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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.
Achievement Page 5
Ontario Superior Court Judge Rose Toodick Boyko says she never had big dreams but has pursued interests that are meaningful to her, taking full advantage of opportunities she sees. This simple recipe for success has accompanied her since her earliest memories of life on a trapline on the Parsnip River at Findlay Forks, B.C.
Nevertheless, Boyko says she is "…
Achievement Page 4
David Gabriel Tuccaro is up to his elbows in business ventures, enjoying prosperity and success. Planning, staying committed through the difficulties, reading, taking courses to keep current, and hiring "the right people" are the reasons his dreams come true, he says.
Tuccaro imparts his business philosophy to his several companies: "to create opportunities for…
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Sixteen-year-old 'Alika LaFontaine seems to have it all together for his age: a close and loving family, a solid record of academic achievement, a career goal, community and peer support for just about everything he does, and to top it all off, he is recognized this year as the Youth recipient of the National Aboriginal Achievement Award.
You might think the…
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The former national chief of the Assembly of First Nations told a Sudbury gathering that Native people must come into their own identity and vision and stop fighting each other before the white culture will be attentive.
Ovide Mercredi, speaking at Laurentian University during its Native Awareness Week, opened his remarks by advising his audience that "we have to remind…
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The former national chief of the Assembly of First Nations told a Sudbury gathering that Native people must come into their own identity and vision and stop fighting each other before the white culture will be attentive.
Ovide Mercredi, speaking at Laurentian University during its Native Awareness Week, opened his remarks by advising his audience that "we have to remind…
Page 36
The former national chief of the Assembly of First Nations told a Sudbury gathering that Native people must come into their own identity and vision and stop fighting each other before the white culture will be attentive.
Ovide Mercredi, speaking at Laurentian University during its Native Awareness Week, opened his remarks by advising his audience that "we have to remind…
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Imagine picking up this newspaper just to try to fool your friends. Sure, you can scan through the pages looking at only the pictures, but the truth is, you can't read.
Other tasks involving reading that many people take for granted include filling out forms for a job application or school enrollment or government documents. You end up taking the forms home to get someone…
Page 34
Imagine picking up this newspaper just to try to fool your friends. Sure, you can scan through the pages looking at only the pictures, but the truth is, you can't read.
Other tasks involving reading that many people take for granted include filling out forms for a job application or school enrollment or government documents. You end up taking the forms home to get someone…
Page 34
Imagine picking up this newspaper just to try to fool your friends. Sure, you can scan through the pages looking at only the pictures, but the truth is, you can't read.
Other tasks involving reading that many people take for granted include filling out forms for a job application or school enrollment or government documents. You end up taking the forms home to get someone…
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A multi-media CD-Rom project is intended to help Elders in Grassy Narrows First Nation, Ont. pass the ancient Ojibway language and culture on to their grandchildren.
Elders felt powerless as English replaced Ojibway as the first language of local children over the past 20 years, said Roger Fobister, director of education for the Grassy Narrows Education Authority. With…
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A multi-media CD-Rom project is intended to help Elders in Grassy Narrows First Nation, Ont. pass the ancient Ojibway language and culture on to their grandchildren.
Elders felt powerless as English replaced Ojibway as the first language of local children over the past 20 years, said Roger Fobister, director of education for the Grassy Narrows Education Authority. With…
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A multi-media CD-Rom project is intended to help Elders in Grassy Narrows First Nation, Ont. pass the ancient Ojibway language and culture on to their grandchildren.
Elders felt powerless as English replaced Ojibway as the first language of local children over the past 20 years, said Roger Fobister, director of education for the Grassy Narrows Education Authority. With…
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Workfare became a reality in Ontario on New Year's Day.
From now on, welfare recipients in the province will have to work for their benefits, performing a variety of public service or make-work jobs in programs that will be administered locally.
It is still uncertain whether or not Ontario Works, the new provincial program, will impact First Nations communities -…
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Workfare became a reality in Ontario on New Year's Day.
From now on, welfare recipients in the province will have to work for their benefits, performing a variety of public service or make-work jobs in programs that will be administered locally.
It is still uncertain whether or not Ontario Works, the new provincial program, will impact First Nations communities -…
Page 29
Workfare became a reality in Ontario on New Year's Day.
From now on, welfare recipients in the province will have to work for their benefits, performing a variety of public service or make-work jobs in programs that will be administered locally.
It is still uncertain whether or not Ontario Works, the new provincial program, will impact First Nations communities -…