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APC Proudly Supports FN Health Leaders to Attend National Conference

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APC Supports Two Applicants to be Certified First Nations Health Managers The Atlantic Policy Congress of First Nations Chiefs Secretariat (APC) is proud to announce Continue Reading →

Health, Legal

AFN says “Urgent Call to Action on a National Crisis”

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Assembly of First Nations National Chief Says RCMP Update on Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women an “Urgent Call to Action on a National Crisis” OTTAWA Continue Reading →

Health, Youth

Symposium examine gaps in Mi’kmaq child welfare

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MEMBERTOU – A symposium on Mi’kmaq child welfare has produced a consensus that there are gaps in the province’s social services network. About 130 people, Continue Reading →

Health, Legal

Truth & Reconciliation Commission brings calls for action

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History met hope at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s closing events in Ottawa, as residential school survivors and their allies examined the past and looked Continue Reading →

Health, Legal

Chiefs Angry with AANDC’s Decision – Simon Case

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In May Chiefs in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island received a letter from the Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada Continue Reading →

Community, Health

Responding to and Preventing Sexual Violence Together in Paqtnkek

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Implementing a Sexual Violence Response & Prevention Project and Sharing Lessons Learned on Developing Partners & Assessing Needs Paqtnkek – The Paqtnkek Health Centre and Continue Reading →

Culture, Health, Legal

Truth, then reconciliation: Aboriginal Peoples and Canada’s future

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With the release of the report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), Canada again confronts a dark chapter in its relationship with Aboriginal Peoples. Continue Reading →

Health, Legal

NAD programming to feature panel on Canada’s missing and murdered Aboriginal women

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On June 21, National Aboriginal Day (NAD), Toronto Public Library will host a day of programming in the Bram & Bluma Appel Salon at the Continue Reading →

Health, Legal

Groups ask National Energy Board to close Energy East Pipeline File

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To stop reviewing New Energy East Information from TransCanada May 13, 2015, Toronto – More than sixty groups across Canada are asking the National Energy Continue Reading →

Health, Legal

AFN Demands Information Regarding Violence Against Women & Girls

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OTTAWA – Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Perry Bellegarde today expressed serious concern that the federal government and the RCMP are withholding important Continue Reading →

Community, Health

AFN Says 2015 Federal Budget a “Missed Opportunity”

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Ottawa – Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Perry Bellegarde said that the 2015 federal budget fails to deliver on investments needed to improve Continue Reading →

Health

Addressing the top priority of Atlantic Chiefs

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Mental Health & Addictions All First Nations communities are in some way, affected by the crisis of mental health and addictions, often times, questioning where Continue Reading →