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August 2012

Community

Aboriginal Student Grad Banquet 2016 – 2017 by Ann Terese Doucette

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After convocation, Unama’ki College and the Mi’kmaw Students Association held the 31st Annual Convocation Banquet. The 26 Aboriginal, Fall and Spring, graduates gathered at the Continue Reading →

Community, Education

A voice for her people

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Gail Christmas always dreamed of becoming a leader. Having struggled with drug and alcohol addictions as a teenager and young adult, that dream seemed impossible. Continue Reading →

Letters

Interesting People and Events 8

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From 1953 to 1960, which was the year when I returned home to Nova Scotia for good, I met many interesting people in both Boston Continue Reading →

Business, Community

Road to the Future: Paqtnkek pins its future on a highway interchange

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Rose Paul reaches for a box of fading, archived letters sitting on her filing cabinet at the band office of Paqtnkek Mi’kmaw Nation. “Here’s a Continue Reading →

Community, Education

BEAR RIVER GRADUATES ~ 2017

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Chief, Council and Community would like to send huge congratulations to all of our graduates! You’ve worked extremely hard and we couldn’t be more proud! Continue Reading →

Business, Jobs

Sisson Mine represents jobs and opportunities for New Brunswick

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FREDERICTON – The provincial government welcomed the news today that the Sisson Mine received the federal government’s environmental assessment approval. This step, along with the Continue Reading →

Education, Youth

LSK END-OF-YEAR AWARDS

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Grade 4 Rylan Alexander McDonald Memorial Award This award is given to a grade 4 student elected by their classmates, who demonstrates both the student Continue Reading →

Education, Youth

A Letter to Indigenous Graduates: Protect Who You Have Always Been

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Congratulations to all of our high school, community college, university and other graduates of higher learning. You have achieved a significant milestone but remember that Continue Reading →

Music, Youth

Trinity is in the Band

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We are so incredibly proud of our daughter, Trinity Stephens! She has been awarded the highest award presented at her high school – the TJHS Continue Reading →

Youth

LSK Student Appreciation Day!!

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It turned out to be a warm and sunny day on Wednesday, June 28, 2017. Nice weather for our annual STUDENT APPRECIATION DAY held at Continue Reading →

Culture, Education

Grad profile: Connecting storytelling, heritage and the environment

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Shalan Joudry, Faculty of Management This article is part of a series on graduates of Spring Convocation 2017. Read more grad profiles (https://www.dal.ca/news/2017/06/02/cheers-to-the-class-of-2017-.html) or, to Continue Reading →

Education

MOU Respecting FNs Education

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FREDERICTON – The provincial government has signed a memorandum of understanding with seven First Nation communities respecting First Nations education and the calls to action Continue Reading →