Aboriginal CKCU 93.1FM

Notice:

One of our community members is in need.  Beverly Sunday and her husband had a serious accident ... Click here to get a link and update and  Facebook link.  

Opportunity:

CKCU FM is seeking two Radio Camp Counsellors for the 2010 March Break Camp

CKCU is hiring a Radio Camp Counsellor to help run our popular Radio Camp for kids ages 9-12. This camp contains a maximum of 10 children split into two groups. As a camp counsellor you will be responsible for the supervision and training of one group. Applications should be received by March 5 2010. For more detailed  information contact Matthew Crosier Phone: 613-520-2600x1625 or
E-mail: manager@ckcufm.com

Band Players Wanted:  Luc Lecompte formed a band "Totemtuça" and seeking Aboriginals who play:  bass guitar, accordion, violin, harmonica, keyboard and other instruments.  Contact Luc at 613-951-3616

ON HOLD Tuesdays 9:30am-10:30am  Pilates at Glebe Fitness     Tuesdays 6:30pm-7:30pm  Jazz at Capital City Dance       Hawk Studio Fitness Classes, special rates  Contact:  Beverley Sunday, Hawk Studio  613-371-9506 

Aboriginal youth ages 7 to 17 interested in sports  (ball hockey, dodge ball and basketball)Contact Sheridon Baptiste, Urban Aboriginal Healthy Living Coordinator, Odawa Native Friendship Centre, 12 Stirling Ave  613-722-3811 ext 226   healthyliving@odawa.on.ca

Wanted Native Canadian Talent for Television Series:  DeGrassi High   Shooting starts March – November, 2010 in Toronto  Send full body photo or snap shot with age, date of birth, and any acting experience:  Stephanie Gorin Casting Inc., 62 Ellerbeck Street, Toronto, Ont. M4K 2V1  416-778-6916  Acting experience preferred but not necessary

Keep Olympics Authentic!!  Support authentic Aboriginal products, sign e-petition http://www.gopetition.com/online/32954.html  www.trulyauthentic.wordpress.com www.spiritworkslimited.com   VANOC has excluded authentic Aboriginal products from their licensing program.

2010 International Methodology Symposium by Statistics Canada October 26-29, 2010, Ottawa, ON Call for Papers for the methodological aspects of using multiple sources of data.  Symposium called Social Statistics: the Interplay among Censuses, Surveys and Administrative Data.  Submit proposals by email to: symposium2010@statcan.gc.ca by March 31, 2010. Proposal include a 250-word abstract (French or English) of the content of the presentation,
as well as its title and your full contact information.  For more information, check http://www.statcan.gc.ca/conferences/symposium2010/index-eng.htm

Contest - Telling our Healthy Stories.  Open to Aboriginal youth ages 12 to 29 to produce video stories as part of a toolkit on preventing childhood obesity.   To watch a video announcing the contest, please visit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YnW1793enw    For full contest guidelines, visit: http://www.beststart.org/aboriginal/getinvolved.html or contact Melanie Ferris at (416) 408-2249, ext 2263 or toll-free 1-800-397-9567, ext 2263 m.ferris@healthnexus.ca

EVENTS

Wednesdays

6pm-10pm Odawa Co-ed Volleyball   January 13 – April 11End of season Tournament With Trophy & Prizes   Cost $160/teamRegister:  Sheridon Baptiste, healthyliving@odawa.on.ca 613-722-3811 ext 226   

Wednesdays  

6:30-8pm   Judo at Odawa Native Friendship Centre, 12 Stirling Avenue/Scott      Click for poster: (pdf) 212KB           Click for link

March 2010

Wednesdays  5:30pm with supper.  Youth Culture Night for youth age 12-18 years at Minwaashin Lodge.  Gearing up for pow-wow season.  Hang out and learn how to bead, sing, and drum.  Contact Naomi Sarazin 613-741-5590  email  nsarazin@minlodge.com

March 1, 2010 - 12-1:30pm La citoyenneté autochtone en question: Que penser de l’expulsion des non-­‐Mohawks de la communauté de Kahnawa:ke? / Rethinking Indigenous Citizenship: Perspectives on Kahnawa:ke “Mohawk Only” Policy
Pavillon Desmarais 3102, l'Universite d'Ottawa
Demarais Bldg. 3102, University of Ottawa
Présentations en français, discussion en anglais et Français / Presentations in French, discussion in English and French. Presented by FASR/ FERA  Forum for Aboriginal Studies and Research - Faculty of Social Sciences University of Ottawa


 

March 3, 2010 @5:30 pm - Alumni Auditorium, 85 University Private, University of Ottawa
FREE ADMISSION  -The Institute of Women's Studies of the University of Ottawa is pleased
invite you to the Shirley Greenberg Annual Lecture in Women's Studies entitled "Decolonizing Social Justice: The Anti-Violence Movement and the
Non-Profit Industrial Complex" given by Andrea Smith, Assistant Professor, Department of Media and Cultural Studies, University of California,
Riverside Co-founder of INCITE! Women of Color against Violence and The Boarding School Healing Project Further Info: womenst@uOttawa. ca or Kathryn.Trevenen@ uOttawa.ca 

Friday, March 5^th  5:00- 6:30pm  Film Screening and Discussion "Waterlife: The Epic Journey of our Water,"  produced by the National Film Board of Canada.  Alumni Auditorium, Univeristy of Ottawa, 85 University Street.  Reception to follow.  Contact Regina Mandamin at regina.mandamin@gmail.com of the Aboriginal Law Students' Association

Sunday, March 7    2 – 4 pm   Still Searching for Bread & Roses.  International Women’s Day Celebration 2010.  The Bronson Centre, Mac Hall, 211 Bronson Ave    Free Admission.  Light refreshments & drinks provided.  Contact:  WISE @ 613-230-6700  email communityevents@wiseottawa.ca

March 10- 5pm-9pm -   Aboriginal Proffessionals Network (APN) - Ice-breakers and networking in a professional, yet casual atmosphere.  Guest speakers in attendance.  Don't forget to bring your business cards to Heart & Crown - 353 B. Preston St., Ottawa!

March 15-19  Wabano March Break Health Camp for Aboriginal children/youth age 7-18 years.  FREE 5-day, 4-night camp.  Contact Rachel Quinn 613-748-0657 ext.244.  Registration forms can be faxed to 613-748-9364 (Attention: Rachel)  There are only 50 spots available, so register ASAP

March 27 - 11:00am - 2:00pm - Ottawa Aboriginal Coalition / Urban Aboriginal Strategy Steering Committee  invite you to the Aboriginal Community Meeting  that will be taking  at the Odawa Native Friendship Centre.

Out of Town Events

** Eschia Books, a new Aboriginal publisher in Alberta, is looking for writers of Aboriginal descent who have manuscripts to be reviewed for publication and for authors who are knowledgeable and wish to write about specific aspects of Aboriginal history. For more information please contact Kathy van Denderen, President of Eschia Books Inc at kvandenderen@eschia.com or call 780-686-2024780-686-2024780-686-2024

Check out this page on a weekly basis.  You will find activities in the Ottawa area. 

If the activities are listed, the public is welcome to join. 

If you want to promote your event, please send us an email at least one week in advance and we will make every effort to announce it on-air.  

Employment Opportunities:

Aboriginal Cultural Liaison Officer # 298568    Carleton University , Equity Services Term to:  March 31, 2012 Salary:  $60,561 - $81,24 Competition Closing Date: March 9, 2010    Bonnie Horton, HR Advisor https://jobs-carleton.icims.com/jobs/1665/job

Correctional Service of Canada -

Account Representative
Location: Moncton
Closing Date: March 4, 2010 -  For more information please click on the link above.

Psychologist
Locations: Various Locations - Closing Date: March 28,2010 

 For more information on the posting please click on the link above.

Links to Ottawa based Native Organizations

 Gignul Housing  

  Inuit Non-Profit Housing

  Inuit Friendship Centre 

  Kagita Mikam 

  Kumik Lodge, DIAND

  Minwashin Lodge

  Odawa Native Friendship Centre

  Tewegan for Aboriginal Youth 

  Wabano Health Centre

  Nation Talk Newswire