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Government of Canada nurturing cross-cultural awareness in Newfoundland and Labrador through Canada Service Corps project
From: Employment and Social Development Canada News release Cross-Cultural Youth Project to empower youth to address needs of Happy Valley-Goose Bay June 24, 2019 Goose Bay, Labrador Employment and Social Development Canada Canada’s future prosperity depends on young Canadians getting the experience and skills they need to start their careers and succeed. That is why […]
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Community celebrates student accomplishments at Gold River Eagle Feather Youth Program closing ceremony
On June 11, 15 First Nation middle and high school students from Acadia First Nation and the surrounding Chester area gathered at the Gold River Community Centre with family, volunteers, community leaders and invited guests to celebrate their completion of the Gold River Eagle Feather Youth Program. The program has been operating for two years […]
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Indigenous youth from PEI, Nova Scotia take ideas to Senate – The Vanguard
OTTAWA, Ont. — When it comes to forging a true nation-to-nation relationship, Richard Pellissier-Lush from Lennox Island First Nation in P.E.I. believes Canada has to do more than just hear what Indigenous people have to say. It also has to listen, he says. “It’s creating that communication,” Pellissier-Lush told SaltWire. “It’s not just hearing the […]
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Government of Canada provides support for youth in four New Brunswick communities
From: Public Safety Canada November 14, 2018 Saint John, New Brunswick Public Safety Canada Youth are Canada’s most valuable resource. However, there are many who are vulnerable, which is why the Government of Canada makes it a priority to support preventative programming for at-risk youth. Today, Wayne Long, Member of Parliament for Saint John–Rothesay, on […]
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Young leader recognized – Pictou Advocate
Marlee Paul is only nine years old but she’s already been recognized as a community leader. The beguiling Grade 5 student at Pictou Landing First Nation School was one of three recipients of the prestigious Sammy Gehue Achievement Award, which is presented by The Confederacy of Mainland Mi’kmaq to aspiring young leaders. In fact, Marlee […]
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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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