Stephanie Wesley

The online and public comments made by a former PC Party candidate in Thunder Bay about First Nations ‘advantages’ prompted a small group of protesters to attempt to confront her at her business.
Mishkeegogamang’s Erin Bottle led a small group of people to the Landmark Inn on March 21 to demand an apology from gift shop owner Tamara Ward Johnson. Bottle also called for a public boycott of her business over comments made on social media over the last few weeks.

Deer Lake’s Grade 1 class was recently featured in a Shreddies cereal commercial with Books with No Bounds.
“I felt proud of my daughter and her classmates, they all looked cute sitting at their desks, like it was a normal school day talking to each other,” said Kris Meekis, whose daughter Victoria, age 6, was featured in the commercial along with Janessa Quill, age 7. “It was like they didn’t mind being filmed.”

Fort Albany’s Brent Edwards would like to see First Nations youth and people succeed.
“I’d like to see all of these Aboriginal youth succeed in life,” said Edwards, the owner and operator of Mooselegs2. “They have the potential to do it. I want to open their eyes and help them realize their potential.”
Edwards is a workshop facilitator, entertainer and a master of ceremonies. He was named the Youth Entrepreneur of the Year in 2012 by NADF, which he said was “amazing.”

I cried the other day. And I kept crying for several hours. I was crying over a woman.
Sounds a little funny but it’s true. I was crying over a woman who unintentionally broke my heart.
Renate Eigenbrod was the Head of the Department of Native Studies and Associate Professor at the University of Manitoba. She was also a mother, a good friend, and she was a mentor to many, including myself.

Despite positive steps over the past decade, Canada faces a “continuing crisis” when it comes to the relationship between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people in Canada, according to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples.
UN Special Rapporteur James Anaya released his report on May 12. The report is based on his nine-day trip to Canada last fall where he met with different Aboriginal communities in six different provinces.