Harro Van Brumelen, dean of Education at Trinity Western University and…
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Members of the Healing Our Spirit BC Aboriginal HIV/AIDs Society want to invite people to take part in their annual "AIDS Walk for Life" on Sept. 25.
The purpose of the walk is to help raise awareness about the HIV/AIDS epidemic and to assist the society in raising funds for Aboriginal HIV/AIDS programs and services.
The co-founders of the society were Frederick…
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Members of the Healing Our Spirit BC Aboriginal HIV/AIDs Society want to invite people to take part in their annual "AIDS Walk for Life" on Sept. 25.
The purpose of the walk is to help raise awareness about the HIV/AIDS epidemic and to assist the society in raising funds for Aboriginal HIV/AIDS programs and services.
The co-founders of the society were Frederick…
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The Native community said it needed a course to train management in order to develop the tourist industry in Native communities, and that is what Malaspina College is offering.
The Aboriginal Tourism Industry Development Program is intended to give Aboriginal leaders the skills to start and run tourist-based businesses.
The program is a nine-credit course that can…
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The Native community said it needed a course to train management in order to develop the tourist industry in Native communities, and that is what Malaspina College is offering.
The Aboriginal Tourism Industry Development Program is intended to give Aboriginal leaders the skills to start and run tourist-based businesses.
The program is a nine-credit course that can…
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An innovative new program funded by a generous donation of $200,000 from Bell Canada has given 14 young people a glimpse into exciting health careers.
According to Sue Aro, department head of Allied Health Programs at Vancouver Community College (VCC), counsellors and education co-ordinators at the lower mainland local schools recruited interested students from Grades 8…
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An innovative new program funded by a generous donation of $200,000 from Bell Canada has given 14 young people a glimpse into exciting health careers.
According to Sue Aro, department head of Allied Health Programs at Vancouver Community College (VCC), counsellors and education co-ordinators at the lower mainland local schools recruited interested students from Grades 8…
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Marlene Hale gave up high-paying jobs at five-star restaurants to teach people living with HIV/AIDS how to cook nutritious meals on a budget. Now, thanks to partnerships with the University of British Columbia, the City of Vancouver and the Musqueam First Nation, her students will gain access to an-eighth of an acre of fertile land to grow vegetables to supplement their diet.…