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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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Poster |
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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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Human Rights Tribunal begins historic case alleging Federal Government discrimination against First Nation children in state care (Suite)
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Canada, Quebec, and First Nations in Quebec reach an historic chidwelfare framework (News release) (Backgrounder)
Statistics Canada report on the Incarceration of Aboriginal people in adult correctional services
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AFN says urgent measures on H1N1 must be in place before the fall
AFN Regional Chief Angus Toulouse who holds the portfolio for health called for three urgent measures to improve the response to pandemic outbreaks of H1N1 in First Nations communities. (Suite) |
Dismantling of a drug ring in communities of Eastern Quebec
After a long investigation by the RCMP, a network of manufacturing and distribution of PCP in First Nations communities of Eastern Quebec was dismantled this morning.
(The FNQLHSSC' s press release) (The RCMP's press release)
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Annual golf tournament of the AFNQL
$25,000 raised for the New Pathways Foundation
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The Assembly of the First Nations of Quebec and Labrador, the First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Health and Social Services Commission, and the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi emphasize the academic success of 49 students of the First Nations of Quebec in two programs of study. (Suite) (Video) |
Brief presented to the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills Development, Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities by AFNQL, FNQLHSSC and FNHRDCQ.
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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
(Read the report)
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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
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Kirano : A new concept of physical activities combined with healthy nutrition
Eleven First Nations members
participated in the 1st edition of the KIRANO project.
Click here for more details.
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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)
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.
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
Regional meeting on Diabetes
March 2-3, 2010
Hôtel Sépia
Québec
13e journées annuelles de la santé publique
March 2-12, 2010
Hôtel Fairmont Le Reine Élizabeth
Montréal
Regional meeting « Panorama and Infostructure »
March 16-17, 2010
Hôtel Gouverneur Québec
Québec
Regional Training Sessions – «Postvention,
Debriefing & Support in Greeving »
March 24, 25 & 26, 2010
Loews Le Concorde Hotel, Québec
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