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THE COMMUNITY OF WEMOTACI HIGHLIGHTS THE BRAVERY OF ITS FIREFIGHTERS
A few weeks after fighting the violent forest fires around their community last May, the residents of Wemotaci honored the 150 firefighters and volunteers who helped save their village. (Cont'd and photos)
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CANADA, QUEBEC AND FIRST NATIONS OF QUEBEC SIGN A FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT ON INCOME ASSISTANCE
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Scholarship / Bursary Directory for Health Careers
Through the AHHRI, the Commission has developed a scholarship / bursary directory that is available to First Nations students for the health field. We hope that this tool will facilitate the task of looking for funding for students in the health field.
A new report from STATISTICS CANADA:
Aboriginal labour market update
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The First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Health and Social Services Commission (FNQLHSSC): Winner of the Grand Prix de l’initiative de formation - Volet milieu de travail de l’Institut de coopération pour l’éducation des adultes (ICÉA) (More information) |
A new Report by the Canadian Council on Learning presents an innovative, first-of-its-kind measure of the full state of Aboriginal learning in Canada.
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Self-care Guide
What you need to know
What you need to do
Protecting yourself and others
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New report from Health Canada
« Drug Analysis Report on Designer Drugs Seized in Quebec
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Indian Residential Schools
Truth & Reconciliation Commission
Witnessing the Future (Webcast) |
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New publication from INSPQ
«Cancer among Aboriginal people living on reserves and in Northern villages in Québec, 1984-2004 - Incidence and mortality
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Launching of the DVD
The Legacy of Quebec Indian Residential Schools
The First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Health and Social Services Commission pursues its efforts to help the communities to rebuild their social fabric, which has been tattered by the effects of the governments’ repeated assimilation policies. (Suite)
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Regional AHTF review meeting
February 26, 2009 in Lac Beauport was the setting for the second meeting to review the Aboriginal Health Transition Fund for 2008-2009. The Aboriginal Health Transition Fund (AHTF) is a five-year national initiative of the federal government introduced in 2005-2006. (Suite)
Regional Portrait of the Special Needs Situation for the First Nations of Quebec Clientele between the ages of 0 to 6 years
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The First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada request your support
Investigators for the Canadian Human Rights Commission have completed a report which recommends that the Canadian Human Rights Commissioners formally accept jurisdiction for the complaint filed by the Assembly of First Nations and the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada respecting the under‐ funding of First Nations child welfare services on reserves. suite |
Declaration on an assertion process on First Nations' sovereignty
Faced with governments that deny the rights of its people, and noticing that none of the main political parties in the current provincial electoral campaign lend importance to the issues which affect them, the Chiefs of the First Nations of Quebec and Labrador, gathered in Assembly, adopted a declaration revolving around a process asserting sovereignty. (Declaration)
Statistics Canada released the Aboriginal Peoples Survey (APS) data for 2006
December 3, 2008, Statistics Canada released the Aboriginal Peoples Survey (APS) data for 2006. This national survey provides data on the social and economic conditions of First Nations people living off-reserve, Métis and Inuit, including areas such as health, language, employment, income, school, housing and mobility. (More information)
 Children and Youth Forum
This past February, more than 250 participants from a wide range of backgrounds came together to reflect on and mobilize themselves around the important issues affecting the children and youths of the First Nations. Further to promoting exchanges among the various people from the communities (leaders, directors, child and youth workers, etc.), we had the opportunity to discuss our realities with our fellow citizens in Quebec, as individuals and as representatives of external organizations. Read this news All about the Forum
Addictions Awareness Week:
www.thingsaretough.ca and www.thingsarebetter.ca
We are pleased to inform you that the FNQLHSSC will for the first time be running a campaign for Addictions Awareness Week, through a partnership with the Ministère de la santé et des services sociaux du Québec. (More information)
Memoir, produced by the FNQLHSSC and the AFNQL, presented to the Commission des affaires sociales at the Assemblée nationale du Québec on October 29, 2008 (Commission parlementaire sur l’itinérance (free translation: Parlementary commission on homelessness)
Breaking new ground in Quebec: The Native Friendship Centres given an important boost in their fight against poverty and social exclusion from the Quebec government's action plan for the social economy (Press release)
Communiqué from Assembly of First Nations to First Nations Communities
Update on the Canadian Human Rights Complaint Concerning First Nations Child and Family Services
Statistics Canada releases the Aboriginal Children's Survey
Statistics Canada releases initial results from the 2006 Aboriginal Children’s Survey. This post-censal survey provides an extensive set of data about Inuit, Métis and off-reserve First Nations children aged 5 and under, living in urban, rural and northern locations across Canada. It was designed to provide a picture of the early development of Aboriginal children and the social and living conditions in which they are learning and growing.
The analytical file is available at www.statcan.ca or www.statcan.ca/english/dai-quo
NEWS ARCHIVES
13th World Congress on Pain
International Association for the Study of Pain
August 29 - September 3, 2010
Palais des Congrès de Montréal, Montréal
CCSMH 4th National Conference
Theme: Connecting Research & Education
to Care in Seniors' Mental Health
Canadian Coalition for Seniors Mental Health
September 27-28, 2010
Westin Nova Scotian, Halifax
2010 National Conference
Canadian Mental Health Association
October 5-7, 2010
Theme: Communities Addressing Suicide Together
Alderney Landing Cultural Centre, Dartmouth (NS)
18th International Congress on Palliative Care
October 5-8, 2010
Palais des Congrès – Montréal (Québec)
Training "Let's by happy together! preventing childhood obesity in Aboriginal communities"
October 6-7, 2010
Ottawa
21st National Conference Association of Women's Health,
Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses
October 14-16, 2010
Montreal
Best Start Resource Centre 2010 Northern Conference
October 18-19, 2010
Valhalla Inn, Thunder Bay (ON)
XXXVIIIe colloque de l'Association des intervenants en toxicomanie du Québec
Theme : Au coeur du changement : l'intervention en toxicomanie
October 24-27, 2010
Delta Trois-Rivières
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