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Canadian Satellite Communications Inc. (Cancom) announced the winners

of the Ross Charles Award on April 10.

Elaine Shorty from Whitehorse, Poasie Joamie from Iqualuit and Craig

Wallace from Yellowknife are the three first northern Native

communications professionals to be honored by the receipt of these

awards.

The Ross Charles Award was created in December, 1995, by Cancom, in

partnership with the Canadian Native Arts Foundation and Television

Northern Canada (TVNC), to provide each year three young Aboriginal

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Canadian Satellite Communications Inc. (Cancom) announced the winners

of the Ross Charles Award on April 10.

Elaine Shorty from Whitehorse, Poasie Joamie from Iqualuit and Craig

Wallace from Yellowknife are the three first northern Native

communications professionals to be honored by the receipt of these

awards.

The Ross Charles Award was created in December, 1995, by Cancom, in

partnership with the Canadian Native Arts Foundation and Television

Northern Canada (TVNC), to provide each year three young Aboriginal

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On March 23, Dr. Murray Gray, Dean of Graduate Studies and Research

announced that the University will offer a new graduate program in First

Nations Education.

The new program will offer both a Master of Education in First Nations

Education and a Doctor of Philosophy in First Nations Education. It

will be housed within the Department of Educational Policy Studies, and

Drs. Stan and Peggy Wilson will jointly coordinate the program.

Both coordinators are from the Opaskwayak Cree Nation in Manitoba and

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Albert Charles Rock has lived his life in the fast lane, literally, as

an auto racer. He has also taken time, however, to become one of the

foremost Aboriginal product developers and entrepreneurs of our time.

The Metis man received a National Aboriginal Achievement Award this year

in the field of science and technology.

"It (the award) is very emotional" he said while surrounded by

well-wishers after the presentation ceremony. "There are almost no

words to describe it, and that's kind of strange. My son and I have won

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Albert Charles Rock has lived his life in the fast lane, literally, as

an auto racer. He has also taken time, however, to become one of the

foremost Aboriginal product developers and entrepreneurs of our time.

The Metis man received a National Aboriginal Achievement Award this year

in the field of science and technology.

"It (the award) is very emotional" he said while surrounded by

well-wishers after the presentation ceremony. "There are almost no

words to describe it, and that's kind of strange. My son and I have won

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Albert Charles Rock has lived his life in the fast lane, literally, as

an auto racer. He has also taken time, however, to become one of the

foremost Aboriginal product developers and entrepreneurs of our time.

The Metis man received a National Aboriginal Achievement Award this year

in the field of science and technology.

"It (the award) is very emotional" he said while surrounded by

well-wishers after the presentation ceremony. "There are almost no

words to describe it, and that's kind of strange. My son and I have won

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Ambassador Mary May Simon is the first Inuit person to assume the role

of ambassador for Canada. It is yet another active role for the former

broadcaster from Kangiqsujuaq, Que., who won the National Aboriginal

Achievement Award for environment.

When she was named Canada's Circumpolar Ambassador in October, 1994,

she was being appointed to a job she had helped to create. It was on

her initiative in 1986, that the Inuit Circumpolar conference, an

organization dedicated to the advancement of global Inuit and their

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Ambassador Mary May Simon is the first Inuit person to assume the role

of ambassador for Canada. It is yet another active role for the former

broadcaster from Kangiqsujuaq, Que., who won the National Aboriginal

Achievement Award for environment.

When she was named Canada's Circumpolar Ambassador in October, 1994,

she was being appointed to a job she had helped to create. It was on

her initiative in 1986, that the Inuit Circumpolar conference, an

organization dedicated to the advancement of global Inuit and their

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Ambassador Mary May Simon is the first Inuit person to assume the role

of ambassador for Canada. It is yet another active role for the former

broadcaster from Kangiqsujuaq, Que., who won the National Aboriginal

Achievement Award for environment.

When she was named Canada's Circumpolar Ambassador in October, 1994,

she was being appointed to a job she had helped to create. It was on

her initiative in 1986, that the Inuit Circumpolar conference, an

organization dedicated to the advancement of global Inuit and their

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Alwyn Morris is no stranger to awards. Since his gold-medal

performance in the two-man 1,000 m kayak event at the 1984 Olympic Games

in Los Angeles, Morris has received wide acclaim, both for his athletic

performances and his work off the field

The National Aboriginal Achievement Award for sports was given to

Morris, who lives in Kahnawake, Que., for "both his accomplishments and

the light of his example." Morris believes in the power of example, and

that was very apparent, in his comments after the ceremony in Winnipeg.