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World AIDS Day, December 1, 2011: “It takes the whole community to support change!”
For Immediate Release Ottawa, ON (November 30, 2011) December 1 is World AIDS Day and the beginning of Aboriginal AIDS Awareness Week in Canada. On this day, and during the…
Nunavut Community Wellness Plans Report Released
Released | November 28, 2011 Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. President Cathy Towtongie, the Honourable Eva Aariak, Premier of Nunavut and the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Federal Minister of Health today announced the…
Media Alert: Dec 1 Ottawa ~ Aboriginal AIDS Week National Launch
Aboriginal AIDS Awareness Week: Ottawa Launch with Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health WHAT: Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network (CAAN) will be hosting Aboriginal AIDS Awareness Week (AAAW) Launch on December…
A Fourth of Canadian Children Overweight
23/11/2011 – A new international study has found that one in four Canadian children are overweight. In contrast to developing countries, obesity and poverty in Canada are inextricably linked. A…
Dignity for All Event: How to Address Poverty in Canada
Please join us for a special event in Ottawa organized by Dignity for All: the campaign for a poverty-free Canadaon Monday December 5th from 5:30-7pm. Titled “What’s Next? How do we…
Reduction in Child Poverty Stalled in Nova Scotia
November 23, 2011 Halifax, NS – Twenty-two years ago (in 1989), the government of Canada promised to end child poverty by the year 2000. However, as Lesley Frank, author of…
Canadian Best Practices Portal: Obesity in Canada Webinar
Nov 23, 2011 On October 12th, 2011, the CBPI and the Chronic Disease Prevention Alliance of Canada (CDPAC) hosted the first in a series of web-based seminars examining obesity, food…
Chekoa Program Benefits from De Beers Canada
NWT Business Opportunities Breakfast Yellowknife (November 18, 2011) – An afterschool program for children of the Yellowknives Dene First Nation (YKDFN) members has received a donation from De Beers Canada…
Members denounce child poverty for National Child Day
“A comprehensive, compassionate and sustainable reform of social assistance must place the well-being of all citizens, children and adults alike, at the center of economic planning for the future.” –…
Grand Chief provides Statement to Support Clean Drinking Water Motion
Grand Chief Denise Stonefish issued the following statement in response to the Liberal motion introduced yesterday to Parliament: “AIAI is pleased that the struggles of First Nations to access safe…
