Attawapiskat on Youtube MP Charlie Angus speaks out about the housing conditions on the Attawapiskat First Nations Reserve and the State of Emergency that has been declared. Canadian Geographic tells us about waiting for a school at the Cree community of Attawapiskat on James Bay George Stroumboulopoulos talks to musician and actor Tom Jackson on [...]
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State of Emergency @ Attawapiskat
Posted in People, Places, tagged Canada, First Nations on November 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Geography Awareness Week, Nov. 13 – 19
Posted in New Books, New Databases, Videos, tagged Community Development, Films/Videos, First Nations, Poverty on November 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Planting a community garden; making a welcome map for newcomers to your neighborhood; or collecting trash in your area and making an art project with it are just some of the activity ideas for Geography Awareness Week 2011 — Nov. 13-19 — with its theme of: “Geography: The Adventure in Your Community.” Here are some [...]
Gita Laidler awarded SSHRC grant
Posted in People, tagged Arctic Regions, First Nations, Food on May 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Professor Gita Laidler is the recipient of a SSHRC Standard Research Grant for 2011 – 2014. Her project was developed in collaboration with community members and the Kitikmeot Inuit Association to explore the value of elder-youth land camps as a means of fostering inter-generational knowledge transfer and conceptualizing Inuit research methodologies. Focusing on Inuit-caribou relationships in the [...]
Spotlight on aboriginal films
Posted in People, Videos, tagged First Nations on January 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Carleton University’s Centre for Aboriginal Culture and Education is hosting it’s 5th annual Aboriginal Awareness Week from January 18 to January 22, 2011. Here are some films in the Library’s collection that may be of interest: Reel injun Buffy As I am Life on the reserve
