Friday, January 29, 2010

Aboriginal teacher earns rave reviews

Robyn Turgeon is one busy woman -- and she has the mother's guilt to prove it.
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Thursday, January 28, 2010

Aboriginal school project taking off in Prince George

The numbers at Carney Hill public school in downtown Prince George paint a bleak picture of native school life. Eighty-eight per cent of students enrolled are from first nations, yet their attendance rates are dismal and dropout rates are sky high.
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Monday, January 25, 2010

York U Awarded $400,000 To Support Aboriginal Students

York University will receive $400,000 from Ontario’s Ministry of Training, Colleges & Universities (MTCU) to help recruit and expand services for aboriginal learners.
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Friday, January 22, 2010

Aboriginal students get a helping hand

Aboriginal students with financial needs at Canadore College and Nipissing University will benefit from a $1-million bursary program, as well as increased support services.
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Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Local teen heading west to work with First Nations people in B.C.

Given a choice to go overseas to help those in need or stay closer to home, Kaitlyn Schneider decided to volunteer in British Columbia.
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Friday, January 8, 2010

N.B. introduces fund for aboriginal post-secondary education

New Brunswick announced Wednesday that it will invest more than $1 million to assist natives in the province pursue post-secondary education.
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Thursday, January 7, 2010

UdeM hopes to recruit more Aboriginal students

Officials from the Université de Moncton say they want to use their unique opportunity to offer as many provincial First Nations as possible a quality French post-secondary education.
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