A two-year initiative sponsored by the Saskatchewan Labour Market Commission has been put to motion in response to the increasing Aboriginal population in Saskatchewan’s labour market age group. The project is called the Aboriginal Labour Market Commission (APUI). The initiative has also created a web portal that will act as a tool for outreach, recruitment, advancement, and retention to support employers.
Saskatchewan Highways Minister Jim Reiter, Tourism Minister Dustin Duncan and Whitecap Dakota First Nation Chief Darcy Bear unveiled today a new name and signage for Highway 219, a economic and tourism corridor south of Saskatoon.
Alan Syliboy, a Mi’kmaq artist, musician, and curator from Truro, Nova Scotia has been working on three projects including a mural, an animated short film, and a metal sculpture that will be displayed at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics.
The Yukon River that runs along the Alaska-Yukon border only counted approximately 12,000 chinook salmon in its waters last year. This year, that number has jumped up to over 41,000. Restrictions on a First Nations subsistence fishery have been lifted and it is possible that restrictions on sport, commercial, and domestic fisheries will follow suit.
The Gabriel Dumont Institute’s Training & Employment program and Sasktel have partnered together to create the Sasktel Métis Scholarship. Check out the Sasktel Metis Scholarship information sheet to see if you qualify. Application forms are accepted on May 1st and October 1st of each year.
On Thursday morning, Shawn Atleo, a businessman from British Columbia became the national chief for the Assembly of First Nations. Atleo received 58% of the vote. Also see the Assembly of First Nations press release.
