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With Tragedy Comes Awareness: Suicide Prevention Walk in Sachigo Lake First Nation
Author: Stephanie Cram, journalism trainer Back in June, I attended the elementary graduation at Martin Mckay Memorial School in Sachigo Lake First Nation. Most of it was very adorable, with the kids receiving awards and posing for pictures. Then one of the teachers read a letter to the parents which crushed me. In the
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The beauty of the north
Author: Brandon Macleod, JHR trainer My hometown of Cold Lake, Alberta is literally less than a degree south of my current home in Peawanuck, Ontario. But that minor blip on the map in terms of latitude bears a big difference in terms of my perceptions of each community and their natural beauty. I
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Heading North: Sandie Benitah embarks on three week program on First Nation reserve
When I applied to be CTV’s pick for a placement with the organization Journalists For Human Rights, I was quick to say I wanted to come to Northern Ontario and spend time with Indigenous peoples in their communities. Many (in fact, too many) asked me why I had chosen to spend time close to
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Northern Ontario
Fishing at Sandy Lake
JHR Trainer Ophira Horwitz learns how to fish through Sandy Lake’s sense of community and family By: Ophira Horwitz I was so excited to go fishing for my first time. I bought a fishing rod and salted minnows at the grocery store; donned my purple raincoat, fisherman’s hat, and backpack appropriately decorated with a pattern of
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Meet JHR’s newest media trainers!
JHR’s newest media trainers have their boots on the ground – snow boots, in this case! The Indigenous Reporters Program, JHR’s program to increase Indigenous voices in Canadian media, is sending journalism trainers to work in four remote Indigenous communities in northern Ontario. Over the next eight months, the JHR trainers, in partnership with Wawatay Native Communications Society,
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Radio Call-in Show Improves Police Service in Constance Lake First Nation
Criminals don’t take time off on the weekends. But in Constance Lake First Nation, the Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service (NAPS) was only operational between Monday to Friday, from 6 am – 9 pm. People in the small Aboriginal community didn’t feel safe. Most crimes happened at night, after the NAPS office had closed, and there was no patrol. The closest
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