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University of Winnipeg student Bryan Hart can't think of a degree that will open up more opportunities for him than his split honors in economics and environmental studies.

"I came to the realization a lot of decisions are made based on economic principles. For example-the recent cutbacks in health care and almost all decisions in politics," he says about what got him interested in economics.

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University of Winnipeg student Bryan Hart can't think of a degree that will open up more opportunities for him than his split honors in economics and environmental studies.

"I came to the realization a lot of decisions are made based on economic principles. For example-the recent cutbacks in health care and almost all decisions in politics," he says about what got him interested in economics.

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When Spring Squires came to Children of the Earth high school four years ago, she hated school, and only went a couple of times a month.

But today, the attractive 20-year-old mother of two and honors student is president of the school's Grand Council and rarely misses a day. This is just one of many success stories to come out of Winnipeg's first high school created for Aboriginal students, Children of the Earth.

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When Spring Squires came to Children of the Earth high school four years ago, she hated school, and only went a couple of times a month.

But today, the attractive 20-year-old mother of two and honors student is president of the school's Grand Council and rarely misses a day. This is just one of many success stories to come out of Winnipeg's first high school created for Aboriginal students, Children of the Earth.

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A college diploma has brought respect she never thought she'd get to a Dene Nation grandmother.

Raised on Saskatchewan's Black Lake Reserve, 47-year-old Marie Rose Yooya took her place in June as one of the oldest of the 20 business administration graduates of the Indian Institute of Technology in Prince Albert.

"There were several things that had gone wrong and I was lost," she says of the dark period of her life just before taking the brave step to enter college.

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A college diploma has brought respect she never thought she'd get to a Dene Nation grandmother.

Raised on Saskatchewan's Black Lake Reserve, 47-year-old Marie Rose Yooya took her place in June as one of the oldest of the 20 business administration graduates of the Indian Institute of Technology in Prince Albert.

"There were several things that had gone wrong and I was lost," she says of the dark period of her life just before taking the brave step to enter college.

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A Newfoundland woman, Danika Edmunds, marked a milestone for Native grads this spring as the first woman of Inuit descent to earn a medical degree.

The 25-year-old woman took her place beside the other proud University of Alberta graduates in Edmonton and was joined at a luncheon later in the day by Noah Carpenter, Canada's only other Inuit doctor. He serves as a thoracic surgeon in Comox, B.C.

There's a severe shortage of Native medical doctors in Canada and Edmunds hopes to change that by encouraging other students to pursue medicine.

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A Newfoundland woman, Danika Edmunds, marked a milestone for Native grads this spring as the first woman of Inuit descent to earn a medical degree.

The 25-year-old woman took her place beside the other proud University of Alberta graduates in Edmonton and was joined at a luncheon later in the day by Noah Carpenter, Canada's only other Inuit doctor. He serves as a thoracic surgeon in Comox, B.C.

There's a severe shortage of Native medical doctors in Canada and Edmunds hopes to change that by encouraging other students to pursue medicine.

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Far too often we learn important lessons at the school of hard knocks where the tuition can run steep for the fledgling entrepreneur. Learning through trial and error can be costly.

A video information kit called, The Spirit Lives: Aboriginal Entrepreneurs in Canada, solves this difficulty by offering an interesting assortment of tips, as well as some helpful material that could supplement either a post-secondary or secondary education program.

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Far too often we learn important lessons at the school of hard knocks where the tuition can run steep for the fledgling entrepreneur. Learning through trial and error can be costly.

A video information kit called, The Spirit Lives: Aboriginal Entrepreneurs in Canada, solves this difficulty by offering an interesting assortment of tips, as well as some helpful material that could supplement either a post-secondary or secondary education program.