Aboriginal Council

 

Members:

Lee Ann Kalen (CUPE 1099) - CUPE Ab Liaison
Gloria Lepine (CUPE 3550) - Senator
Dale White (CUPE 30) - Senator
Don Monroe (CUPE 37)

Audrey Barr - National Representative

 

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

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News:

Clean water legislation lacking, First Nations leaders say
Sun News Network
CALGARY - No price tag or timeline's been given to fulfill new federal legislation to ensure long-suffering First Nation reserves have safe drinking water. Alberta Native leaders who met in Calgary yesterday with Aboriginal Affairs Minister John Duncan ...

 

The future of First nation housing?
Calgary Herald
It would not surprise APEGGA Engineering Student Member Adam Cripps to see an igloo-shaped solar house on a First Nation in a decade or so. Cripps is in his fourth year of civil engineering at the University of Calgary's Schulich School of Engineering

 

Aboriginalartists shine at the VAG
Globe and Mail
At the intersection of aboriginal culture, contemporary art and street culture, you will not find totem poles or soapstone carvings. Well, you might – but not as you imagined. Beat Nation: Art, Hip Hop and Aboriginal Culture, now at the Vancouver Art

 

Spending cap on aboriginal education is self-defeating
Canada First Perspective
Canada committed itself this week to funding reserve schools “on par” with schools overseen by the provinces, a long-overdue step that gives Prime Minister Stephen Harper an opportunity to create a legacy in an improved aboriginal education system.

 

Saskatchewan First Nation may split up
Regina Leader-Post
By Kerry Benjoe, Leader-Post February 28, 2012 10:29 PM Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Minister John Duncan acknowledged receiving a request from the Pheasant Rump First Nation to split the reserve into two different First Nations in an ...

 

"Gwilas" - First Nations, The Environment and the Law
Pacific Free Press
Frank Brown, Heiltsuk leader, will speak on"Implementing the Coastal First Nations Reconciliation Protocol". Frank is a member of the Heiltsuk First Nation(Bella Bella) located on the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada and is currently the ...

 

PMO bombarded with e-mails on Attawapiskat
Toronto Sun
By Kristy Kirkup ,Parliamentary Bureau The prime minister's office and the office of the aboriginal affairs minister were flooded with e-mails from Canadians about the housing crisis at Attawapiskat First Nation, according to documents obtained through

 

New portal for First Nations youth interested in mining
SooToday.com
Marie Innovation Centre (SSMIC) today announced that Algoma Games for Health (AGFH) was recently awarded a contract with the Oshki-Pimache-O-Win Education & Training Institute (OSHKI) in Thunder Bay, Ontario to develop a gaming portal for First Nations ...

 

First Nationloses bid to take Shell oilsands battle to Supreme Court
Calgary Herald
An Alberta First Nation that says its treaty rights were violated when the province granted oilsands leases to Shell Canada Ltd. has lost its bid to take the case to the country's top court. The Supreme Court of Canada on Thursday announced it would

 

UBC students participate in world's first Twitter mock court case
Ubyssey Online
By Zafira Rajan UBC Law students argued the first mock course case using tweets and a hashtag on Tuesday. Students studying law at UVic, Dalhousie, York and UBC tweeted their cases in teams for the case of West Moberly First Nations vs.