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A new program being offered by the Creating Hope Society aims at targeting an area that has often been overlooked.
The Indigenous Father鈥檚 Initiative provides Indigenous fathers with a supportive environment where they can share their stories with other fathers in a safe and positive environment.
鈥淢ost of the healing programs are focused more towards mothers. This creates the gap鈥
An Edmonton-based pilot project that in part helps Aboriginals enter the workforce has been deemed a success.
And officials with the Apprenticeship Prep Pilot Program are hoping the venture will continue in January of 2014.
The program, which is targeted at Aboriginals and immigrants under the age of 30, is a partnership between NorQuest College and the Alberta Pipe Trades鈥
Educating Indigenous students using an Indigenous whole child mindset has seen incredible results in provincial achievement tests for Grades 3, 6 and 9 at Mother Earth鈥檚 Children鈥檚 Charter School.
鈥淩ather than teach to the test, the students are taught skills to be successful,鈥 said principal Erin Danforth.
The specific technique used is the Picture Word Inductive Model,鈥
An honours project now underway at the University of Alberta is exploring the reach of Twitter for Indigenous communities, and studying potential opportunities for connecting with students.
For her project, titled Indigenous Twibes in 140 Characters or Less, U of A student Kirsten Lindquist is following five prominent Indigenous intellectuals who use Twitter, sharing information on social鈥
When Edmonton artist Heather Shillinglaw travelled to the Onchaminahos School at the Saddle Lake Cree Nation last fall, she was delighted with the budding talent that she observed amongst the students.
Shillinglaw is an artist-in-residence and was sponsored by the Alberta Foundation for the Arts to work with the students for a three-week period. She travelled the 180 km from Edmonton to鈥
The new Alberta Regional Chief for the Assembly of First Nations is ready to hold Prime Minister Stephen Harper鈥檚 鈥渇eet to the fire鈥 to ensure First Nations people are heard.
Cameron Alexis was elected by Alberta Chiefs and their proxies to the position on Jan. 31 in Calgary. The Alexis Nakota Sioux Chief was declared winner after the first ballot, having garnered 25 of 45 eligible鈥
Jordan Bennett鈥檚 studio on the University of Alberta鈥檚 campus is full of paintings, drawings and sculptures. But his favourite art form is music. While he comes from a family of visual artists, he also has classical piano training. But it isn鈥檛 playing the piano that gets him off. It鈥檚 being a DJ that does it for him.
鈥淲hen my art goes into a gallery, I don鈥檛 get to see how people鈥
Pathways hosts 7th annual round dance
On Jan. 26 Pathways Community Services hosted its 7th annual Friendship Round Dance at the Bowness Community Centre with 800 people attending. The traditional round dance brings the community together in the winter months. Free and open to all, the evening begins with a pipe ceremony followed by a feast of traditional food including鈥
Numbers were up for meals served at the annual New Year鈥檚 Day dinner hosted by the Bissell Centre.
Number of meals served for New Year鈥檚 Day up
Bissell Centre served 1,600 meals on New Year鈥檚 Day, up by 400 over the previous year. But that number doesn鈥檛 necessarily represent an increase in mouths fed, said Kristen Clark, manager of marketing and communications鈥
The Siksika Justice Department is considering if full Gladue report writing can better serve its members who go through the corrections system.
鈥(Aboriginal people) have the highest rates of incarceration in the jail system and it鈥檚 important that these reports be used to keep those people who don鈥檛 need to be in jail out of there,鈥 said Siksika First Nations Councillor Laverna McMaster鈥
The M茅tis Nation of Alberta is pleased to hear that the government will be implementing a consultation policy with the M茅tis.
However, Aaron Barner, executive director with the MNA, says the M茅tis need to be fully engaged in that process.
鈥淲e want to work with the government. We don鈥檛 want them to develop it in a vacuum ... and bring it to us. We need to be involved right from鈥
In Edmonton, labour and public interest groups came together to declare their support for the Idle No More movement, while in Lubicon Lake territory, members blocked highway 986. These actions, as well as others across the province and the country, marked the opening of Parliament on Jan. 28 and declared the fight against Bills C-38 and C-45 were continuing.
Morningstar Mercredi, who鈥
Aboriginal Relations Minister Robin Campbell has made it clear: his government will not be considering resource revenue sharing with First Nations.
Campbell addressed a group of Chiefs and representatives from First Nations from Alberta and Saskatchewan at the Western Aboriginal Consultation and Negotiation forum on Jan. 29, pledging that his government would 鈥渘o longer 鈥 accept the鈥
鈥淚dle No More is a wakening to all the people of this land,鈥 said Samson Cree Elder Cecil Nepoose.
That thought was just one of many shared by a panel of six at the University of Alberta, who spoke about the movement in a three-hour presentation on Feb. 8.
鈥淲hat we heard from the panelists today is that the Idle No More movement has meant numerous things to Indigenous peoples鈥
Calgary was recognized as the Cultural Capital of Canada in 2012, embracing its Aboriginal cultural along with the rest of its diversity. The Calgary Stampede which celebrated its centenary also embraced its First Nation involvement.
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鈥淭he rise in the number of youth and Aboriginal people who are homeless in鈥