鈥淭he Supreme Court of Canada has quashed plans for seismic testing in Nunavut, delivering a major victory to Inuit who argued they were inadequately consulted before the National Energy Board gave oil companies the green light to conduct this disruptive activity.鈥 ()
"The federal government discriminates against First Nation children on reserves by failing to provide the same level of child welfare services that exist elsewhere, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal has ruled." (Source: )
The federal government could announce some of the details of a much-anticipated national public inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women. (Source: )
Stephanie Jonah is a Cree woman from Waskaganish who works as a project administrator. Although she loves her job, she鈥檇 been looking for an opportunity to return to school and pursue higher education. 鈥淚鈥檓 always trying to learn,鈥 says Stephanie, 鈥渂ut I don鈥檛 want to leave my job.鈥 She found exactly what she was looking with McGill鈥檚聽Online courses in Business Management and Entrepreneurship for Indigenous People.
Nov. 18, 2014 |
by: Stephanie Willsey
First of all, I should introduce myself: I am a First Nations Canadian, of the Chippewa, or Ojibwe, community of Rama, Ont. I was raised off the reserve, but聽only a short drive away, and I am there often.
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The McGill Reporter | Sept. 9, 2014
By: The Reporter Staff
Audra Simpson, McGill alumna and professor of Anthropology at Columbia University, will deliver the keynote address at the Aboriginal Homecoming event on Sept. 18.
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