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Community, Culture, Eco

Indigenous Oyster Farms in Atlantic Canada Continue to Progress

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Over the last ten years, Mi’kmaq and Maliseet First Nations (MMFNs) have made great strides in the development of oyster farms. Six Indigenous communities have Continue Reading →

Art, Community, Culture, Financial

Virick Charles Francis Named as 2023 Artist in Residence for the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21

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The Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 is pleased to welcome Eskasoni Mi’kmaw Nation artist Virick Charles Francis as their Artist in Residence for Continue Reading →

Culture, Health

The Atlantic First Nations Nursing Professional Development Session

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The Atlantic First Nations Nursing Professional Development Session was held at the Inn on Prince Truro, April 17-19, 2023. The three-day event was a hybrid Continue Reading →

Art, Community, Culture, Sports

Mi’kmaq History Month 2023 Theme Announced – Mi’kmaw Traditional Games & Sports

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Art, Culture, Education

Influential Mi’kmaw Historian Honoured with Special Dal‑commissioned Portrait

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Culture

Shirley’s Corner: Spring Has Sprung

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Hello and welcome to the one and only Shirley’s Corner. I think it is safe to say that we did not have a to bad Continue Reading →

Community, Culture

Clarification Regarding Rebrand of the Cultural Foundation

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Corner Brook—Qalipu’s Cultural Foundation was launched in February 2014 to support Band members in connecting with and discovering their Mi’kmaw culture. To ensure success, the Continue Reading →

Business, Culture

APC’s 24th Annual Fisheries Conference & Awards Banquet and Ceremony

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The Atlantic Policy Congress of First Nations Chiefs Secretariat (APC) hosted its 24th annual Fisheries Conference & Awards Banquet and Ceremony in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Continue Reading →

Community, Culture, Education

“Kwe’ Eskasoni” wins Gold at the 2022 Canadian Online Publishing Awards

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HALIFAX, N.S. – University of King’s College and Nova Scotia Community College students and faculty from the 2022 Reporting in Mi’kma’ki course have won Gold Continue Reading →

Culture, Eco, Tourism

Kinu Tourism Project at Mount Saint Vincent University

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The Kinu Tourism Project is a Mi’kma’ki wide collaborative initiative at Mount Saint Vincent University (MSVU) to create a sustainable Indigenous tourism student cohort program. Continue Reading →

Culture

Deepening Roots: Reconnecting with Wskɨtqamu

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On February 14th and 15th, thirty people from NS Department of Education and Unama’ki Institute of Natural Resources (UINR) gathered at Ulnooweg’s Asitu’lɨsk for a Continue Reading →

Culture

My Grandfather, Smokey, our Superhero

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If you’ve ever had the pleasure of meeting my grandfather, Valerian Marshall “Smokey”, it’s probably because he may have drove you to a medical appointment, Continue Reading →