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New positions to ease academic transitions, further develop Indigenous education – Brock News
January 12, 2022 This is one in a series of stories highlighting projects supported by Brock’s Academic Initiatives Fund (AIF), which was established by the University in spring 2021. AIF projects will address key priorities outlined in Brock’s Institutional Strategic Plan and position the University to face the challenges of recovery from the pandemic. To read other […]
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FNUniv’s Indigenous Continuing Education Centre (ICEC) provides Indigenous-focused non-accredited, short course programming.
January 12, 2022 On January 11, 2022, the First Nations University of Canada formally launched the Indigenous Continuing Education Centre (ICEC), based out of the Regina Campus. As Canada’s only national Indigenous-owned post-secondary institution, with established community-based programs, it is a natural expansion for the First Nations University of Canada (FNUniv) to establish an Indigenous […]
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Government of Canada invests in talented graduate scholars and postdoctoral researchers
January 12, 2022 Graduate students and postdoctoral researchers play a crucial role in Canada’s research ecosystem by pushing the frontiers of knowledge. Their discoveries and innovations help ensure that Canada is healthier, more equitable, more prosperous and greener. That is why today, the Government of Canada announced that the three federal research granting agencies, the Canadian Institutes […]
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Pandemic, stigma a double barrier to health care for people who use substances, says public health expert – Folio
January 12, 2022 Elaine Hyshka is one of three leading U of A researchers to join the ranks of new and renewed Canada Research Chairs. Hospitals aren’t better equipped to help those struggling with a substance use disorder because of ongoing stigma in health care, according to a University of Alberta public health researcher who […]
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Building a better world with the knowledge of Indigenous Peoples – Dal News
January 12, 2022 “My people told me, ‘Sherry, you’re never going to understand treaty rights until you go moose hunting,” recalls Sherry Pictou, Dalhousie’s Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Governance. So, she went. And after a few days of camping out and tracking the massive animals in Unama’ki (Cape Breton), Nova Scotia, she witnessed the […]
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UWinnipeg student launches Swampy Cree app
nēhinawēwin App officially launches Friday, January 14 University of Winnipeg student Cameron Adams officially launches the newn-dialect language app, nēhinawēwin , on Friday, January 14 on Facebook Live. The event will include a demonstration of the app and it’s features. Adams was inspired to create the new language app after taking first-year Cree courses at […]
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“Vous l’savez astheure”, a project of the Conseil scolaire public du Grand Nord de l’Ontario, supported by Groupe Média TFO, to educate Canadian youth about First Nations history
New instructive and entertaining youth programming to support and raise awareness of First Nations history is now available for free on idello.org. “Vous l’savez astheure” is a testament to the importance placed on inclusive education, equality, respect and solidarity. TORONTO, Jan. 12, 2022 – In a time of collective awakening about history and reconciliation with Indigenous […]
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Indigenous Initiatives Fund proposals now open – UM Today
January 11, 2022 — A framework and resources for working in good ways with Indigenous community partners was created following consultations with nearly 100 people, most of whom belong to Indigenous communities in Manitoba, Belize, Ecuador and Chile. An accessible learning tool, inspired by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Call to Action #62, is underway to […]
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Cowichan Tribes members vote to reclaim education rights – CTV News
Jan. 11, 2022 Cowichan Tribes are calling it a historic vote, 15 years in the making. That vote was to accept the education jurisdiction agreement and law-making protocol with the Government of Canada, which gives the Cowichan Tribes the right to return education authority to its own nation. Kindergarten and Grade One students at Quw’utsun […]
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Sask. technical institute seeks an ‘auntie-in-residence’ for entrepreneur program – CBC
Jan 12, 2022 New role aims to help Indigenous students with entrepreneurial skills The Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies (SIIT) has created an “auntie-in-residence” position to help mentor Indigenous students who want to run their own businesses. “We have a strong emphasis on community and kinship amongst our students and so by having this auntie-in-residence, […]
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