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CSFS: Northern BC First Nations Youth Coalition Video Release
March 7, 2017 The Northern BC First Nations HIV/AIDS Coalition is excited to announce the launch of the Facts and Fears: Healthy Living and Leadership Video, which was released at the First Nations Health Authority’s North West Youth Wellness Gathering today. Check out the media release below, a PDF version of our media release can […]
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Métis Youth British Columbia selects 2017 Métis Youth Role Models
Métis Youth British Columbia (MYBC) is proud to announce the five (5) Métis Youth Role Models for 2017 who have been identified as incredible Youth in their communities. MNBC received the largest number of nominations to date for the 2017 campaign. All of the nominations received demonstrated that we have a number of Métis role […]
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B.C. youth watchdog says teen’s suicide, ‘heart breaking,’ abandoned by system – CBC
Source: The Canadian Press Feb 6, 2017 VICTORIA _ British Columbia’s incoming children’s watchdog says an 18-year-old Metis teen in government care was abandoned by the system and took his own life as an act of desperation. Bernard Richard, the acting children’s representative, says in his report that B.C.’s child welfare system failed to find the teen […]
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Ministry Says Supports ‘Available’ to Youth Exiting Province’s Care. How Available? – The Tyee
A guide to options for at-risk young adults, and why advocates say they aren’t enough. A Tyee series detailing the struggles of youth in Kamloops drew a response from the B.C. government, urging readers be told that programs are in place for youth 19 and over who are aging out of provincial care and seeking […]
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The Highway’ Music Video Raises Awareness For Missing, Murdered Indigenous Women – Huffington Post
January 25, 2017 Students from a B.C. First Nation created a heartbreaking music video about missing and murdered indigenous women. The song called “The Highway” was penned by students at the ‘Na Aksa Gyilak’yoo School in Kitsumkalum First Nation, just outside of Terrace in northern B.C. The video that accompanies the ballad shows a girl […]
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Youth mural project a go – Rocky Mountain Outlook
Jan 26, 2017 If you haven’t heard yet, it is Canada’s 150th anniversary of becoming a country and, like any good birthday, there are lots of party favours in the works. For the Bow Valley, that includes a mural project developed by the Town of Canmore’s arts and events department and inspired by Canada’s 150th. […]
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New centre for youth – Castanet.net
Jan 24, 2017 Youth on the Westbank First Nation will be able to enjoy a state-of-the-art facility when a $5.5-million youth centre opens this week. The new 13,000 square-foot centre, at 1880 Quail Lane, replaces the aging 2,100 square-foot building purchased second-hand and moved onsite in 1998. The projected was completed on time and on […]
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Innovative strategy for at-risk and Indigenous youth in Vancouver gains momentum – CBC
Community groups working together with a ‘reconciliation lens’ Jan 16, 2017 Chris Tait credits his successful transition out of foster care to one key factor: a wide circle of professional and personal support. “I always had at least 10 to 20 people supporting me at all times,” he said. The 24-year-old First Nations man is […]
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Métis Youth Life Skills In Time
January 11, 2017 You are invited to attend an Information Session for the MY LIT Life Skills Program Supporting Youth Aging out of Ministry Funded Care Open to all Metis (including Self-Identified) Youth Aged 16-18. Find out about MY LIT Offerings & Registration – an Exciting New Program that offers Life Skills, Engaging and Interactive […]
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MNBC By-Elections Official Notice
January 10, 2017 To: All Provincially Registered Métis Citizens, Métis Nation British Columbia As Chief Electoral Officer, appointed by the Métis Nation Governing Assembly for the MNBC 2017 By-Elections to fill five (5) Regional Youth vacancies, I have been charged with conducting the electoral process for all Métis Nation British Columbia Provincially Registered Citizens ordinarily […]
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