Posts Tagged ‘Indigenous’
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Sunday, June 6th, 2010
June 5, 2010
The Ontario Native Education Counselling Association (ONECA) has released Walk In Our Moccasins: A Comprehensive Study of Aboriginal Education Counsellors in Ontario… The report addresses many of the challenges facing native students in post-secondary institutions and confirms the necessity of culturally validated curriculum. It also presents the need for parental and community involvement, academic readiness, social services, and the native counsellors to advocate on behalf of, and provide guidance to, First Nations students.
Tags: Indigenous
Posted in Education Debates, Equality Debates | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010
Jun 02 2010
First Nations children on reserves are eight times more likely than other children to be put into foster care or government institutions. These children are being taken from their families and their communities for a wide range of reasons, but the most common is what’s called “neglect.” This includes conditions of poverty, poor housing and physical and mental illnesses suffered by their parents. In other words, their families have not been able to provide the care that these children need. Not without support.
Tags: Indigenous, rights, standard of living
Posted in Equality Debates | 1 Comment »
Monday, May 31st, 2010
May 26, 2010
Today, Bill S-11, the Safe Drinking Water for First Nations Act was introduced in Parliament. At the same time, the Government of Canada announced the two year extension of the First Nations Water and Wastewater Action Plan… This legislation would make it possible for the Government of Canada, in collaboration with First Nations, to move forward on development of federal regulations that will provide a comparable level of protection for drinking water in First Nation communities as enjoyed by other Canadians.
Tags: Health, Indigenous, standard of living
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Saturday, May 1st, 2010
May 01 2010
…40 per cent of First Nations students living off reserve do not graduate from high school, let alone university. Second: that 40 per cent dropout rate becomes 60 per cent if they live on reserve. Think what that means in the City of Toronto where, unbeknownst to anyone here, lives the largest aboriginal population of any city in the country. Think of what it means in large parts of Saskatchewan and Manitoba, where Statistics Canada projects that in seven short years aboriginal children will account for up to half the students entering school.
Tags: Indigenous, standard of living
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Saturday, May 1st, 2010
Apr 30 2010
It was five years ago that Martin’s government forged agreement between Ottawa, the provinces and native groups for the $5 billion Kelowna Accord, which would have addressed educational issues. When the Conservatives took power in 2006, one of their first acts was to kill Kelowna. All these years later, Canada’s aboriginal youth cannot wait much longer for a coherent federal focus on education, backed by serious funding.
Tags: Indigenous, standard of living
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Saturday, May 1st, 2010
Apr 30 2010
It was five years ago that Martin’s government forged agreement between Ottawa, the provinces and native groups for the $5 billion Kelowna Accord, which would have addressed educational issues. When the Conservatives took power in 2006, one of their first acts was to kill Kelowna. All these years later, Canada’s aboriginal youth cannot wait much longer for a coherent federal focus on education, backed by serious funding.
Tags: Indigenous, standard of living
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Monday, April 26th, 2010
April 21, 2010
…the law currently does not require aboriginal bands to submit to the same standards of accountability and transparency as all other senior Canadian officials — an absolutely unconscionable loophole whose only conceivable function is to spare aboriginal leaders embarrassment… The problem is that “self-government” is a contradiction in terms when someone else is paying the bill: Without the political discipline that comes with being accountable to taxpaying voters, politicians operate in a world without constraints.
Tags: Indigenous, standard of living
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Thursday, April 15th, 2010
Apr 14 2010
John Beaucage, former grand council chief of the Anishinabek Nation, will be the aboriginal advisor on child welfare, reporting to Children and Youth Services Minister Laurel Broten… Staggering youth suicide rates in remote northern communities and funding problems among First Nations children’s aid societies will be a focus for Beaucage. His one-year appointment coincides with an ongoing review of the Child and Family Services Act. The review hones in on the situation of aboriginal kids.
Tags: Indigenous, standard of living
Posted in Child & Family Debates | No Comments »
Wednesday, April 14th, 2010
Apr 14 2010
The income gap study shows that aboriginal people with university degrees are doing as well as their non-aboriginal counterparts, in the case of women even better. But they constitute a minority of the population. The Environics survey shows post-secondary education is the highest priority for urban aboriginal people, but many can’t afford to go to university or have to quit for financial reasons… Both studies identify discrimination as a barrier to equality.
Tags: Indigenous, standard of living
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Tuesday, April 13th, 2010
April 13, 2010
… while the budget is short on social policy, it does include some isolated initiatives specific to women, families and persons with disabilities; First Nations; housing; employment and training; and the environment. This analysis summarizes CASW’s observations and comments on these initiatives.
Tags: budget, disabilities, housing, Indigenous, women
Posted in Governance Policy Context | No Comments »
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