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WEBINAR SERIES: SPEAKING FROM THE HEART: STORIES OF HEALING Still time to register for the Lenten series (3 sessions) Tuesdays, February 23, Mar.1 - 8 - 9:30pm Eastern Time https://www.united-in-learning.com/index.php/speaking-from-the-heart with Indigenous artist, spiritual director, and psychotherapist Dr. Patricia Vickers on “Something Went Wrong”

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OCAD Course

Introduction to Indigenous Film and Video

CSLH 1N26, 5 classes
This seminar introduces students to a wide range of Indigenous film and video produced in Canada and around the world. Through lectures and screenings students explore how Indigenous filmmakers engage with strategies of colonization/decolonization, cultural revitalization, and storytelling. Topics include visual culture, representation, sovereignty, human rights, land rights, language, spirituality, sexuality, and gender. This course qualifies for the Certificate in Theory and Criticism in Art and Design.
Cost: $325 + HST

Instructor:
Pamela Matthews, MFA Pamela Matthews is an award-winning Indigenous filmmaker, screenwriter, actor, and educator, with more than twenty-five years of industry experience. She has worked with the ImagineNative Film Festival, the Reel World Film Festival, and the American Indian Film Institute. Pamela holds an MFA in film production from York University.

Course Dates :	Monday, February 22, 2016 - Monday, March 21, 2016 M
Course Times: 6:30pm - 9:00pm
Course Location: 510, 205 Richmond St. View Map Aboriginal Cultural Competency Workshop York region Poster below Saturday, February 27, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

FEB.26 & 27
http://mcccanada.ca/get-involved/events/jingle-dress

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York U Pow Wow Feb. 27
https://m.facebook.com/AboriginalSAY/

Education for Reconciliation Poster below - -please post
Thursday March 10th 7-9pm 40 Oak St. Toronto
Presented by KAIROS and Toronto Urban Native Ministry

MASS BLANKET EXERCISE OTTAWA MAY 28th

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On line survey ASAP SVP
http://www.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/eng/1448637991710/1448638013197

Ontario public servants to get mandatory sensitivity trainingon indigenous people, history
http://m.thestar.com/#/article/news/canada/2016/02/17/ontario-public-servants-to-get-mandatory-sensitivity-training-on-indigenous-people-history.html

Prime Minister to meet with Indigenous leaders 2/3
http://www.pm.gc.ca/eng/news/2016/02/10/prime-minister-meet-indigenous-leaders-and-host-first-ministers-meeting

A red butterfly for every missing, murdered woman
http://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/mobile/a-red-butterfly-for-every-missing-murdered-woman-1.2769725

Women Are Sacred: 11 Native American Quotes About Women
http://nativeamericanpress.org/01c04450788479

Trafficked: Aboriginal girls at risk New series
http://globe2go.newspaperdirect.com/epaper/showlink.aspx?bookmarkid=924B5ZIMVDE2&preview=article&linkid=825a0605-66b2-491f-a43e-9e3f781401cf&pdaffid=gTk%2bn%2fXKUQ8Qnydc5osvTg%3d%3d

Part two: Sexual exploitation is costing Canadian women their lives
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/the-trafficked-sexual-exploitation-is-costing-canadas-most-vulnerable-women-their-lives/article28700849/

Part 3: Human trafficking: Why indigenous women are so vulnerable to sexual exploitation
http://globe2go.newspaperdirect.com/epaper/showlink.aspx?bookmarkid=E4T3EG78GJ17&preview=article&linkid=679764f2-dfad-4c93-bff4-8d22ec06409c&pdaffid=gTk%2bn%2fXKUQ8Qnydc5osvTg%3d%3d

International human rights experts meet with Ottawa on MMIW
http://aptn.ca/news/2016/02/01/international-human-rights-experts-meet-with-ottawa-on-mmiw/

Canada urged to uphold human rights of indigenous women by UN
http://www.unmultimedia.org/radio/english/2016/02/canada-urged-to-uphold-human-rights-of-indigenous-women-and-girls/#.VrN0UoGvDqC

'Just the tip of the iceberg'
http://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/video?clipId=809107

Families grieve at special ceremony
http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/british-columbia/hundreds-of-victims-bc-family-members-gather-to-mourn-1.3436386

Butterflies in Spirit: honouring lost women through dance
http://www.cbc.ca/radio/dnto/the-story-she-carries-lorelei-williams-and-her-fight-for-justice-1.3430217/butterflies-in-spirit-honouring-lost-women-through-dance-1.3435435

A day in the life of MMIW advocate Lorelei Williams
http://www.cbc.ca/radio/dnto/the-story-she-carries-lorelei-williams-and-her-fight-for-justice-1.3430217/photos-a-day-in-the-life-of-mmiw-advocate-lorelei-williams-1.3430302

MMIW inquiry needs to look at sex work
http://ottawacitizen.com/opinion/columnists/naomi-sayers-mmiw-inquiry-needs-to-look-at-sex-work

MMIWG Hearing Op-Ed
https://www.facebook.com/notes/justice-for-annie-mae-pictou-aquash-woman-warrior/to-hell-and-back/1021613727901575

What we are hearing MMIW
http://www.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/eng/1448638260896/1448638282066

Murdered and missing women’s inquiry must target racism in country’s police forces,
http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/payne-attends-conference-on-missing-and-murdered-indigenous-women-in-ottawa

Bennett says pan-aboriginal approach to MMIW inquiry won't work for Inuit
http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/north/carolyn-bennett-says-pan-aboriginal-approach-to-mmiw-inquiry-won-t-work-for-inuit-1.3426222

Inquiry must be more than political theatre
http://globe2go.newspaperdirect.com/epaper/showlink.aspx?bookmarkid=9D502E6ZD0W6&preview=article&linkid=cb48abba-f3cd-43c2-88a6-f53ad6390206&pdaffid=gTk%2bn%2fXKUQ8Qnydc5osvTg%3d%3d

Inquiry-must-examine-provincial-issues
http://ipolitics.ca/2016/01/31/missing-murdered-indigenous-women-inquiry-must-examine-provincial-issues/

Saskatchewan senator introduces bill for missing and murdered aboriginal women
http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/saskatoon/sask-senator-introduces-bill-for-missing-and-murdered-aboriginal-women-1.3423161

MMIW inquiry to include allegations of abuse in Val-d'Or
http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/montreal/val-d-or-aboriginal-abuse-allegation-mmiw-1.3415319

Prominent national organizations seek commitment that inquiry will be truly national and comprehensive
https://amnesty.ca/news/prominent-national-organizations-seek-commitment-inquiry-missing-and-murdered-indigenous-women

Families of missing and murdered indigenous women meet federal ministers in Calgary
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/bennett-hajdu-indigenous-murdered-women-missing-1.3445743

Our Mother - Dorothy Georgina Abel
http://www.itstartswithus-mmiw.com/dorothy

Missing, slain Not Forgotten
http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/2016/01/23/missing-slain-not-forgotten

Indigenous women and girls with disabilities bigger targets of sexual violence
http://rabble.ca/news/2016/02/indigenous-women-and-girls-disabilities-bigger-targets-sexual-violence

Charity Keesic’s Murder and How Violence Has Followed One Ontario Family
http://www.vice.com/en_ca/read/charity-keesics-murder-and-how-violence-has-followed-one-manitoba-family?utm_source=vicefbca

When despair reigns, violence follows
http://globe2go.newspaperdirect.com/epaper/showlink.aspx?bookmarkid=A8CHRX6SW857&preview=article&linkid=2fb8e025-b069-4328-94a1-c1bd031e2212&pdaffid=gTk%2bn%2fXKUQ8Qnydc5osvTg%3d%3d

Let's change our perspective
http://www.cbc.ca/beta/arts/dana-claxton-wants-to-change-the-way-you-think-about-indigenous-women-1.3403600

Prayers and ceremony resource at vigils for missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls
http://www.anglican.ca/resources/prayers-and-ceremony-resource-at-vigils-for-missing-and-murdered-indigenous-women-and-girls/

YellowKnives Dene digitize traditional knowledge archives
http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/north/yellowknives-dene-digital-archive-1.3448982

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STOLEN SISTERS BOOK