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Indigenous physician Janet Tootoosis is decolonizing health care though academia – MBC Radio
Dec 6, 2023 Among Cree people, it’s said that a community functions like a living organism. Each component is vital, working in tandem to make it operate as nature intended. Cut off one part, and the entire unit will run off balance. Correcting imbalanced social systems that are numb to the nuances of society’s participants […]
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Call to Celebrate: Indigenous Business Excellence – UM Today
December 6, 2023 — On November 16, 2023, law students from the L. Kerry Vickar Business Law Clinic attended the 17th annual Visionary Indigenous Business Excellence (VIBE) Awards, hosted by the Asper School of Business Indigenous Business Education Partners (IBEP) at the RBC Convention Centre in Winnipeg. Each year this event celebrates the achievements of Indigenous […]
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UQAT to train all of its students in Indigenous perspectives by 2026
ROUYN-NORANDA, QC, Dec. 6, 2023 – In order to ensure that all our programs are culturally relevant, the Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT) has embarked on a major initiative to include Indigenous perspectives throughout its academic curriculum. As part of a decolonization and reconciliation approach, several programs and courses designed, evaluated and revised for, […]
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Droids of the deep expand climate tracking in the northeast Pacific Ocean
December 5, 2023 Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) has expanded the reach of Pacific Ocean monitoring with the deployment of new deep-sea Argo floats that collect vital ocean data while traveling up and down through the water column, the space between the sea surface and the seafloor. The introduction of these drifting autonomous “droids of the […]
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Indigenous families face additional hurdles to child-care access – Capital Daily
December 5, 2023 Systemic barriers to safe and culturally representative child-care programs in Victoria The challenge of accessing affordable child care is very real for all families in the CRD. Capital Daily has reported on the child-care crisis in the region and the major challenges to solving this complex puzzle. For Indigenous families, the list […]
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Stereotypes of Indigenous people slower to change than labels, study suggests – Folio
December 06, 2023 Many non-Indigenous Canadians may have a ways to go in shedding negative stereotypes of Indigenous people, according to a recent study by a University of Alberta master’s student in psychology. When asked to respond to identifiers commonly used to describe Indigenous peoples in Canada — including Indigenous, Aboriginal, Native, First Nations, Métis, […]
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Federal government announces investment in energy efficient education facility in Beaver Lake Cree Nation
From: Infrastructure Canada Beaver Lake Cree Nation, Alberta, December 5, 2023 — A federal investment of more than $16.1 million will help construct a new education facility in Beaver Lake Cree Nation to improve the learning environment for students and staff. Announced by Minister Randy Boissonnault and Chief Gary D. Lameman of the Beaver Lake […]
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UBC Okanagan adds Indigenous Knowledges graduate programs – Castanet
Dec 5, 2023 UBC Okanagan has created a new pathway for students pursuing Indigenous studies, announcing that applications are now open for the Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies Indigenous Knowledges post-graduate degrees. The program–i?” sqilx? a?” cmiy?” t scmypnwí?ns?lx in Nsyilxcn–marks a significant stride in embedding Indigenous perspectives and wisdom within higher education. UBC Okanagan is the […]
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MMF outraged by removal of educational signage in Ottawa airport
December 5, 2023 Winnipeg, MB, in the National Homeland of the Red River Métis - Today, the Manitoba Métis Federation (MMF), the National Government of the Red River Métis, is fighting back against a unilateral decision made to remove educational signage that has been on display for over a year at an Ottawa airport. The MMF was informed […]
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English River First Nation poet-photographer named USask Indigenous Storyteller-in-Residence
Dec 5, 2023 Award-winning poet and photographer Tenille Campbell (BA’07, MFA’12) has been selected as the next Indigenous Storyteller-in-Residence for a 12-week residency with the University Library at the University of Saskatchewan (USask), beginning in January. “I’m incredibly excited to be working on campus with community, and to see where these next few months takes […]
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