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Farmers’ Market Voucher Program Returns, Expands
May 14, 2025 Students from pre-primary to Grade 12, post-secondary students and new Nova Scotians will receive Nova Scotia Loyal vouchers to help them discover and enjoy local products at participating farmers’ markets. The $10 voucher will be sent home this month with all public school and Mi’kmaw Kina’matnewey students and clients of the Immigrant […]
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New Program Supports Grade 12 Students with Disabilities
May 7, 2025 A new program launching this fall will support Grade 12 students with disabilities as they prepare to transition from school to community and enter early adulthood. “Leaving school is an important time for young people and their families – a time of big change and big decisions,” said Scott Armstrong, Minister of […]
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MUN’s Indigenous Verification Policy major step forward in protecting Indigenous rights
April 24, 2025 The Nunatsiavut Government strongly supports Memorial University’s draft Indigenous Verification Policy, recognizing its vital role in affirming Indigenous identity and protecting academic spaces for Inuit and other true Indigenous peoples. “This policy affirms a principle that Inuit and other real Indigenous peoples have always known: Indigenous identity is not a matter of […]
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Open letter to MUN Board of Regents
NunatuKavut Youth and MUN Alumni—Your Voice Is Power. It’s Time to Rise. When injustice shows up, we show up louder. Memorial University’s draft Indigenous Verification Policy is threatening to erase our identity; the rights and futures of NunatuKavut Inuit youth—something no institution has the right to do. “A biased policy would exclude NunatuKavut Inuit – […]
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N.L. schools ordered to destroy new books containing ‘inaccurate information’ on Indigenous people – CBC
Mar 28, 2025 Education Dept. paid $200K for the 8,600 shredded books 2 years ago Newfoundland and Labrador’s Department of Education ordered its schools to destroy thousands of books purchased two years ago because they contained “inaccurate information” about the territories, culture and history of the province’s Indigenous peoples. On Feb. 3, school administrators were told to […]
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Government of Newfoundland and Labrador Supports West Coast Investment Attraction
March 20, 2025 The Honourable Andrew Parsons, KC, Minister of Industry, Energy and Technology, today announced total investments of $59,411 for three projects in the western region which will help boost the area’s potential for investment attraction, as well as provincial food security. The City of Corner Brook will receive $46,090 to secure a consultant […]
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A gesture of understanding: Dal studio course supports faculty in decolonizing pedagogies – Dalhousie University
February 14, 2025 Do you know the difference between the Mi’kmaw words Wela’lin and Wela’lioq? As expressions of thanks, they’re among the language’s most-used words. But the distinction between them — the former used in offering thanks to an individual, the latter a group — is lost on many who aren’t fluent. Participants in a studio course […]
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Wabanaki Midwinter Celebrations: February 10-13
Join Indigenous Student Services for Midwinter Presentations from February 10–13 at the Wabanaki Centre and the Dawn Russell Student Lounge. Learn about different elements of Midwinter from presenters Merl Millier, Elder Alma Brooks, Edith Belanger, and Sherri Mitchell. This event is open to all, and food will be provided. Midwinter Presentations Schedule What is Midwinter? […]
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Discover the Indigenous Economic Progress Report Webinar Series
Join us for an insightful webinar series inspired by the National Indigenous Economic Development Board’s 2024 Indigenous Economic Progress Report (IEPR), co-hosted by Mary Beth Doucette, Purdy Crawford Chair in Aboriginal Business Studies at Cape Breton University and Dr. Deborah Saucier of Vancouver Island University. This webinar series brings together data, expert analysis, and diverse […]
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Education Accord NL Interim Report Released
January 9, 2025 Today, the Provincial Government released Education Accord NL’s interim report, A Vision for the Future: Transforming and Modernizing Education. Education Accord NL Co-Chairs Dr. Anne Burke and Dr. Karen Goodnough will be available to media tomorrow (Friday, January 10) to discuss the interim report. The co-chairs will be joined by the Honourable […]
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