Women and Youth Entrepreneurship Symposium Works to Connect Youth and the Business Sector
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Mike Gosselin
Eagle Feather News, vol. 11, no. 5, May 2008, p. 17
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Looks at the first annual symposium designed to match skilled workers with employment and entrepreneurial opportunities.
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Discusses the political apologies and responses to the consequences of the Indian residential schools policy, and questions whether the acts for which the apologies are offered represent a change in the relations between government and Aboriginal peoples.
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Short story follows narrator as he tries to raise money to retrieve his grandmother's powwow regalia from a pawn shop. Questions what it means to give and receive, and what obligations we have to those we give to and/or serve.
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 178, no. 12, June 3, 2008, pp. 1534-1535
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Discussion of special needs children from Norway House Cree Nation going without medical and social services due to federal-provincial wrangling over which level of government bears financial responsibility; this is contrary to the policy of "children first" drafted in response to the death of Jordan River Anderson.
Discusses the impact of colonialism and how empowerment strategies are the key to creating generational change and establishing functional communities.
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 4, no. 1, Aboriginal Children and Youth, Issues and Challenges, December 2003, pp. 51-83
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Study designed to provide a vehicle for communities to articulate the nature and structure of child care in their community; to provide recommendations for the development of First Nations quality child care programs; and to examine options for First Nations jurisdiction in child care.
Examines Aboriginal human resources issues including: challenges with the labour market, skills development and employment, and activities designed to promote business development.
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 26, no. 3/4, Indigenous Women in Canada: The Voices of First Nations, Inuit and Metis Women, Winter/Spring, 2008, pp. 217-222
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Author reflects on the role of women in contemporary Aboriginal communities and more specifically her home community of Kiashke Zaaging Anishinaabek.
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 26, no. 3-4, Indigenous Women in Canada: The Voices of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Women, Winter/Spring, 2008, pp. 77-89
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Author describes the measures in place to ensure employment equity and the barriers still existing in the workplace.
Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies (CAEFS)
Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC)
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 26, no. 3/4, Indigenous Women in Canada: the Voices of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Women, Winter/Spring, 2008, pp. 94-104
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Paper asserts that the state must take positive and progressive action to eliminate discrimination against marginalized women.