July 17, 2020
Les centres d'amitié travaillent dur pour soutenir leurs communautés pendant COVID-19. Leur dévouement et leur compassion sont les moteurs de notre Mouvement. Au cours des dernières semaines, voici quelques fois les centres d'amitié ont été mentionnés dans l'actualité.
Avril
- La génération Z autochtone à travers une garderie de Val-d'Or [Radio-Canada]
- Adding cell service in an effort to improve safety along the ‘Highway of Tears’ [Global News]
- La Ronge homeless service back after funding lapse [Saskatoon Star Phoenix]
- Improved cell service coming to B.C.'s Highway of Tears [CBC]
- Several local programs to benefit from Back to Work Community Partnership [Halifax Today]
- New provincial program aims to connect more people with in-demand job markets [CBC]
- Indigenous friendship centres stuck in financial rut as pandemic continues [CBC]
- Charities and non-profits in trouble seek federal support [CBC]
- 'Shock to the system': La Ronge scrambles to support the homeless as services forced to close down [Prince Albert Daily Herald]
- La Ronge homeless program in limbo over provincial funding [Saskatoon Star Phoenix]
- Charitable Choices: The Aboriginal Friendship Centre of Calgary [Calgary Guardian]
- 'Harm is happening right now' as overdoses increase in Regina, says Regina police chief [CBC]
Mars
- Government of Canada Invests Over $1 Million to Advance Gender Equality for Indigenous Women and Girls [Newswire]
- ‘We are still here’: Kikinahk staff play pivotal role during COVID-19 pandemic response [Laronge Now]
- Le projet de logements de transition du Centre d’amitié de Val-d’Or devra attendre [Radio-Canada]
- Métis-Cree dancer keeps community connected with virtual powwows [Fort McMurray Today]
- Jigging for the heart, from the heart [The Voice of Denendeh]
- Le gouvernement du Canada investit plus d’un million de dollars pour faire progresser l’égalité entre les sexes des femmes et des filles autochtones (Femmes et Égalité des genres Canada)
- Indigenous patients using new online tool to anonymously report health-care racism (CTV News)
- Pipe ceremony, feast marks end of Indigenous culture, language program (CBC Manitoba)
- A new tool to report racism within B.C.’s healthcare system (Global News BC)
- Pour de meilleures relations (L'Étoile du Lac)
- Construction begins for MHC expansion (CHAT News Today)
- Province creates five new youth hub sites to expand co-ordinated access to mental health, addiction services to protect young Manitobans [Province of Manitoba]
- Seven groups get grants totalling $710,000 for mental health, addictions programs [Fort McMurray Today]
- Edmonton to see new affordable housing project with funding from province, federal government [Edmonton Journal]
- L’oeuvre Otehina, pour le rapprochement des peuples [L'Écho de la Tuque]
- Penticton’s Ooknakane hosts first of its kind Friendship Centre vaccination clinic [Keremeos Review]
- Indigenous patients using new online tool to anonymously report health-care racism [CTV News]
- New online tool allows Indigenous patients to anonymously report racism in health-care system [CBC]
- La solidarité à l’honneur pour la Journée internationale de l’élimination de la discrimination raciale [Le Nouvelliste]
- In nurses' firing, union calls for due process, while First Nations leaders hope broader concerns aren't lost [CBC News]
- Nawican Bergeron Youth Centre open for play [The Mirror]
- Napi gets financial boost for community health [Yahoo! News]
- Overdose Death Awareness Front And Centre With Black Balloon Initiative [Portage Online]
- Regina Friendship Centre receives preliminary approval to open overdose prevention site [Global News]
- La population invitée à marcher par petits groupes contre la discrimination raciale [Radio-Canada]
- Le Défi 100 tours sans discrimination revient autour du lac St-Louis [L'Écho de la Tuque]
- Atikamekw maltraitée à Joliette : « Zéro tolérance pour ce genre de comportement » [Radio-Canada]
- Should the NWT do more to support NGOs? [Cabin Radio]
- COVID-19 vaccination clinic for Indigenous people in urban Calgary area opening Monday [Global News]
- Indigenous-led housing project to open in Vancouver [The Runner]
- New community program launches in Halifax's north end to help cross-cultural learning [The Chronicle Herald]
- CNA students in Stephenville partner with local Indigenous friendship centre on podcast project [The Telegram]
Février
- Friendship Centre and DOCFS Hand Out Breakfast Kits [Portage Online]
- Des appels de l’amitié, pour briser la solitude [L'Écho de la Tuque]
-
Jeanne Clarke Award winners announced Sunday [Prince George Citizen]
- PG Public Library recognizes Native Friendship Centre’s Indigenous Childcare Facility with award [My PG Now]
- New youth shelter helping Saskatoon’s homeless [Global News]
- Prince George Native Friendship Centre wins award for its Indigenous childcare centre [Prince George Matters]
- Inauguration d’une murale pour les finissants autochtones [Le Nouvelliste]
- Vancouver council approves Indigenous-led housing project with 160 new homes and more [Vancouver is Awesome]
- Bonnyville Friendship Centre, Blue Quills University receive provincial funding [Lakeland TODAY]
- Alberta Blue Cross continues to support community organizations through COVID grant program [today ville]
- Jannah Kohlman: organization and opportunities [The Mirror]
- Cal Albright, Kermode Friendship Centre executive director departs to Surrey [Terrace Standard]
- Favoriser la persévérance et la réussite éducative des autochtones au postsecondaire [Le Rire]
- Proposed COVID outreach collaboration includes 12 Edmonton agencies [CBC]
- Portage Friendship Centre Offers Drive-By Bannock Tacos For Riel Day [Portage Online]
- Friendship centres key to reaching urban Indigenous peoples when vaccines roll out, says executive director[The Star]
- Mobilisation en faveur de la vaccination des Autochtones québécois en ville [Radio-Canada]
- Une aide fédérale de 10 000$ au Centre d’amitié autochtone de Maniwaki [L'info de la Vallée]
- Halifax council approves Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre’s affordable housing plan [Halifax Examiner]
- Calls to ban birth alerts grow louder as other provinces end controversial practice [CBC]
- Maniwaki community cooks together online to fight pandemic isolation [CBC]
- Canada’s largest charities ask Ottawa for $500 to $700 million Covid-19 Relief Fund [Future of Good]
Janvier
- Saskatoon Indian and Métis Friendship Centre provides safe place for homeless youth [CBC]
- PG Native Friendship Centre says more needs to be done to assist homeless population [My PG Now]
- Monument honouring residential school survivors to be built in Regina [paNOW]
- Saskatoon Indian and Metis Friendship Centre opens drop-in day youth shelter [The Star Phoenix]
- Systemic racism in Canada’s health care and how it affects vaccine rollout [Global News]
- Pandemic response: Friendship centres prepare for ‘the long haul’ [Ha-Shilth-Sa Newspaper]
- Pilot project puts cancer screening into the hands of northwest B.C. women [Prince George Citizen]
- Friendship Centre opens up as cold weather shelter as minus-30 weekend nears [The Reminder]
- Northern Manitoba community imposing curfew to curb spread of COVID-19 [CTV News]
- Youth Outreach Programs Expanding [Nova Scotia]
- Wachiay opens store-front arts shop in downtown Courtenay [Comox Valley Record]
- Winners selected in art contest in Hay River[Hay River Hub]
- Record de décès par surdose en Saskatchewan en 2020 [Radio-Canada]
- Le Centre d’amitié autochtone ajuste son offre de services [Le Citoyen]
- Kikinahk receives $30,000 donation from LLRIB Internal Council [La Ronge Now]
- Halifax council approves next steps for Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre’s rapid affordable housing project [Halifax Examiner]
- Working hard to keep the Ki-Low-Na Friendship Society open during the pandemic [Toronto Star]
- Thompson low-income seniors given a boost through hamper program [Winnipeg Sun]
- 21 Québécois qui feront 2021 [Le Devoir]
- Indigenous-led non-profits say they are better equipped to deliver cultural services than Siloam Mission[CBC]
- Family Wellness and Healing Project launching in Meadow Lake [Meadowlake NOW]
- Shelter in La Ronge faces shutdown over COVID-19 concerns [Saskatoon Star Phoenix]
- Joyce Echaquan et la redécouverte de la difficile réalité autochtone [L'Action]
- Saskatchewan quietly approved overdose prevention sites [Saskatoon Star Phoenix]
2020
- Moose Hide campaign expands [CKPG Today]
- Ozone disinfection devices arrive at La Ronge’s Kikinahk Friendship Centre [paNOW]
- Rapport du Groupe d'action contre le racisme : Édith Cloutier réagit [Radio-Canada]
- Province Adds Beds for Homeless in Halifax [Nova Scotia Government]
- Friendship Centre launching mental health support program [My Grand Prairie Now]
- Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre executive director talks affordable housing [Global News]
- Prince George Friendship Centre to benefit from government support [MY PG NOW]
- Prince Albert Indian and Métis Friendship Centre looking to open men’s affordable housing [CTV News]
- Des panneaux pour valoriser la présence autochtone à Saguenay [le Quotidien]
- Des résidences étudiantes autochtones à Chibougamau? [La Sentinelle]
- Province provides more support for friendship centres as urban Indigenous peoples struggle during pandemic [Energetic City]
- Mobilisation et soutien pour la famille de Kristen [L'Écho de la Tuque]
- ‘Breastfeeding is a traditional food that should be protected’ [The Discourse]
- 18 millions $ pour l'hébergement des étudiants: une bonne nouvelle pour les Centres d'amitié autochtones de la région [le Nouvelliste]
- Comment «rouvrir des plaies» autour de l’affaire Joyce Echaquan [Le Devoir]
- Anwatan-Miguam : Projet de logements de transitions pour les Autochtones [Radio-Canada]
- Out in the cold: COVID-19 leaves Labrador homeless wandering[CBC]
-
Sabrina Muise works with youth to preserve Mi'kmaq culture [The Chronicle Herald]
- Le gouvernement annonce les membres du Conseil national du logement [Société canadienne d'hypothèques et de logement]
- COVID-19 statistics don’t reflect the reality for Indigenous people living in Canadian cities [The Star]
- How Quebec's Minowé clinic is improving Indigenous access to health care [CBC]
- Lanaudière Native Friendship Centre slated to relocate and expand [Global News]
- Un nouveau centre d'amitié autochtone dans Lanaudière [Radio-Canada]
- Un programme de formation d'éducatrices autochtones lancé au Lac-Saint-Jean [le Quotidien]
- Northern Lights recipient – Is kitsii gome, 7 Brothers Circle [Government of Alberta]
- Connaître l’horreur, éveiller les consciences [L'Écho de la Tuque]
- Indigenous-led clinic to help Quebec community still shaken by Joyce Echaquan’s death [Canadian Press]
- Mort de Joyce Echaquan: le Centre d’amitié autochtone de Trois-Rivières interpelle les médias sur l'échec du système public [L'Écho de Trois-Rivières]
- «MMIWG monument planned for Prince Albert» [CTV News]
- «Traditional Salmon Dinner served to K'jipuktuk community on Treaty Day» [Global News]
- «Margaret Jerome acclaimed as president of Soaring Eagle Friendship Centre» [Hay River Hub]
- «Friendship Centre launches canoe to mark Orange Shirt Day» [The Interior News]
- «Plans modified for this year's Orange Shirt Day» [Timmins Daily Press]
- «Men's homeless shelter opens in Bonnyville» [Lakeland Today]
- L’exposition Réconcili’Art inaugurée [Le Nouvelliste]
- «The Pulaarvik Kablu Friendship Centre to deliver 28-day addictions program in Rankin Inlet» [Kivalliq News]
- «Aboriginal friendship centre to raise totem pole for missing and murdered indigenous women» [Nanaimo News]
- «Atikokan Native Friendship Centre hopes new transition home for youth will change futures» [CBC]
- Les Autochtones dans les grandes villes se sentent exclus de l'aide fédérale [Radio-Canada]
- Les Autochtones se disent exclus des programmes d’aide [La Presse]
- COVID-19 : l’anxiété augmente chez les Autochtones [Radio-Canada]
- Le rôle essentiel des centres d’amitié autochtones menacé [Radio-Canada]
- Les Autochtones dans les centres urbains se disent négligés par l'aide fédérale [HuffPost Quebec]
- The double confinement of Atikamekw in urban areas at the time of COVID-19 [Radio-Canada]
- Native friendship centers: at the front with few resources [Radio-Canada]
- Ça va bien aller, nous chantent les Atikamekw [Radio-Canada]
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Dernière mise à jour: 11 avril 2021