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CBC
6 days ago
- Sport
- CBC
Snuneymuxw Days festival celebrating Indigenous youth kicks off
Just outside Nanaimo, the Snuneymuxw First Nation is hosting their third annual Snuneymuxw Days, a three-day festival of sports that celebrates Indigenous youth. As Claire Palmer reports, members of nations from across B.C. and even Washington state will attend the event.
CTV News
25-06-2025
- Business
- CTV News
Summer camps aim to spark interest among youth in a career in the trades
Students in northern Ontario will have the chance this summer to take part in weeklong summer camps that aim to spark interest in a career in the trades. Loading the player instance is taking more time than usual Loading the player instance is taking more time than usual Skills Ontario is holding its 10th Trades & Tech Summer Camp in July and August. The province-wide camps include specialty camps for Indigenous youth, French-speaking youth and all-girls camps. 'It's a great experience … in a fun environment, too,' said Ian Howcroft, Skills Ontario CEO. 'We want to ensure young people have the opportunity to meet other like-minded individuals who are also interested in exploring the skilled trades. Howcroft said the weeklong camps have opened many eyes for people who otherwise may not have considered a career in the trades. Amed at students Grades 7-9 'We've had people say, now I want to go on and become a millwright -- and they never even heard of what a millwright was or what a millwright did until they attended the camp,' he said. The 30 summer camps will be open to students in Grades 7-9; however. Howcroft said accommodations can be made for students just short of the criteria. The summer camps aim to inspire a new generation to join the trades. 'We're all about building the workforce of the future (and) letting people know what a career in the skilled trades is all about,' Howcroft said. 'The best way to do that is to provide information, to provide an opportunity to try a trade.' Aaron Lazarus of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board, said the camps also emphasize the need to work safely when entering the trades. 'We hope that this camp inspires a safety culture, that they really understand what safety means and how important it is to them,' Lazarus said. 'So that when they keep growing and go into the trades or go into whatever role they're going to play, that they bring that safety culture into the workplace with them.' Among the 30 participating schools is Cambrian College in Sudbury. Kim Crane from Cambrian said the camps aim to spark an interest in young people. 'So we have these young, young kids (who) will come into the camps and they're there to explore their interests,' Crane said. Other participating locations in northern Ontario include Sault Ste. Marie and Timmins. There is still time to register for the summer camps. For more information, click here.
CBC
20-06-2025
- General
- CBC
At this Winnipeg school, every day is Indigenous Peoples Day
Niji Mahkwa School, a grassroots-founded school, has been operating in Winnipeg's North End for decades, providing Indigenous youth with a culturally relevant education. On Thursday, with some cake, a makeshift teepee made of branches, and crafts, students enjoyed a day on the Treaty 1 Naawi-Oodena land to learn about and celebrate their Indigenous heritage.
Globe and Mail
20-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Globe and Mail
How The Matriarch tackled trauma in the wrestling ring
Sage Morin's life changed on May 19, 2013. A tragedy altered her family forever, and Sage was left to pick up the pieces, all while navigating her own deep grief and a complicated legal system. More than a decade later, the trauma of her loss has become a badge of resilience and healing. Sage's transformation is literal: She enters a wrestling ring, donning the character of a proud Cree fighter, inspiring a new generation of Indigenous youth. Jana G. Pruden, feature writer for The Globe, tells the story of Sage and her rebirth into The Matriarch. Questions? Comments? Ideas? Email us at thedecibel@
Yahoo
19-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
We're back!! Indigenous Prosperity is Here To Stay
Statement on National Indigenous Peoples Day - NACCA CEO Shannin Metatawabin OTTAWA, ON, June 19, 2025 /CNW/ - We're back. Collectively, Indigenous people are now an economic power to be reckoned with. The statistics show as much: the $56 billion that Indigenous businesses add to the Canadian economy each year, or tens of billions in assets held by Indigenous economic development corporations. What brings it home for me though are the people. This past May, at the National Aboriginal Capital Corporations Association's (NACCA) sixth annual Indigenous Prosperity Forum, I looked around the room at all the young Indigenous business owners attending. The youth were confident, ascendant. Digital creators, artisans, carpenters, business managers: all these young people have assumed their place in the broader economy, just as their ancestors intended. And the youth also saw their responsibility to give back to their communities—all the more where they benefit from the same rights that their parents and grandparents fought hard to reclaim in prior generations. Make no mistake: those rights have driven our re-empowerment. Indigenous people have won almost every case involving resource rights we have brought before the courts. Governments at every level will recall this if they try short-circuiting our rights to expedite approvals for major resource projects. Indigenous leaders are again reminding them of our treaties and their constitutional obligations. Federal and provincial governments say they want to move as swiftly as possible. They can do so only by involving our leaders—early and often. We've already shown that Indigenous people are business-minded, yet our bottom-line also involves responsibilities to our communities and our lands. So why not work with us to ensure we can meet them? To succeed, a major project on Indigenous land will need to rest on three pillars: equity partnerships, impact benefit agreements, and resource revenue-sharing with governments. First, major projects need to bring in economic development corporations as equity partners, to ensure that communities also have a stake in a project's success. Second, the conclusion of Impact Benefit Agreements will help ensure that local economies can also benefit from jobs and contracting opportunities. Third, Crown parties will need to share their government resource revenues with the governments of impacted communities, who will need to steward their territories long after the projects have ended. As an additional crucial measure, Canada also should include an Indigenous member to the federal selection committee for major projects. One thing is certain: we are back. We're an economic force, and we're not going away. The upcoming cohort of youth entrepreneurs is strong, smart, committed—an inspiration to other youth in our communities as they reclaim their pride and self-reliance. Canadian historian Professor Ken Coates framed it well at the Indigenous Prosperity Forum: "the work being done now is building a Canada for 2050 and 2075. Indigenous prosperity is imminent, and it's been an honour to watch the transformation." Indeed, it's been an honour to watch. Now let's transform Canada's economy together. About NACCA NACCA, the National Aboriginal Capital Corporations Association, is a network of over 50 Indigenous Financial Institutions (IFIs) dedicated to stimulating economic growth for all Indigenous people in Canada. These efforts increase social and economic self-reliance and sustainability for Indigenous people and communities nationwide. SOURCE National Aboriginal Capital Corporations Association View original content to download multimedia: Sign in to access your portfolio
