BC First Nations Forestry Council Hosts Career Fairs to Increase Indigenous Forestry Opportunities (Feb 11th, 2019)

by Yiwen Sun | Feb 11, 2019 | Uncategorized

NORTH VANCOUVER, BC, Feb. 11, 2019 – The BC First Nations Forestry Council (FNFC) is organizing three career fair events, the 2019 BC Forestry Career Fairs, scheduled to be held in Nanaimo, Kamloops and North Vancouver. The 2019 BC Forestry Career Fairs are held...

Canada and the Native Women’s Association of Canada Sign Accord (Feb 1st, 2019)

by Yiwen Sun | Feb 7, 2019 | Uncategorized

News release February 1, 2019 — Ottawa, Ontario — Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada Today, the Honourable Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations, Francyne Joe, President of the Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC), and the...

Most First Nations in northern B.C. support LNG pipeline (Jan 8th, 2019)

by Yiwen Sun | Feb 7, 2019 | Uncategorized

First Nations LNG Alliance says at least 20 First Nations have signed agreements with LNG Canada Despite the headline-grabbing news coming from the Gitdumt’en anti-pipeline site, most First Nations living near the LNG pipeline route support the project. At least 20...

12,500-year-old bison among big finds of Site C heritage preservation plan (Feb 5th, 2019)

by Yiwen Sun | Feb 7, 2019 | Uncategorized

Palaeontologists carefully unearth the bones of a 12,500-year-old prehistoric bison near B.C. Hydro’s Site C dam construction site, which was discovered by construction crews and is one of the more significant finds under the heritage management plan for the...

Diploma in Indigenous Community Development and Governance

by Alison Manitowabi | Sep 27, 2017 | Uncategorized

The University of Victoria has a diploma program to train or strengthen the capacity of Indigenous and non-Indigenous administrators that are working for, or aspire to work for Indigenous communities, governments and organizations. The Diploma in Indigenous Community...

Doig River First Nation From British Columbia Announced as the First Recipient of the MNP AFOA Canada Aboriginal Community Excellence Award

by Alison Manitowabi | Sep 14, 2017 | Uncategorized

Congratulations to DRFN on receiving this excellent award! To read more about it please click on the link below. (If clicking on the link below does not work, please copy and paste it to a new browser page)....