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Buddies is seeking two interns
CALL FOR APPLICATION: FESTIVAL INTERNS Application Due: FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 25, 2015 by MIDNIGHT We have two unpaid internships available: Administrative Intern (October-March, approximately 4hrs per week with increased hours in February) Community Outreach Intern (October-March, approximately 4hrs per week with increased hours in February) How to Apply Please send the following as one .PDF document […]
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Read MoreNotice – Employment and Social Development Canada
OTTAWA, July 13, 2015 – The Honourable Pierre Poilievre, Minister of Employment and Social Development, along with Jay Aspin, Member of Parliament for Nipissing–Timiskaming, and Glenn Thibeault, Member of Provincial Parliament for Sudbury, will announce job training support to Cementation Canada Inc. through the Canada Job Grant. A photo opportunity and media availability will follow. […]
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Read MoreGovernment of Canada honours Aboriginal Veterans
June 19, 2015 – Ottawa – Veterans Affairs Canada Mr. Mark Strahl, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development, on behalf of the Honourable Erin O’Toole, Minister of Veterans Affairs, laid a wreath today at the National Aboriginal Veterans Monument to mark National Aboriginal Day, which is recognized on June 21, […]
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Read MorePeace Pipe Dreams by Darrell Dennis wins PMC Aboriginal Literature Award
Toronto, June 10, 2015 – First Nation Communities Read (FNCR) and Periodical Marketers of Canada (PMC) are pleased to announce the winner of the 2015 PMC Aboriginal Literature Award: Peace Pipe Dreams: The Truth about Lies about Indians, by Darrell Dennis, published by Douglas & McIntyre. The Aboriginal Literature Award, inspired by the goals of […]
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Read MoreFinalists for 2015 Trillium Book Award Announced
May 27, 2015 TORONTO – Six English and five French books have been shortlisted for the 2015 Trillium Book Award, the Ontario government’s prestigious award for literature. Three titles are also shortlisted for the Trillium Book Award for Poetry in English language and three titles for the Trillium Book Award for Children’s Literature in French […]
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Read MoreMétis youth accepted into prestigious program
Kirstie Henderson is a Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) citizen who worked as an MNO Summer Youth Cultural Interpreter in the summer of 2012 and has also been actively involved in the MNO Georgian Bay Métis Council in Midland. Henderson was recently accepted into the prestigious Indigenous Women in Community Leadership Program at Coady Institute […]
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Read MorePauktuutit’s 2015 Woman of the Year
May 13, 2015 (Ottawa, ON) Rebecca Kudloo, President, was proud to announce to the delegates to the Annual General Meeting that Megan Porter of Gjoa Haven, Nunavut, is Pauktuutit’s 2015 Woman of the Year. ‘Each year, Pauktuutit honours an Inuk woman for her many contributions to her family, community and to all Inuit,’ Kudloo said. […]
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Read MoreOrder of Canada Investiture Ceremony
May 6, 2015 Governor General to Invest 50 Recipients into the Order of Canada OTTAWA—His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, will preside over an Order of Canada investiture ceremony at Rideau Hall, on Friday, May 8, 2015, at 10:30 a.m. The Governor General, who is chancellor and Principal Companion of […]
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Read MoreLaurier professor awarded The Pierre Savard Award
WATERLOO – The International Council for Canadian Studies (ICCS) has recognized Christopher Alcantara, an associate professor of Political Science at Wilfrid Laurier University, with The Pierre Savard Award for his book Negotiating a Deal: Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement in Canada. The Pierre Savard Awards recognize and highlight outstanding scholarly monographs on a Canadian topic. The […]
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Read MoreAuthors for Indies Day!
Come hang out with your local authors at our Glebe store on Saturday, May 2nd! 3 local authors, Waubgeshig Rice, Monia Mazigh and Peggy Blair, will be visiting us in the Glebe for Authors for Indies Day on May 2nd in a celebration of reading, writing, and independent bookstores! Inspired by the hugely successful Indies […]
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