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IWCL: Combating Indigenous Youth Suicide
February 15, 2019 Rhonda Head is a participant in Coady’s Indigenous Women in Community Leadership program, looking forward to graduating later this winter. As a five-time international award winning classical singer from Opaskwayak Cree Nation, Rhonda fuses classical music and the Cree language. In November 2018, she released the classic Ava Maria in Cree. Now, as a Coady […]
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Read MoreSTU Indigenous Film Series looks at Residential Schools impacts – Brunswickan
February 18, 2019 The 2017 film Indian Horse was showcased as part of St. Thomas University’s Indigenous film series, organized by the Senate Committee on Reconciliation. The film Indian Horse, directed by Stephen Campanelli and co-produced by Clint Eastwood, is based on Richard Wagamese’s acclaimed novel of the same title, published in 2012. The novel […]
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Read MoreMemorial U of Newfoundland: $16-million investment focuses on climate change, coastal communities
February 14, 2019 The Ocean Frontier Institute (OFI) has launched its next phase of ocean research, with a plan to invest approximately $16 million in projects that will examine climate change and how changes to the North Atlantic impact coastal communities. The funds will be distributed through a two-phased, peer-reviewed application process. OFI, a partnership led by […]
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Read MoreMemorial U of Newfoundland: One-of-a-kind: Connecting to Labrador roots while helping lead critical marine research
February 14, 2019 It’s an opportunity most undergrads never get. Little wonder, then, that Natasha Healey jumped at the chance to help run one of Memorial’s most progressive science labs – one of only two in Canada and one of four such facilities in North America. The third-year undergraduate geography and earth sciences student in […]
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Read MoreNelson White – Gazette
Feb. 15, 2019 Editor’s note: This article originally appeared in the fall 2018 issue of the Newfoundland Quarterly. Republished with permission. When and where were you born? Way back in 1966 in Flat Bay, Newfoundland. My parents still live there. When and where did you study? Art school was the Bay St. George Community College […]
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Read MoreWe are all students – Gazette
Feb. 15, 2019 Erica Hurley is a Mi’kmaw nurse educator at Grenfell Campus’ Western Regional School of Nursing. Recognizing the need for Indigenous knowledge and views in the Memorial University community, Ms. Hurley regularly contributes her perspectives, information and support for the continued inclusion of Indigenous content in Memorial’s nursing program and other initiatives. Read […]
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Read MoreNB Government: Media advisory – Have a Heart Day
Event : Fredericton : 14 February 2019, 2:00 PM EDITOR’S NOTE: Have a Heart Day, an aboriginal children- and youth-led event, will be marked at 2 p.m. TODAY, Thursday, Feb. 14, in the lobby of Chancery Place, 675 King St., Fredericton. Premier Blaine Higgs, Aboriginal Affairs Minister Jake Stewart and aboriginal youth advocate Cassey Perley will […]
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Read MoreCoady International Institute: Oceanpath Fellow to Represent Canada at G(irls)20 Summit
February 13, 2019 Kaitlyn Gillelan is a participant in Coady’s Oceanpath Fellowship for young leaders. As part of the fellowship, she is completing a nine-month community phase, implementing an art therapy program for youth in the isolated northern community of Pond Inlet, Nunavut, Canada. “My connection to the community of Pond Inlet first started during the summer […]
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Read MoreRelationship building – Gazette
Feb. 12, 2019 Two bachelor of social work (BSW) students are completing their field practica in Hopedale, Labrador, this winter. The School of Social Work has partnered with the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador’s Department of Children, Seniors and Social Development to support Lindsay Wilson and Megan Spurrell in completing field practica focused on Indigenous […]
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Read MoreIndigenization is Indigenous – Gazette
Feb. 12, 2019 A lot of people are talking about Indigenization. We’ve noticed that it has taken on several meanings, some of which contradict one another. Indigenization means change led by Indigenous people to bring Indigenous ways of knowing, being and doing into spaces that are not designed for those ways. Indigenous way of doing […]
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