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Use Firefox, Camino, Opera, Safari browsers More News and links that focus on Urban Aboriginal Issues -------------- Community Indicators Systems for Winnipeg's Urban First Nations Measuring progress, strengthening governance and assisting in the promotion of positive change ------------- Urban Indigenous Peoples and Migration ------------- AFN and CAP - Political Turf Wars! dueling words in the On-Reserve / Off-Reserve debate ------------- Aboriginal peoples in Canada's urban area Narrowing the education gap ------------- Strategic success for the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples $300 million worth of political positioning ------------- Novel harm reduction strategy treat chronically homeless alcoholics - give them alcohol ------------- Urban Aboriginal children - among the poorest of the poor ------------ Grassroots community effort to fight scourge of crystal meth ------------- Niinwin Dabaadjmowin - We Are Talking, a Toronto mural that celebrates First Nations culture ------------- Serious concerns about vulnerability and safety of First Nations children at school in Vancouver, BC ------------- Staff laid off BC's key urban aboriginal advocacy agency UNN closes its doors ------------- Creating opportunities for increasing the First Nations and Metis workforce in the City of Winnipeg ------------ 2004 report on poverty and urban Aboriginal people ------------ Aboriginal youth programs receive a much needed federal financial boost in Regina ------------- Aboriginal Culture Brought into Curriculum of Seven Inner City Schools -------------- Urban Native Americans Target of Church Plans ------------- Urban Aboriginal Strategy Details of $25 Million Funding ------------- Urban Aboriginals key court challenge ------------- Aboriginal Communities and Urban Sustainability ------------- Best Practices in Enhancing Aboriginal Participation in Post-secondary Education ------------- Urban Aboriginal People Key Part of Tomorrow's Cities ------------- Urban Aboriginals invited to provide input - human rights community consultations in Edmonton ------------- Toronto's Social Forum process reaches out to First Nations issues -------------- Ontario's Budget Axe Cuts Valuable Toronto Diversity Program -------------- Mother of Anthany Dawson who died in Victoria Police custody presses on for justice ------------- Agreement brings Nekaneet First Nation step closer to first urban reserve in Regina ------------- Inequalities - - - read the report here The Health of the Off-reserve Aboriginal Population in Canada ------------- BC Government Scraps Secure Care Act New Legislation will focus on sexually exploited youth ------------- National Chief of Congress of Aboriginal Peoples shares his vision for Urban Aboriginals with Members of Parliament ------------- Aboriginal Council of Toronto challenges Ontario Conservative leadership candidates to call a public inquiry into shooting death of Dudley George at Ipperwash in 1995 ------------- Historic signing ceremony to celebrate the Delegation Enabling Agreement for Vancouver Aboriginal Child and Family Services ------------- Urban Aboriginals Voice Their Concerns at governance consultation meetings ------------- Saskatchewan's budget commitment to Metis and off-reserve Aboriginals ------------- UNN Aboriginal community worker for Vancouver's Downtown Eastside ------------- UNN's Scott Clark calls for changes to get Aboriginal people to vote ------------- Breakthrough in British Columbia -------------- Urban Aboriginal Strategy -------------- Urban Aboriginals & Poverty -------------- Municipal-Aboriginal Relations NOTE this is a .pdf file --------------

Urban Aboriginal Youth
An Action Plan for Change
The Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples

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The Metis
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" . . . Aboriginal people within urban settings need to be willing to work together
and emphasize what unites them as Aboriginal people
rather than what divides them."
Final Report of the Urban Aboriginal Initiative
Canada West Foundation
February 12, 2003
(.pdf file)

The Health of Off-Reserve Aboriginals in Canada
August 27, 2002
(.pdf file)

Urban Aboriginals - Opportunities and Challenges
NOTE this is a .pdf file
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Developing an Action Plan for Aboriginal Youth in Canada -------------- FINAL REPORT - October 2003 -------------- Senate Aboriginal Peoples Committee - June 11, 2002 Testimony by Assembly of First Nations ------------- Senate Aboriginal Peoples Committee - June 4, 2002 Testimony by Native Womens Association ------------- Senate Aboriginal Peoples Committee - May 29, 2002 Testimony by Pauktuutit Inuit Women's Association ------------- Senate Aboriginal Peoples Committee - May 7, 2002 Testimony by the National Inuit Youth Council Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami ------------- Senate Aboriginal Peoples Committee - May 1, 2002 Testimony by Aboriginal Healing Foundation ------------- Senate Aboriginal Peoples Committee - April 30, 2002 Testimony by National Association of Friendship Centres ------------- Senate Aboriginal Peoples Committee - April 23, 2002 Testimony by Metis Nation of Canada ------------- Senate Aboriginal Peoples Committee - April 16th, 2002 Testimony by Congress of Aboriginal Peoples ------------- Senate Aboriginal Peoples Committee - March 19th, 2002 Testimony by Aboriginal Business Canada Dept of Industry Canada ------------- Senate Aboriginal Peoples Committee - March 13th, 2002 Testimony by John Richards, Professor of Business Administration, Simon Fraser University ------------- Senate Aboriginal Peoples Committee - March 6th, 2002 Indian Affairs witnesses ------------- Senate Aboriginal Peoples Committee - March 5th, 2002 Health Canada witnesses ------------- Senate Aboriginal Peoples Committee - Feb 19th, 2002 Corrections Canada - RCMP witnesses ------------- Senate Aboriginal Peoples Committee - Dec 11, 2001 Justice Canada witnesses ------------- Senate Aboriginal Peoples Committee - Dec 5, 2001 Heritage Canada witnesses ------------- Senate Aboriginal Peoples Committee - Dec 4, 2001 Statistics Canada witnesses ------------- Senate Aboriginal Peoples Committee - Nov 27, 2001 Testimony from Aboriginal Affairs Secretariat of the Privy Council Office ------------- Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples - Nov 20, 2001 Human Resources Development Canada witnesses --------------

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