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Lennox Island youth try out different jobs in summer program – CBC
‘Now I’ve seen that you can actually have a variety of things that you want to do’ Aug 31, 2018 It was the first time some Lennox Island First Nation youth had been on a working ranch — and it was an eye opening experience. “If you try something new, it’s usually pretty cool,” said […]
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A snack, a walk, a place to talk: Labrador youth launch mental health sharing circle – CBC
‘I’ve seen a lot of suicide in our communities,’ says Lianna Rice Jul 08, 2018 Two young Indigenous women are inviting their peers to join them for mental health sharing circles in Happy Valley-Goose Bay in hopes of combating high rates of suicide and substance abuse in the area. Lianna Rice and Deseray Rich are […]
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NL Government: Workshops Support Youth in Becoming Safe and Responsible Hunters
June 27, 2018 The Department of Fisheries and Land Resources is partnering with local rod and gun associations to offer hunter skills workshops to young people between the ages of 12 and 17. Forestry and wildlife officials will be providing support to the St. John’s Rod and Gun Club, Notre Dame Rod and Gun Association, […]
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They danced in Classified’s new video and prayed for the missing and murdered – CBC
April 12, 2018 Summer Sylliboy and Jaici Syliboy, both 11, in music video about missing, murdered Indigenous women Eleven-year-old Summer Sylliboy says it was a “blessing” to be in a music video played this week for her Grade 6 classmates — one that’s so thought-provoking, a few wiped tears away as they watched it in their […]
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Engaging youth to capture indigenous history focus of lecture at the University of New Brunswick
March 27, 2018 FREDERICTON — For Maine ethnohistorian Micah Pawling, there is an urgency to record today’s indigenous history. He’s working with the Passamaquoddy in a project that will involve them in recording their own cultural history by capturing knowledge from their elders. “Our project is about empowering people to engage in, and to actually […]
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RCMP Foundation launches youth program for Acadia First Nation
On March 1, the RCMP Foundation is launching a youth program in Gold River which is part of Acadia First Nation. The program is funded in partnership with the RCMP Foundation, through a generous donation from Mr. John Risley, a local businessman. Mr. Risley requested his donation be used to fund programming for Indigenous youth in […]
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Labrador Inuit Youth Symposium taking place in Makkovik – Nunatsiavut Government
February 23, 2018 This year’s Labrador Inuit Youth Symposium aims to strengthen, empower, and inspire delegates to express their concerns on a wide range of topics. The annual event, taking place in Makkovik March 1-5, will gather five youth from each of the five Labrador Inuit communities and Upper Lake Melville, along with one from […]
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New Brunswick First Nation youth call for equality and fairness – Globalnews.ca
February 13, 2018 As part of a country-wide initiative New Brunswick First Nations people rallied outside the provincial legislature in support of their youngest members. Have a Heart Day was started in 1998 to bring attention and awareness to First Nations youths and the challenges they face. Kendra Levi-Paul, 11, of Listuguj First Nation traveled […]
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Canadian Council of Child and Youth Advocates – Statement regarding Indigenous child welfare
TORONTO, Jan. 31, 2018 – Following last week’s emergency meeting on Indigenous child welfare in Ottawa, convened by Indigenous Services Minister Jane Philpott and Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett, the Canadian Council of Child and Youth Advocates (CCCYA) has issued the following statement: As independent child advocates from nine provinces and two […]
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Voices of Indigenous youth shared online in cross-Canada project
Winnipeg – January 26, 2018 – As the 70th anniversary year of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights begins, voices of Indigenous youth across Canada have been shared through a new website, where they reflect on human rights and reconciliation Video and artwork from the “Spirit Panel” project – which created visual and interactive exhibit […]
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