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Delivering as One: Annual Highlights 2013/14 presents recent achievements of Canada’s cancer strategy

Canadian Partnership Against Cancer ANNUAL REPORT 2013/14 MESSAGES FROM OUR CHAIR AND CEO As I step down from my role as Chair after seven years on the Board, I want to say what a privilege it has been to be associated with the Partnership during this exciting time. I’ve seen first-hand how health professionals and […]

by aanationtalk on September 4, 20141260 Views

November, 2008 All Chiefs’ Assembly: Background Documents

On November 25-27, 2008, an All-Chiefs Assembly on Proposed Recognition Legislation was held at the Chief Joe Mathias Centre in North Vancouver, BC. The purpose of this Assembly was for First Nations leaders to review and provide direction on key elements of potential recognition legislation. A number of background documents were prepared to assist in the Assembly’s deliberations and are appended to this memorandum as follows:

by NationTalk on March 17, 20091963 Views

Majority of BC families Can’t Get Ahead: Study Reveals 30-year Decline in Incomes for All but the Richest

March 10, 2009

Vancouver) A new study reveals that BC’s poor and middle class families are in worse financial shape than their parents’ generation. The study, released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, finds that fully 60% of families with children are earning less than their counterparts in the late 1970s, while incomes for the wealthiest 10% have increased dramatically. The result is a widening gap between the rich and the rest of the population.

by NationTalk on March 16, 20092086 Views

Multi-Sport Game Review

YELLOWKNIFE (March 12, 2009) – The release of the Multi-Sport Games Review was announced today by the Honourable Robert C. McLeod, Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs (MACA). The report was commissioned by MACA, in consultation with the Northwest Territories (NWT) Sport and Recreation Council, to guide the development of a long-term plan for the NWT’s involvement in multi-sport games.

by NationTalk on March 14, 20092361 Views

Frontiers Foundation: International Aboriginal Community Advancement and Voluntary Service

Frontiers Foundation: International Aboriginal Community Advancement and Voluntary Service 2004 – 2008

by NationTalk on March 12, 20091684 Views

IGH Strategic Plan 2009-2012

Gender Matters!

Table of Contents

Message from the Scientific Director
Introduction and Background
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research
The Institute of Gender and Health
Gender and Sex: Definitions and Context
Strategic Research Directions
Capacity-Building Strategies
Priority Topic Areas
The Path Forward

Appendices

A: IGH Management Team and Advisory Board
B: Strategic Planning Methodology

by NationTalk on March 12, 20092319 Views

Report of the Auditor General to the Yukon Legislative Assembly—Public Schools and Advanced Education

11 March 2009

First Nations education in Yukon

11. Yukon is home to 14 First Nations who make up about 25 percent of the Yukon population. In the late 19th century, missionaries, with financial support from the federal government, introduced Western schooling to Yukon First Nations. At the time, the Indian Act empowered the federal government to provide for the education of Status Indian children in schools.

by NationTalk on March 11, 20092525 Views

The State of The First Nation Economy and The Struggle to Make Poverty History

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY1

It was almost 40 years ago when the Indian Tribes of Manitoba issued their statement called Wahbung: Our Tomorrows,2 outlining a vision of their relationship with Canada and the steps that would need to be taken to restore balance in relationships and assure self‐sufficiency for future generations. It was a document specific to Manitoba but reflective of principles that are reflected in the aspirations of First Nations in all parts of Canada:

by NationTalk on March 11, 20093182 Views

Welcome to AFOA Canada National Conference Reports

Building Our Economy: Strategies for Success

Aboriginal leadership, management and financial strategies for creating success in our communities.

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by NationTalk on March 10, 20092099 Views

Regional Portrait of the Special Needs Situation for the First Nations of Quebec Clientele between the ages of 0 to 6 years

Highlights

• Approximately 83% of the respondents stated that their service or program has children who have special needs of which 256 children have been registered.

by NationTalk on March 10, 20091857 Views