The History & Future of Social Innovation Conference ; 2008
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Gregory Selinger
Description
Discusses the governance mechanisms Manitoba used to effect change and innovation.
Paper from the History & Future of Social Innovation Conference, The Hawke Centre, Adelaide 19-21 June, 2008.
Discusses the need for governments to remove barriers to First Nations economic activity and how more needs to be done to ensure that Aboriginal youth complete skills training, K-12 schooling and post-secondary education.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 12, no. 6, June 2009, p. 21
Description
Looks at the program, Bridges and Foundations for Aboriginal Development, developed to train 400 First Nations and Métis people in residential construction.
Article located by scrolling to page 21.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 12, no. 10, October 2009, p. 14
Description
Looks at nine students, from the First Nations University of Canada, who were hired as summer interns at CBC, Global television and Missinipi radio.
Article located by scrolling to page 14.
Examines the political, social, and economic influences on First Nation and Métis youth’s attitudes toward higher levels of education and career planning; and looks at some of the institutional and policy structures that support or hinder the ability of First Nation and Métis youth to finding pathways that will lead to sustained employment.