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Sidhu explained that CAG will negotiate consultations between community members and policy decision makers to ensure the plan is cohesive.
“We will start to narrow in on things that the city can do to basically kickstart these efforts as real efforts,” he added.
The group is currently comprised of members representing 25 organizations from a variety of sectors. Among them are energy conglomerates Wascana Solar Co-operative, SaskPower, and Saskatchewan Electric Vehicle Association; educational bodies like Miller High School Environmental Club and Regina Catholic School Division; and First Nations groups including File Hills Qu’Appelle Tribal Council and Metis Nation of Saskatchewan.
Indigenous leaders worry how a year of lost cultural gatherings impacts their communities
April 29, 2021
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Indigenous leaders worry about how losing cultural gatherings this past year is impacting the mental health of their communities, as well as opportunities to celebrate their culture.
Chief Allan Adam of Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation (ACFN), and board president of the Athabasca Tribal Council (ATC), said losing cultural gatherings is one of many factors hurting mental health in Fort Chipewyan. The community usually hosts seven cultural events annually that bring people together.
“You’re really starting to see the social impacts of not gathering. People are wandering around feeling lost and isolated,” said Adam. “Cultural activities keep people together.”
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The Edmonton Public School Board (EPSB) will be asking for a non-confidence vote on the draft K-6 curriculum at a spring meeting of the Alberta School Board Association (ASBA) in June.
Trustees passed a motion 6-2 Tuesday afternoon that, if the resolution is approved and passes at the ASBA meeting, would see the association lobby the government to halt the curriculum pilots and demand a rewrite. It says the draft is rife with errors and plagiarism, is not age-appropriate, and it does not reflect the province’s diversity.
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Melfort, SK, Canada / CJVR Today s Best Country
Apr 26, 2021 3:00 PM
Transparency and education are big focuses for Dennis Miller as the Metis Nation Saskatchewan (MN-S) holds elections for their legislative assembly.
Miller is running in the Eastern II region to be the regional representative in the MN-S.
Now retired, Miller has spent most of his life in Tisdale, spending about 40 years working in the automotive industry. He also ran a video rental store in the 1990’s.
He said that education is a major step and causes a trickle-down effect for opportunities down the road.
“If you’ve got education, you have access to better housing, better jobs,” Miller told
Kenora, ON, Canada / 89.5 The Lake
Apr 27, 2021 8:02 AM
The Metis Nation of Ontario is feeling positive as substantial investments were made in the recent federal budget that aligns with their goals.
MNO President Margaret Froh says programming support in one specific area will go a long way in improving the quality of life for Metis children and families across the province.
“An additional two and a half billion dollars committed to enhanced existing distinction-based approaches to indigenous early learning and child care, which is going to be huge,” says Froh.
She also welcomes Canada’s commitment to co-develop the Action Plan to implement legislation on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.