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Woodland Cultural Centre Donor News December 2024 edition is now available for download! – WCC
December 2, 2024 The Woodland Cultural Centre is the premier destination to explore, learn, and share the rich histories and contemporary cultures of Indigenous people of the Great Lakes region. The Centre offers educational programs and resources to schools, school boards, universities and colleges, community organizations and our public audience. We need your support to […]
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Read MoreROM can’t account for 2,234 items in its collection, including 10 missing harpoons – Toronto Today
Nov 28, 2024 The Royal Ontario Museum’s thousands of missing items could stock a respectable museum on their own. The Royal Ontario Museum cannot account for 2,234 items that are supposed to be in its collections, documents released under access-to-information laws show. The missing items are wildly varied and could stock a respectable museum on […]
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Read MoreQuilts for Survivors unable to ship quilts due to postal strike – CBC
Nov 28, 2024 Volunteers for the Timmins-based non-profit sew quilts to comfort Indigenous survivors of trauma The quilts are piling up at the Quilts for Survivors studio in Timmins, Ont., and the waiting list grows longer for those who have asked for one. The postal strike is preventing the non-profit from shipping the quilts to people […]
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Read MoreTelling Our Stories: The MNO Family Rendezvous Brings Métis Families Together
November 27, 2024 On a crisp and sunny autumn weekend, over 50 Métis families gathered at the scenic Lake Rosseau in Muskoka for the Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Family Rendezvous: Telling Our Stories. The event centered on storytelling, building connections, strengthening the community, and inspiring the next generation of Métis leaders. MNO staff led […]
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Read MoreWhat is FACTOR, and what does its allegedly missing $9.8-million mean for the music industry? – Canada Voices
November 27, 2024 Canadian arts-grant provider FACTOR alleges in court filings that almost $10-million of federal money was stolen from its Bank of Nova Scotia account last spring. The funds had recently been deposited by Ottawa and were set to be distributed to the music industry in the near future. So far, FACTOR has used […]
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Read More16th Annual Christmas Wish Campaign
Dilico Anishinabek Family Care is excited to share the details of our 16th annual Christmas Wish campaign! Dilico elves gathered at Goods & Co. Market on November 14th for the official lighting of the Christmas Wish Tree and had a very special performance of Oh Christmas Wish by Paramount Live & Badani Young Co. The […]
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Read MoreThis northern Ontario school board will be offering Ojibwe courses online – CBC
Nov 25, 2024 ‘We have to maintain our language in order to maintain our culture.’ Starting in January 2025, the Near North District School Board will offer high school students across Ontario the chance to earn upper-level Ojibwe language credits online. These virtual courses will be available to students province wide through the Ontario eLearning […]
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Read MorePlans for more Timmins murals being sketched out – Timmins Today
November 22, 2024 They’ll be going to the public for feedback in the spring TIMMINS – Walls all over the city could be getting a splash of colour next summer. The second phase of the mural project is in the very early stages, and the City of Timmins Indigenous Advisory Committee heard about the potential […]
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Read MorePeterborough city council votes to defund Electric City Culture Council in 2025 – Kawartha Now
November 20, 2024 Not-for-profit arts council’s executive director hopeful that lobbying will see decision overturned prior to 2025 city budget approval on December 9 What began as a good day for Su Ditta, executive director of Electric City Culture Council (EC3), turned dark in a hurry on Tuesday (November 19) during Peterborough city council’s deliberations […]
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Read MoreTask force makes interoperability recommendations – Can Health
November 20, 2024 OTTAWA – The Digital Health Interoperability Task Force released its recommendation report which identifies and addresses systemic barriers to the implementation of interoperable digital health solutions, including five core recommendations to improve adoption and use. In March 2024, the Canadian Medical Association (CMA), Canada Health Infoway (Infoway), the College of Family Physicians […]
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