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Established in 1983 to serve the needs of northern Alberta, Windspeaker became a national newspaper on its 10th anniversary in 1993.
With a national labor shortage upon us across Canada, some employers are expecting the availability of qualified Aboriginal employees to be part of the solution.
Aboriginal people want to be included. From industry’s perspective, they must be included.
National Inuit Leader Mary Simon, president of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, joined forces with Canada’s four other Aboriginal leaders…
BMO Capital Markets will for a third consecutive year make a donation to
the National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation, which will assist First Nations, Inuit and Métis students pursuing post-secondary education. BMO Capital Markets support the foundation through its Equity Through Education program. The foundation is among a number of other charities which will benefit…
Two hundred and sixty-five delegates attended the National Aboriginal Business Conference hosted by the Osoyoos Indian Band Sept. 14 and 15. The focus of the conference was networking and discussions around joint ventures.
Case studies and examples of joint ventures were presented in a panel-style format during the two-day event. Representatives of resource development companies…
Social advocate no stranger to mopping floors
Returning late to the Winnipeg Friendship Centre one evening, Don Marks found his executive director mopping the floor in the bingo hall for an upcoming event.
Marks said his former boss, the late Mary Richard, taught him an important lesson about humility and serving.
There was nobody else around and the job…
Quemeez, a baby moccasin-making company, is bursting at the seams with success.
It’s been almost a year since entrepreneur Sunshine Tenasco-Brazeau hit the ground running after leaving CBC’s television program Dragons’ Den with a $20,000 loan from Dragons Arlene Dickinson and Brett Wilson.
She pitched her business to the Dragons last fall (the show aired earlier this year),…
Artist—Desiree Dorion
Song—Soul Back Jack
Album—Soul Back Jack
Label—Independent
A recent article in the Winnipeg Free Press noted that Desiree Dorion is a lawyer.
Whether her legal expertise helped in the making of this album is uncertain, but the question put forth is: can this lawyer sing? Not only can Ms. Dorion sing but she receives writing credits for all…
Windspeaker: What one quality do you most value in a friend?
Brian Knockwood: One quality that I value most in a friend is being there when I need them. Whether it is a shoulder to cry on after getting dumped by my snag, or if I am in need of a wing man for the following weekend, it really means a lot to me if I can depend on them to be there when…
People are upset that the person heading up
the inquiry into the investigation of serial killer Willie Pickton is none other than Wally Oppal, British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell’s former attorney general. Oppal served as attorney general from 2005 to 2009 when he was defeated as an MLA in the provincial election. Many are saying Oppal’s association with the…
Perhaps there is a way to close the education gap between Aboriginal peoples and their non-Aboriginal counterparts without throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
Canada is considering the way it funds education, while First Nations leaders are decrying the underfunding and commitment of government to educate their people.
On Sept. 21, the Assembly of First Nations began a week…
University of British Columbia Professor David Close has discovered a steroid hormone in the Pacific lamprey that may help in the conservation of this eel-like fish, which dates back 500 million years and is culturally important to the tribes of the Columbia River.
The identification of the stress hormone also provides insight to evolutionary science about the development of stress…
The Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) held an Admissions Information Session on Aug. 16 for Aboriginal students who may be interested in pursuing a career in medicine.
The session focused on Aboriginal people who are interested in applying to medical school, and highlighted some of the services and resources the school makes available to them. It also included information about the…
It’s official.
There will be no North American Indigenous Games (NAIG) in 2011.
But the Aboriginal Sport Circle (ASC), the governing body for Aboriginal sports in Canada, has stepped up and offered to help organize a variation of the games in 2012.
The 2011 NAIG had originally been awarded to Milwaukee, but the host organization announced in late June that it was withdrawing…
Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Shawn Atleo is prepared to fight for parity in education outcomes of First Nations youth. He wants to see the graduation rate of First Nations students on par with its non-Aboriginal peers.
Education was one of the main discussion points at the 31st AFN general assembly. On July 22, the last day of the three-day conference, the AFN released…
In a significant corner of a century-old garden in France, a First Nations garden holds a place of honor.
Ohtehra, (meaning root) happened as the result of a friendship between two directors, Gilles Vincent of Montreal Botanical Garden and Pascal Garb of Jardins Fruitiers de Laquenexy in Metz, France.
“It has been a three-year journey and much human energy before the spring…
THE ATLANTIC POLICY CONGRESS HAS PARTNERED
with the federal government to see new investments to support Atlantic First Nations fisheries enterprises. The announcement was made on Aug. 31.
“I am pleased to see that First Nations people and communities in the Atlantic will continue to be key players in the Atlantic fishery,” said Assembly of First Nations National…