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Mohawk motivational speaker Quincy Mack teaches young people to set challenging goals for themselves. The Brantford man recently delivered his "dare to be different" message to a student assembly at Wasse Abin High School on Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve.
A self-described "motivational entertainer," QMack, as he is known, has toured more than 200 schools to amuse and…
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Knowledge and prevention are the best tools to ensure that inexperienced young workers survive the first few weeks on the job. Since novice employees account for 18 per cent of the lost time injuries in construction, orientation to work hazards is crucial.
According to the Construction Safety Association of Ontario (CSAO), there is correlation between injuries and age.…
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Aboriginal populations have a lot more middle ear problems than do other populations. A 1999 First Nations and Inuit regional health survey reports rates 11 per cent to 20 per cent higher in First Nations and Inuit youth than in non-Aboriginal youth, declining as their age rises.
Dawn Walker, special advisor to the assistant deputy minister of First Nations Health in the…
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DRYDEN-Nineteen-year-old Joelle Gamble, a student at Dryden High School, is one of five Canadian young people receiving a scholarship from Royal Bank's RBC Financial Group this year.
The winners receive an annual scholarship of $4,000 for a maximum of four years at university or two years at community college. They also get preferential treatment, if they are studying…
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It's said that the shortest distance between two people is a story. When Gerald McMaster spoke in Toronto on March 17, he was the last speaker for this season's distinguished speakers series, organized by the department of Aboriginal studies at the University of Toronto. McMaster, a Plains Cree from the Red Pheasant Reserve in Saskatchewan, is an artist, but he was in Toronto to…
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Once a year, Clara Prince, 65, makes a four-day pilgrimage from her home in Timmins to Kitchener, to take part in the White Owl Traditional Spring Feast at the Victoria Park Pavilion hall.
The Weejeendimin Native Resource Centre in 1985 began holding a feast in the spring and fall for Aboriginal people who they believe would not otherwise get a chance to celebrate the…
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A project to save Aboriginal languages is being developed at the Centre for Aboriginal Education Research and Culture at Carlton University.
John Medicine Horse Kelly brought his idea to revitalize Aboriginal languages to his post as the centre's director in January 2001.
Kelly originally is from Skidegate Village in Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands) off…
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Toronto Aboriginal Business Association (TABA) is giving business owners the opportunity to network within their community and giving them ideas on how to become stronger in the business world.
TABA was formed two years ago as a partnership with Miziwe Biik Aboriginal Employment and Training Organization, located in downtown Toronto.
"There was a demand to bring all…
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Some Hamilton area Metis women are partnering with the Aboriginal Healing Foundation this spring in a project to move people past the traumatic events in their lives and on to a new emotional start.
The group running the project, which will include a June 14-15 gathering at Niagara Regional Native Centre in Niagara-On-The-Lake, is the Metis Women's Circle. Founder and…
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OTTAWA-The federal government has renewed its commitment to urban Aboriginal youth by extending the Urban Multipurpose Aboriginal Youth Centres (UMAYC) Initiative two more years.
The program, which has been funding projects and activities benefiting urban Aboriginal youth since 1998, was scheduled to end this year. The goal of the project is to create a network of urban…
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Pauline Johnson, or Tekahionwake (1861-1913), the well-known Mohawk-English poet and orator from the Six Nations of the Grand River Territory, travelled around the country performing and reciting her poetry. Now a group of writers from Six Nations are making sure her words are heard again, along with their own.
The Six Nations Writers and Chiefswood National Historic Site…
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Tyke division: A final-Fort William (7) vs Whitefish River (8). B final-Sagamok (14) vs M'Chigeeng (1). C final-Wikwemikong (9) vs Garden River (1). D final-Dokis/Nipissing (0) vs Cape Croker (8).
Jr. Girls division: A final- Akwesasne (0) vs M'Chigeeng (2). B final-Fort William (2) vs Nipissing (0).
Sr. Girls division: A final-Akwesasne (3) vs Garden River (1). B…
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Another successful Little Native Hockey League tournament has come and gone in Ontario.
The Little NHL, as it is most commonly referred to, began 32 years ago with four days of good hockey for youth of all ages.
This year's tournament, which concluded March 13 in Sudbury, saw 113 teams take to the ice at various arenas throughout the region.
Every year, the…
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Although Leanne Simpson has an impressive string of academic qualifications behind her name and is the director of Indigenous environmental studies at Trent University, her role at a recent environmental forum in Owen Sound was not as an expert.
Her last-minute attendance at the Great Lakes Water Conference held March 28 to 30 was to bring a traditional Water Ceremony to…
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On March 2, the Woodland Cultural Centre presented An Afternoon of Readings, which featured three, one-act plays by Six Nations playwrights ElizaBeth Hill, Yvonne Beaver and Ken Davis. Tom Hill, director of the Woodland Cultural Centre, served as master of ceremonies. Lorne Cardinal, Cheri Maracle-Cardinal and Tim Hill read several acts each, helped along by three young…