First Nations Economic Growth and Employment Youth Income Assistance Toolkit Dollars and Sense The Assembly of First Nations’ Call to Action on Education will have a direct impact on the capacity of First Nations communities to create sustainable economies that will directly employ First Nation peoples. Strong local economies and employment parity will result in […]
Ending Violence Against Women Aboriginal women and girls are strong and beautiful. They are our mothers, our daughters, our sisters, aunties, and grandmothers. Sisters In Spirit 2010 Research Findings Forsaken: The Report of the Missing Women was released in late 2012. The report was the product of the Commission of Inquiry into the missing and […]
First Nations Quality of Life The phrase “Quality of Life” has become quite common, and is used in both formal and informal ways. The fact that there is no commonly accepted definition does not detract from its utility or usefulness. Suppose we start by defining “Quality of Life” as the description of the experiences and […]
Planning for Student Success Attending to education and working towards attainment is essential to preparing youth to have the skills they need in order to succeed and be successful both academically and socially. “I do not think the measure of a civilization is how tall its buildings of concrete are, but rather how well its […]
Why is it Important to Engage your Community The idea that children are born into and grow up in a social environment is common throughout the world’s diverse cultures. Part of this idea is that children are naturally connected with everyone in their family, community, and town. First Nations, although they differ in customs, traditions, […]
Who are Role Models? People are people. Some people are famous. Some people are not. Some people are nice and do good things. Some people do not. Some people soar. Some people struggle. Some of these very people—the famous and the not so famous, the nice and the not so nice—those with wings and those […]
