Elsipogtog First Nation in New Brunswick held its second Pride parade Wednesday evening to celebrate the 2SLGBTQ community in the Mi’kmaw First Nation. Patrice Dedam took part in the Pride celebrations with… Read more “Elsipogtog First Nation’s 2nd Pride parade shows ‘the pride in everyone’”
Month: June 2022
Elsipogtog women learn skilled trades while building housing for their community
Three Mi’kmaw women are helping build a brighter future for their community of Elsipogtog First Nation, one house at a time. Olivia Gehue, Devonya Levi and Diana Augustine are carpenter apprentices and started… Read more “Elsipogtog women learn skilled trades while building housing for their community”
Wolastoqew carpentry training program retrofits toys for N.S. kids with disabilities
This week, Wolastoqew carpenters-in-training in New Brunswick began retrofitting 52 toys for kids with disabilities at the IWK Health Centre in Halifax. The trainees are adding external accessible sensors… Read more “Wolastoqew carpentry training program retrofits toys for N.S. kids with disabilities”
Wolastoqiyik communities will get three sisters plants in a bag to reintroduce traditional food
On a bright sunny day, battling a swarm of black flies, six Indigenous women met 19 kilometres north of Fredericton to begin potting the three sisters plants… Read more “Wolastoqiyik communities will get three sisters plants in a bag to reintroduce traditional food”
Oscar Baker III 