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NEW from NEARBC:

9-11 February 2010

Mapping Our Path: Our Health, Our Voices Conference

Sponsorship & Exhibitors Opportunities
Registration Sponsorship & Exhibitors

The conference and workshops are now full. Full Details

21-23 March 2010

The Consensus Conference on Small Water Systems Management for the Promotion of Indigenous Health

Conference Registration Form
Travel Bursary Application For Domestic Participants
Preliminary Agenda now available
Call for Poster Deadline Extended

Timed to coincide with UN World Water Day, this conference will bring together participants from Canada and abroad for two days of presentations and panel sessions. Four major themes to be addressed are: science and technology; government policy; traditional knowledge and spirituality; and, Indigenous politics and advocacy. Full Details

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An Aboriginal Research Network to improve and enhance the health and well-being of Aboriginal Peoples.

Mission
The mission of the NEARBC is to create an environment where researchers and communities collaborate to develop research capacity that is relevant to Aboriginal peoples and is competitive in national and international arenas.

Partner
NEARBC is leading Aboriginal population health research funded by Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research based at the Centre for Aboriginal Health Research (CAHR) located at the University of Victoria in partnership with the University of Northern British Columbia. Please visit the CAHR website.

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Celebration of First Nations Culture

Added 26 Feb 2010, 1:07am PST

Algoma University and the Shingwauk Anishinaabe Students Association will co-host an upcoming three-day celebration of First Nations` culture at the George Leach Centre. Full story...

Child Welfare Report Out Today

Added 26 Feb 2010, 1:06am PST

A report on the state of child welfare on New Brunswick`s First Nation reserves, to be released today, will call for widespread change in how federal and provincial governments, as well as local band councils provide services. Full story...

First Nations youth report coming today

Added 26 Feb 2010, 1:05am PST

The results of a much anticipated report investigating the province`s entire First Nations child welfare system will be released later today. Full story...

Ancient ceremony comes alive: Grandeur of the potlatch and other rituals remembered at the Pan Pacific

Added 26 Feb 2010, 12:59am PST

Paula Cranmer-Underhill sits quietly weaving cedar bark in the lobby of the Pan Pacific Hotel amid a whirl of comings and goings, more than ever now that the 2010 Winter Olympics are in full swing. Full story...

Social worker focuses on life

Added 26 Feb 2010, 12:58am PST

Brooke Pratt first considered suicide when she was 12 years old. At five, she moved from her mother`s home and went to live with her father. The situation was better, though she was beaten and isolated for years. Full story...

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