CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (CEO)
Wawatay Communications Society is currently looking for a dynamic and results-driven Chief Executive Officer (CEO) who brings management expertise and embodies the mandate and mission in service of Nishnawbe Aski Nation communities.
Wacheeyea Booshoo
Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler, Deputy Grand Chiefs Anna Betty Achneepineskum, Bobby Narcisse, and Victor Linklater congratulate recipients of the 2023 Keewaywin Awards for their outstanding leadership and contributions to our Nations.
In 2021, Nishnawbe-Aski Legal Services Corporation (NALSC) received a $121,500 grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation to help recover and rebuild from the impacts emerging from COVID-19 so we can effectively meet the needs of Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) communities and NAN citizens across Northern Ontario. This grant helped fund different projects to be completed by 2022 to allow for the safe reopening of NALSC for in person services.
Raptors and OVO have come together to build the Creators program, focused on spotlighting emerging Black, Indigenous, non-binary, female and other Racialized Groups artists between the ages of 16-29.
The Toronto Raptors are proud to announce the return of the Welcome Toronto Creators Program for a second consecutive year. The ‘Welcome Toronto’ Creators Program is an incubator that identifies and nurtures emerging local BIPOC, non-binary/women creators and artists between the ages of 16 and 29.
Members of the Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Executive Council will honour Indian Residential School Survivors, their families, and all the children who didn’t return home during Orange Shirt Day and National Day for Truth and Reconciliation events in Thunder Bay and Ottawa today.
Justin Trudeau and the Liberal party were re-elected to form another minority government on September 20.
"Thank you, Canada — for casting your vote, for putting your trust in the Liberal team, for choosing a brighter future. We're going to finish the fight against COVID. And we're going to move Canada forward. For everyone," the re-elected Prime Minister twitted out early Tuesday morning.
This will be Trudeau's third term as Prime Minister of Canada.
The Ontario government is providing $10 million to help support the identification, investigation, protection and commemoration of Indian Residential School burial sites across the province. The funding will also ensure that culturally appropriate, trauma-informed mental health supports are available for Indian Residential School survivors, their families and Indigenous communities.
Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler, on behalf of the Executive Council, expresses heartfelt condolences following the passing of NAN Elder Freddie Kakekagumick, 85, of Keewaywin First Nation:
“On behalf of Nishnawbe Aski Nation I send our love and prayers to Freddie’s family, his son Chief George Kakekagumick, and the entire Keewaywin community.
The St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Attawapiskat caught fire yesterday April 21, 2021. The historic church, which was built in the 1930's, is one of the oldest buildings in the community. It was mostly constructed by the local people using lumber gathered and milled in the community.
As of now there have been no reports of any injuries, and firefighters contained the fire to help prevent the spread of flames and further damage to any other surrounding buildings.
Currently the cause of the fire is unknown.
I’m happy to see the ongoing support and assistance in our northern remote communities to help our people cope with so many lifelong and generational issues...
I was happy to see our First Nation youth continue to speak out against proposed mining development in the far north in the so-called Ring of Fire region....