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Endowment Fund Making A Difference

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Over 120 StFX students have benefitted from the Jeannine Deveau Equity Endowment Scholarship Fund When the Jeannine Deveau Educational Equity Endowment Scholarship Fund was announced at Continue Reading →

Education, Youth

Governments Are Making Early Learning & Child Care More Accessible For NS

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Bedford, NS – The governments of Canada and Nova Scotia are making significant investments in early learning and child care systems so that each and Continue Reading →

Education, Health

2017 Atlantic First Nations Health Conference

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The Atlantic Policy Congress of First Nations Chiefs Secretariat (APC) held its annual Atlantic First Nations Health Conference from November 7 to 9, 2017 at Continue Reading →

Community, Education

Digital Skills Funding For Mi’kmaw Youth Throughout Nova Scotia

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HALIFAX – The Federal government is committed to investing in the future of young Canadians today and providing them with the digital skills they need Continue Reading →

Community, Education

Final Update: Remediation Of Barriers To Fish Movementq

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The Mi’kmaw Conservation Group (MCG) Culvert Project Team had a busy field season that ran from June to December 2017. The team, which consisted of Continue Reading →

Community, Education

The Importance Of Non-Timber Forest Products

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This past year, Mi’kmawey Forestry has been working to develop a Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) business aimed at creating new opportunities for Mi’kmaw Communities. We Continue Reading →

Community, Education

StFX To Launch New Living Learning Communities In Residence

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Starting this fall, StFX students will be able to take advantage of a unique living and learning opportunity designed to deepen the academic experience. In Continue Reading →

Education, Youth

Congratulations Cory Smith

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Cory Smith of Glooscap First Nation, graduated from Horton High School in June of 2017. “Greet the future with anticipation, dream big, work hard! Remember Continue Reading →

Culture, Education

The Wapane’kati Forest

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As a Mi’kmaw ecologist, or “Two-eyed seeing” ecologist, I’m very aware of our human and ancestral relationships as part of ecosystems. I am always asking Continue Reading →

Community, Education

Eskasoni’s Role Models of the Year

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Al Oakley and Bessie Prosper Eskasoni’s Allison Bernard Memorial High School (ABMHS) held their annual “Role Model of the Year,” ceremonies at the high school Continue Reading →

Culture, Education

Canada’s Residential School Story Launches on Google Earth Voyager

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Ottawa – Residential schools for First Nations, Métis and Inuit children were first established in 1831 and ran for 165 years until 1996. This system Continue Reading →

Culture, Education

New Women’s Studies professor brings Indigenous feminist perspective to the classroom

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In her words: Learning from stories told by Indigenous women in NS Born and raised in scwha, L’sitkuk (known as Bear River First Nation), Nova Scotia, Continue Reading →