Aboriginal Council

 

Members:

Kim Storebo (CUPE 1846) - Division Liaison
Gloria Lepine (CUPE 3550) - Senator
Dale White (CUPE 30) - Senator
Esther Rodzinyak (CUPE 1825)
Don Monroe (CUPE 37)
Sandy Albrecht

Audrey Barr - National Representative

 

Website:  http://www.albertaaboriginal.cupe.ca/

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Aboriginalbusinesspeople meet in Yellowknife
CBC.ca
Beginning of Story Content About 200 delegates from across Canada involved with aboriginal businesses are expected to attend a conference in Yellowknife this week focusing on Northern business growth. The three-day NWT Business Conference,

 

Chief Ed John traces link between aboriginal victims and lack of government ...
The Province
John cited systemic violence against aboriginal women, for hundreds of years by colonizing forces, saying it has left them vulnerable to the worst predators in society. John also blasted the BC government's refusal to fund lawyers for frontline groups,

 

Nouveau aboriginal
Post City
Opened in mid-August, it too boasts fresh, local and seasonal food, but the hook is its aboriginal cuisine. Getting caught up in the romanticism of it all is appealing. Take the pemmican ($14), for instance. This is the stuff of legends

 

UVic receives federal grant for study of proteins
Victoria Times Colonist
John Duncan, minister of Aboriginal Affairs and MP for Vancouver Island North, announced the grant at the UVic-Genome BC Proteomics Centre in the Vancouver Island Technology Park. “Support for research has been a vital component of our economic action

 

First Nationcasinos buck trend
Times and Transcript
Revenue from New Brunswick's First Nations casino and VLTs is increasing at a time when transfers from the Atlantic Lottery Corporation into provincial coffers are on the wane, a dynamic that's puzzling observers. In its fiscal update last week,

 

First Nationschiefs earn too little, study suggests
TheChronicleHerald.ca
Morley Googoo, regional vice-chief of the Assembly of First Nations, said Wednesday the taxpayer-funded, $80000 study was commissioned to address "an area of concern." "We try to move our communities forward," Googoo said. "And if there's going to be

 

Speed up the process or 'shut her down'
Vancouver Sun
Pierre, whose three-year term ends next spring, has asked for a one-year extension in hopes that the 20th anniversary of the treaty process, combined with her call for the federal government, province and first nations to seriously recommit themselves

 

Speed up the process or 'shut her down'
Vancouver Sun
Pierre, whose three-year term ends next spring, has asked for a one-year extension in hopes that the 20th anniversary of the treaty process, combined with her call for the federal government, province and first nations to seriously recommit themselves

 

Pact will allow BC First Nations to set own health policy
Globe and Mail
BC First Nations will make their own health policy and planning decisions following a landmark legal agreement with the federal and provincial governments. The agreement will be announced Thursday morning at a news conference in West Vancouver.

 

Bonokoski's 'The Red Road' wins award
Toronto Sun
Bonokoski penned a provoking 15-part special report in December 2008 titled “The Red Road,” which examined the disproportionate social problems Aborginal First Nations people face when living in urban cities. The Canadian Criminal Justice Association ...