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Congrats to our "Win to Get In With RedWAY" Winners: Kristen Kakakaway (won Don Burnstick "Redskin at the Rio" comedy fundraiser tickets) and Angie Bain (won tickets to the incredible Tomson Highway play "Ernestine Shuswap Gets Her Trout"). "Ernestine" plays until May 9th at the Firehall Arts Centre - check this link.
Also in this issue, hear from our Aboriginal Youth Media Team about news relevant to them - ACCESS Community Forums, new programs/events/job postings, meet a Native art gallery owner, check out a new KAYA CD launch and more as we move into May with hope for healthy, prosperous spring seasons...go Canucks...and wash your hands well, everyone!
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Don Burnstick Tickets - WIN TO GET IN WITH RedWAY BC News!
Join us at Saturday, May 2nd "Redskin at the Rio" show
by Kristin Kozuback
We're proud to help promote the Don Burnstick "Redskin at the Rio" show this Saturday. We're thrilled because not only is he a frickin' hilarious comedian, but partial proceeds go to supporting the Vancouver Dream Catchers Sport and Wellness Society...
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Tomson Highway Play 'Ernestine Shuswap Gets Her Trout' On NOW at the Firehall Arts Centre in Vancouver
Play runs to May 9th - Win to Get in With RedWAY!
by Adele Alexander and Kristin Kozuback, AYM Team writers
We loved this show - and we've got five reasons you need to take a group to see Tomson Highway's "Ernestine Shuswap Gets Her Trout" playing now at the Firehall Arts Centre in Vancouver, BC. Directed by Lorne Cardinal, see how four Native women plan a traditional feast in their community for Prime Minister Laurier. Tantoo Cardinal stars with three incredible actors...
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ACCESS Community Forum May 14th, 2009
Win up to $500 in gift certificates or a computer!
You are invited to come enjoy a day of food, interactive sessions and spin the 'Wheel of Fortune' with the ACCESS Trades Team. Give us feedback about programs you'd like to see in our community and enter to win a new computer or $500 in gift certificates!
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Spring Calendar of Events - IAHLA conference, ACCESS forums, International Indigenous Gathering
Aboriginal Oil and Gas Conference, KAYA free "Choices of Reality" event
Check out over 40 events - and be sure to send us your event to showcase for over 8400 RedWAY BC News subscribers! First Nations Careers Council (FNCC) launch, LEAP and Vancouver Status of Women training, so much more...
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I Want a Career Without the Degree! Gathering Our Voices 2009
Let’s face it, high school and university may not be everyone’s future for many different reasons; not everyone can fit in and conform to our public education or want to find the funds.
by Lacy Morin-Desjarlais, Aboriginal Youth Media Team Writer
I learned a little more about hairdressing - and got a wonderful new look from the crew at MC College...
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ACCESS Trades Workshops big hit at Gathering Our Voices Conference
I went to this workshop because I think that people in trades are fascinating!
by Adele Alexander, AYM Team writer
ACCESS Trades helps women train as well... because we all know that trades aren’t just for men. Helen Boyce, one of the facilitators in the workshop, was a welder for ten years. She's a great example that there is no limit to what a woman can train for in the trades, and in ACCESS Trades training there is an average of 20% of the trainees are women. Find out more...
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Free Youth Event at Knowledgeable Aboriginal Youth Association (KAYA)
Vancouver Coastal Region Youth Symposium (Choices of Reality)
by Lacy Morin-Desjarlais, AYM Team Member
Come on down and win some sweet PRIZES! Free Youth Event at 1771 E.Hastings (The New KAYA Building) on Saturday, May 2nd. Starts @ 1:00pm with performances by KASP, JB First Lady, Crunch, and Sharon! Look inside for poster...
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Reflections of a new member of the Aboriginal Youth Media Team (AYM Team)
I have been working with the team for about a month now and this is why love it!
by Alice Walkus, AYM Team
We prepared a youth-friendly environment with Spiritlink's "21 B's of youth engagement", created our own workplan, and began building private and public partnerships. With so much more to do to create media and digital literacy training programs for Aboriginal Peoples, I hope to work with the AYM Team again...
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International Indigenous Leadership Gathering 2009 in BC
Come connect to nature and leaders like Lakota Chief Arvol Looking Horse, Dr. Lee Brown (Cherokee), Chief Art ManueL (Secwepemc), and many Guatemalan, Mayan, Tibetan leaders
The International Indigenous Leadership Gathering is April 30, 2009 to May 7, 2009. The St’át’imc Chiefs Council is overseeing the gathering hosted in T’ít’q’et. The theme is "Protecting the Sacred." Elders, ceremony keepers and mandated leaders from the four directions: Asia, Africa, Americas, Australia and the South Pacific will gather at the foot of the Scwene7am Mountain at McCartney flats to discuss critical issues; David Suzuki will...
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My First Time Leading a Youth Media Workshop
It's harder than you think - but I'm taking it one step at a time
by Adele Alexander, Aboriginal Youth Media Team Member
Besides needing new shoes and needing more practice with PowerPoint presentations, here's a few things I learned in facilitating my first workshop for the Aboriginal Youth Media Team at the Kelowna Gathering Our Voices Confernece last month...
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Job Postings & Employment News: Call for Applications in Banff, Call for Applications for a Youth Internship Program, the BC Aboriginal Child Care Society is looking for an Advisor.
As of April 17th : Aboriginal Statistical Training Course, EMPLOYMENT COUNSELOR/Case Manager, ACCESS Community Forum, Child Protection Social Workers!, Graduation Ceremony for our Automotive Refinishi
by Adele Alexander, AYM Team
I know some of these are passed now, but we're now volunteering and working on getting this updated every two weeks...sorry for the delay but hope you'll check out many postings still open...
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Aboriginal Artist and Award Winning Gallery Owner - Entrepreneur: Alano Edzerza
Meet this ambitious Aboriginal youth who turned his love for art into business reality
by Cassandra Daniels, AYM Team writer
Meet this BC Aboriginal Entrepreneur Award Winning Youth who opened his own gallery near Granville Island. See a quick video of our interview and learn about this talented artist with a goal of supporting others to follow his journey...
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Summaries of the Unified Aboriginal Youth Collective Forum
Hosted in Chase, BC
by Ben Brown & Lisa Nahanee
Read the thoughts & insights of two of our Aboriginal Youth Media Team who attended this inspiring Unified Aboriginal Youth Collective Forum...and watch for more UAYC stories in our MAY Special Events Summary Issue!
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KAYA CD Launch & Open House Party Rocked Hastings Street!
Knowledgeable Aboriginal Youth Association's new location hosted a super night!
by Elizabeth Alexander
My experiences and thoughts on the new KAYA CD and its location just up the street from the Vancouver Aboriginal Friendship Centre on Hastings Street...
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Plan now to celebrate NATIONAL ABORIGINAL DAY this year!
Join us June 23rd @ Trout Lake Community Centre Community Event
by National Aboriginal Day Organizing Committee
June 21st is National Aboriginal Day - join us in celebrating! We'd like help keep you connected all celebrations across Canada - so send us your event notices, posters, and invitations today...
Here's the poster for our celebration June 23rd at Trout Lake in Vancouver, BC so book your table or become a partner now. Click inside for more details...
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ARCHIVES (other great issues to check out)
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Issue 78 - Special Issue Promoting Metro Vancouver Urban Aboriginal Strategy Events
March 13, 2009
Vol. 6
Issue 3
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Issue 77 - Meet us at ICT Summit, Aboriginal Employment Training Programs
February 11, 2009
Vol. 6
Issue 2
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Issue 76 - New Year, New Aboriginal Youth Media Team, New Focus on Digital and Media Literacy
January 30, 2009
Vol. 6
Issue 1
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Issue 75 - Winter Holiday Warm Wishes from Spiritlink Communications & the Aboriginal Youth Media Team
December 24, 2008
Vol. 5
Issue 14
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Issue 73 - Planning for Aboriginal Economic Development, Native News, Job Postings, Investing in Youth
November 4, 2008
Vol. 5
Issue 12
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Here's the poster for our celebration June 23rd at Trout Lake in Vancouver, BC so book your table or become a partner now. Click inside for more details...
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