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Canadian Human Rights Tribunal  Hearings on the First Nations Child Welfare Case, First Nations Child and Family Caring Society,  160 Elgin Street, 11^th floor, Ottawa, ON.  Public is welcome.  Schedule:  May 13 to May 24; June 3 to June 14; June 24 to July 5; July 15 to July 26; August 5 to August 16; August 26 to August 30   Hearings last from 9:30am-4pm  http://www.fncaringsociety.ca/i-am-witness

Rental Housing for Aboriginal People.  Affordable housing available in new building complex (1043 Cummings Avenue).  Applications at www.gignulhousing.org  Info contact:  Tenant Relations Officer, 396 MacLaren St.  613-232-0016

Observation: Think Racism is Dead?  Check out the new kids’ movie "Rango" where a character refers to another as a "dumb Indian": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTvm-25qkPM

Metis Nation of Canada welcomes new members  Information available at: http://www.metisnationofcanada.org/

EVENTS

Fitness Classes (various) - Odawa Native Friendship Centre  contact Julie Davignon 613-722-3811 ext 226  www.odawa.on.ca

Minwaashin Lodge Culture Program Click here September 2012 Cultural Activities Calendar

Wednesdays  

6pm-7-pm Men's Circles, Odawa Native Friendship Centre, 12 Stirling Avenue. contact Vince Kicknosway 613-722-3811  ext 236

Wabano Fitness  299 Montreal Road  Contact: Jessika Quigley 613-748-0657 ext 243 jquigley@wabano.com

Urban Aboriginal Healthy Living (UAHL) Program
Akwe:Go
Dreamcatchers Youth Program
Sacred Movers and Fire Keepers
Sacred Child Program

May

May 21 at 7:30pm  Cedar and Bamboo: The Shared History of First Nations and Chinese Canadian Communities  Free admission.  Ben Franklin Place Chamber, 101 Centrepointe Drive.  http://www.schemamag.ca/archive2/2010/05/cedar_bamboo_doxa_documentary.php

May 23 at  5 pm-6pm  Odawa Neeskak Toastmasters   Odawa Native Friendship Centre, 12 Stirling Avenue.  Email:  odawaneeskak@gmail.com  

May 23-May 31 IN/digitized: Indigenous Culture in a Digital World, installation by 007 Collective (Robert Houle, special agent, Barry Ace, Rosalie Favell, Ron Noganosh, Frank Shebageget, Ariel Smith, Ehren "Bear Witness" Thomas and Leo Yerxa.  SAW Gallery, 67 Nicholas Street, Ottawa Gallery hours: Tuesday-Saturday 11am-6pm

May 24 Deadline    indigiTALKS Video Essay Project   Download application form http://www.imaginenative.org/upload/2013_indigiTALKS_Application_Form.pdf To apply, email to programming@imagineNATIVE.org

May 24-26  Odawa Festival of Aboriginal Culture 2013  http://www.odawa.on.ca/powwow.htm

June

June 1 Deadline  The Nation to Nation Tour   July 27 – August 14  Akwesasne and Thousand Islands  http://otesha.ca/content/nation-nation-tour-2013   Contact:  The Otesha Project, 153 Chapel Street, Ottawa, ON   K1N 1H5  613 237 6065 Tour Member Age Range:  18 - 30ish

June 5 at 5pm-8pm Aboriginal Professional Network meeting, Heart and Crown in the Market apn.rpa@gmail.com

June 13 at  5 pm-6pm  Odawa Neeskak Toastmasters   Odawa Native Friendship Centre, 12 Stirling Avenue.  Email:  odawaneeskak@gmail.com  

June 27 at  5 pm-6pm  Odawa Neeskak Toastmasters   Odawa Native Friendship Centre, 12 Stirling Avenue.  Email:  odawaneeskak@gmail.com  

July

July 24-28  Asinabka Film and Media Arts Festival http://www.asinabkafestival.org/Home.html

Opportunities:

Virtual Ventures: summer camp for Grades 5-10 Aboriginal youth in Ottawa.  August 6-9, 2013  Free.  Contact:  connections@vv.carleton.ca  613-520-2600 ext 5007

Wabano Warrior: fitness classes from May to July 2013  Contact: Kelly Fisher 613-748-0657 ext 308

Infinite Reach Facilitators  Check out www.metisnation.org Métis Nation of Ontario, 500 Old St. Patrick Street, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 9G4, InfiniteReach@metisnation.org

"Dorset Seen" at CUAG  until 2 June 2013  Featuring drawings and sculpture by 20 artists, Dorset Seen looks at how artists, both historical and contemporary, view the community of Cape Dorset, the most important centre of contemporary art production in Canada’s North http://cuag.carleton.ca

Nunavut Sivuniksavut Training Program accepting applications for the 2013-2014 program year, beginning next September.  Deadline April 15, 2013  An application to the 1st Year program can be accessed here. (It can also be downloaded from the NS web site:  http://www.nstraining.ca - click on the Apply On line tab on the top right-hand corner of the home page)  Applications to the 2nd Year program can be made directly on-line using the same link.   Open to beneficiaries of the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement. Contact:  613-244-4937  E-mail: ns@magma.ca

Minwaashin Lodge – Wiidowkewa – Advocate services.  Assistance with applications to Ontario Works & Ontario Disability Support program; access to community resources, assistance with identification cards.  Contact:  Emily 613-749-5590 ext 223 etroy@minlodge.com  Services on Tuesdays, Fridays and alternate Wednesdays.

Call for Submissions: English-language literary works for young adults by First Nations, Métis or Inuit authors, Annual Burt Award for First Nations, Métis and Inuit Literature  $12,000 – First prize, $8,000 – Second prize, $5,000 – Third prize  Deadline: May 1, 2013 Contact: Catherine Belshaw  1-800-661-2633, ext. 233  cbelshaw@codecan.org  www.codecan.org/get-involved/burt-award-canada

Oct. 15 deadline each year   Canada Council for the Arts - Aboriginal Traditional Visual Art Forms Program for Individual Artists Contact: Jim Logan 613-566-4414 ext 5266 or 1-800-263-5588, Canada Council for the Arts website

Grants for Aboriginal Dance www.canadacouncil/grants/dance

For information concerning updating or inclusion in the City of Ottawa's Artists Registry or any other collection inquiries please contact: publicartprogram@ottawa.ca or call 613-244-6852

Out of Town Events

Sign Up to Support Shannen's Dream.... http://www.fncfcs.com/shannensdream/
Shannen's Dream-- Shannen Koostachin of Attawapiskat First Nation had a dream - safe and comfy schools and culturally based education for First Nations children and youth. She worked tirelessly to try to convince the federal government to do give First Nations children a proper education before tragically passing away at the age of 15 years old in 2010. Now it is our turn to carry her dream forward. Learn more    Read Motion 571 to support Shannen’s Dream in the House of Commons. Sign Up to Show Your Support

** 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

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Employment Opportunities:

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Wasa-Nabin Youth Worker, Odawa Native Friendship Centre

Child Protection Worker - Aboriginal Focus, CAS Ottawa

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