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Indspire
Indspire, formerly known as the National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation (NAAF), is a national Indigenous registered charity that invests in the education of Indigenous people for the long-term benefit of these individuals, their families and communities, and Canada. About Indspire disburses financial awards, delivers programs and shares resources with the objective of increasing graduation rates for Indigenous students. Indspire serves First Nations, Inuit, and Métis students in remote communities, rural areas and urban centres across Canada. On September 18, it was announced Mike DeGagne would replace Roberta Jamieson to become the president and CEO of Indspire. DeGagne formerly was the President of Yukon University and Nipissing University. Initiatives Building Brighter Futures: Bursaries, Scholarships & Awards ''Building Brighter Futures'' (BBF) is a financial assistance program for First Nations, Inuit and Métis students enrolled in an accredited post-secondary edu ...
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Yukon University
Yukon University (formerly Yukon College) is a public university in the Canadian territory of Yukon. The university main campus is based in Whitehorse, although the institution also operates 12 campuses throughout the territory. The university confers bachelor's degrees, diplomas, certificates as well as trades and vocational training and adult basic education. The institution is currently the only university based in northern Canada. The institution traces its origins to the Whitehorse Vocational and Technical Training Centre established in 1963; it was renamed as the Yukon Vocational and Training Centre in 1965. The institution operated as a post-secondary education centre, providing vocational training for its students. During the 1980s, the institution was reorganized as a college. The institution operated as Yukon College until the institution was reorganized into a university in 2020, the first university in any of Canada's northern territories. History The institution orig ...
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Nipissing University
Nipissing University is a public university located in North Bay, Ontario, Canada. The campus overlooks Lake Nipissing. History Northeastern University (1960–1967) The roots of Nipissing University date back to 1947, when residents of North Bay formed a committee with the goal of establishing a university within the city. The 1958 Northeastern University Committee continued their efforts in the following years. By 1960, Northeastern University was established and for a short time in 1960–1961, the institution offered first year university courses in Arts, Science, and Commerce in facilities provided by a local Catholic boys' high school. Its application to the Ontario Ministry of Education for a degree-granting university charter was denied on February 28, 1961, and the classes ended shortly thereafter. By mid-1962, Northeastern University had leased new space on Cassells Street in North Bay and arranged for Laurentian University professors to teach extension night classes t ...
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Indigenous Canadian Personalities
Indigenous may refer to: *Indigenous peoples *Indigenous (ecology), presence in a region as the result of only natural processes, with no human intervention *Indigenous (band), an American blues-rock band *Indigenous (horse), a Hong Kong racehorse * ''Indigenous'' (film), Australian, 2016 See also *Indigenous Australians *Indigenous language *Indigenous peoples in Canada *Indigenous religion *Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women are instances of violence against Indigenous women in Canada and the United States, notably those in the First Nations in Canada and Native American communities, but also amongst other Indigenous peoples s ... * Native (other) * * {{disambiguation ...
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Aboriginal Day Of Action
The Aboriginal Day of Action (also known as the Aboriginal Day of Protest) was a day of organized protest and demonstration by Canada, Canadian First Nations in Canada, First Nations groups on June 29, 2007. Events were held at sites across the country. The event, now known as the Indigenous Day of Action, has become annual, with events being hosted nationwide every year on June 29 since 2007. Overview The events included blockades of several major transportation routes, especially but not exclusively in Eastern Ontario, and protest rallies held in Toronto, Ottawa, Vancouver, Edmonton, Windsor, Ontario, Windsor and at the Nova Scotia-New Brunswick border. Blockaded routes included Highway 401 (Ontario), Highway 401 at Tyendinaga, Ontario, Tyendinaga (as well as two potential Detour (road), detour routes south to Deseronto, Ontario, Deseronto), the Via Rail Corridor line from Toronto to Montreal, the Mercier Bridge into Montreal, Highway 17 (Ontario), Highway 17 at McKerrow, Ontari ...
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Aboriginal Peoples Television Network
Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN) is a group of Television in Canada, Canadian Specialty channel, specialty television channels based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The channels broadcast programming produced by or highlighting Indigenous peoples in Canada, including arts, cultural, documentary, entertainment, and news and current affairs programming. Established in 1992 as Television Northern Canada (TVNC) to broadcast in Canada's northern territories, TVNC received a CRTC license as a television network in 1999—requiring that it be Must-carry, carried by all television providers nationwide. It relaunched as APTN on September 1, 1999. APTN was previously carried on terrestrial television, particularly in Northern Canada and the Inuit communities of Newfoundland and Labrador and Quebec. As of September 2024, APTN operates two channels: the first—branded as APTN—carries programming produced in Canadian English, English and Quebec French, French, while a second channel ...
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Native Women's Association Of Canada
The Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC; FAC is a national Indigenous organization representing the political voice of Indigenous women, girls, and gender-diverse people in Canada, inclusive of First Nations on and off reserve, status and non-status, disenfranchised, Métis, and Inuit. An aggregate of Indigenous women's organizations from across the country, NWAC was founded on the collective goal to enhance, promote, and foster the social, economic, cultural and political well-being of Indigenous women within their respective communities and Canadian societies. Since 1974, NWAC has established governance structures, decision-making processes, financial policies and procedures, and networks. NWAC engages in national and international advocacy aimed at legislative and policy reforms that promote equality for Indigenous women, girls, Two-Spirit, and gender-diverse people, including LGBTQ+ people. Through advocacy, policy, and legislative analysis, NWAC works to preserve I ...
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