The Cree Women of Eeyou Istchee Association held their sixth Annual General Assembly in Mistissini September 20-22. The event made an important step by involving men in the struggle to stop violence against women. Led by Wayne Rabbitskin, a group […]

“When we first talked about this event,” said scholar David Austin, addressing an over-capacity crowd at Montreal’s Concordia University, “it was, at least to my mind, going to be a small discussion. I think we can thank Madame Pauline Marois […]

The first meeting of the Governance Implementation Committee for a New Regional Government September 19 was history in the making. Mandated by the Agreement on Governance in Eeyou Istchee James Bay Territory, the committee is responsible for ensuring the regional […]

I love wood or mistik. I must be part beaver or amisk because I am always wrapped up in projects where wood is the main ingredient. Trees, of course, are an enormous contributor to our life on this planet and […]

Neil Young’s classic song Harvest Moon plays on the local radio, wafting through the halls and rooms of most homes, their doors wide open to welcome the warmth of a late fall season that most people call Indian Summer. This […]

The son of a soldier, I grew up as an army brat on several Canadian Forces bases. In my teens at CFB Petawawa, I knew many of the soldiers who went to Cyprus, where some 29,000 Canadians served between 1964 […]

Since the announcement of a new building for the Projets Autochtones du Québec (PAQ) homeless shelter in early July, the project is proceeding on schedule. After a turbulent year during which the organization was on the verge of closing, the […]