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Dal steps up support for Aboriginal students with full‑time advisor and support centre

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Dalhousie has established its first full-time Aboriginal student advisor position and created an affiliated campus centre to boost support for students from Indigenous communities attending Continue Reading →

Education, Youth

Minister Bennett Discusses Ways to Improve Education Outcomes

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Halifax, NS – On April 27, the Honourable Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs, participated in an education roundtable held at Dalhousie University Continue Reading →

Education, Youth

L’nu Sipuk Kina’muokuom News…

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Spring is here!!! I am so excited because it means warmer weather ahead and another month closer to the end of the school year, which Continue Reading →

Education, Legal

Mi’kmaw artist Alan Syliboy named 2016 Coady Chair in Social Justice at StFX University

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Antigonish – Internationally renowned artist Alan Syliboy of Millbrook, Nova Scotia has been named the fifth Coady Chair in Social Justice at StFX University. In Continue Reading →

Culture, Education

Kerry and his Canon??

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Education, Youth

L’nu Sipuk Kina’muokuom News…

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February was an exciting and very busy month. First of all, our Scholastic Book Fair was a great success… thanks to the support of the Continue Reading →

Education, Youth

Aboriginal Diabetes Initiative School Walking Challenge Champions!

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The grade 5 students of Ms. Melissa Boyer’s class at Chief Harold Sappier Memorial Elementary School are the 2015-16 Champions of the annual ADI School Continue Reading →

Community, Education

ABMHS Role Model of the Year – Victor Alex

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It has become a great annual tradition when the Allison Bernard Memorial High School (ABMHS) student body selects a Mi’kmaw Elder to be the recipient Continue Reading →

Community, Education

Thinking Ahead for a Greener Cleaner Spring

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Maintaining a healthy watershed is imperative to maintaining a healthy community both physically and culturally. Together, the Mi’kmaw Conservation Group (MCG) and community volunteers have Continue Reading →

Education, Health

Mount graduate student’s research gets international recognition

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Danielle Root comes from the small community of Listuguj First Nation in Quebec. When Danielle was young, her mother always encouraged Danielle to do something Continue Reading →

Culture, Education

NSCC-Truro Powwow 2016

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Culture, Education

Requesting removal of the name Fort Amherst from a National Park

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Dear Editor: This is a letter I sent to the Minster responsible for Parks Canada, requesting that they remove the name Fort Amherst from the Continue Reading →