Child and Youth Advocate releases review involving the suicide of a First Nation youth
(May 24, 2017) – The Office of Alberta’s Child and Youth Advocate has completed an Investigative Review regarding the suicide of a First Nation youth…
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First Nations leader joins Alberta child intervention panel
(May 8, 2017) – Tyler White, CEO for Siksika Health Services, is joining the Ministerial Panel on Child Intervention. The all-party panel was launched in…
May 5: AFN calls for action and public awareness on National Aboriginal Diabetes Awareness Day
OTTAWA, May 5, 2017 /CNW/ – On National Aboriginal Diabetes Awareness Day, Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Perry Bellegarde called for increased access…
Northlands Indigenous Princess Brittney Pastion encourages others to vy for her title this summer
by John Copley (ANNews) – Alberta Native News caught up with Northlands Indigenous Princess Brittney Pastion at the Treaty 6 ASETS Workforce Employment Partnerships and…
Carol Daniels shortlisted for First Nation Communities READ
(May 3, 2017) – Congratulations to Carol Daniels, whose debut novel, Bearskin Diary (Nightwood Editions, 2015), has been shortlisted for the First Nation Communities READ…
Big Brothers Big Sisters: Volunteering brings big rewards
By Terry Lusty (ANNews) – In 1962, the Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada was founded to assist in the development and well-being of children…
RISE book club launched in Edmonton with compelling IRS memoir
by John Copley (ANNews) – Athabasca University Press (AU Press) joined Reconciliation in Solidarity Edmonton (RISE) on the recent launch of their citywide book club….
AFN Marks Earth Day: It’s time to work together to heal Mother Earth
OTTAWA, April 21, 2017 /CNW/ – Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Perry Bellegarde issued the following statement in advance of Earth Day, which will…
Alberta’s child welfare system is in a state of disrepair
by John Copley (ANNews) – In December 2016, Alberta Human Services formed a 10-person panel to investigate what critics said was government’s failure to properly…
Tripartite Reconciliation Charter commits to better care for First Nations children in BC
(April 2017) – The current child welfare system in British Columbia as it relates to First Nations children and youth is in a crisis state,…