Canadian Public Health Association Centennial Conference

On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA), public health professionals, researchers, policy-makers, academics and students from across the country and around the world will meet in Toronto to celebrate a century of achievements.
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Aboriginal Awareness Week, May 26-28

The celebration of Aboriginal Awareness Week (AAW) will take place from Tuesday, May 25 to Friday May 28, 2010. In honouring the successes of current Aboriginal employees and in encouraging new Aboriginal employees to achieve even greater success in their careers, the federal Aboriginal Awareness Committee has chosen 'Celebrating Aboriginal Employee Excellence in the Public Service' as the theme for the 2010 Aboriginal Awareness Week.
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Sunburst Consulting is pleased to offer: Inuit in Canada: From Dog Teams to the Internet; Resiliency and Change

This course is a comprehensive introduction on the Inuit in Canada. This one day course is designed to bridge cultural differences and facilitate awareness and a deeper understanding about Inuit in Canada. The course was designed and is delivered by Inuit.

Where: 220 Laurier Ave W,
14th floor NAHO boardroom

When: 9:00 A.M.to 4:00 P.M.

Date: Tuesday, June 22th, 2010

Registration or for more information:
sunburstconsulting@gmail.com
or call (613) 327-0245

Cost: $500.00 per person, plus GST
Minimum 8 participants*

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Martha of the North

INVITATION
Tom Perlmutter, Government Film Commissioner and Chairperson of the National Film Board of Canada,
and
Mary Simon, President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami,
are pleased to invite you to the Ottawa Premiere of Martha of the North.
(Inuktitut version, headphones for English and French versions)

Tuesday, May 25, at 7:00 pm

In the presence of the director Marquise Lepage and the film’s main subject Martha Flaherty

at the Canadian Museum of Civilization, in the Theatre
100 Laurier Street, Gatineau

Free admission
RSVP: info@itk.ca

In the mid-1950s, lured by false promises of a better life, Inuit families were displaced by the Canadian government and left to their own devices in the Far North.

For more information on the film, visit NFB.ca/MarthaoftheNorth

Stay after the film for Questions & Answers with the guests.

Wabano Centre for Aboriginal Health Presents: 2010 Igniting the Spirit Gala

The '"Friends of Wabano"' Committee is pleased to invite you to join us for an evening of celebrating Aboriginal culture through reflections of water. IGNITING THE SPIRIT, is a celebration featuring Aboriginal foods and highlighting Aboriginal culture and entertainment.

The celebration will include Aboriginal foods, refreshments, Silent & Live Auction, First Nation, Inuit and Métis performers and Aboriginal cultural displays.
Date: Monday, June 21, 2010
Time: 5:30pm to 9:30pm
Place: Hampton Inn Ottawa
200 Coventry Road. Ottawa, ON
Auctioneer: Dave Smith
Price: $ 95 each
Dress: Business casual

All proceeds of this fundraiser will support the capital expansion project: Wabano Mamawi Centre. This state of the art building will provide programs for urban Aboriginal women and their families with an emphasis on cultural reclamation, artistic expression and social enterprise - creating employment opportunities and dreams for the future.

NAAF - Aboriginal Health Careers Bursary & Scholarship Awards

Deadline:June 1
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