Office of Aboriginal Affairs
With the introduction of the Mi'kmaq-Nova Scotia-Canada Tripartite Forum, the Made-in-Nova Scotia Process and our coordinating role in consultation efforts with the Mi'kmaq of Nova Scotia, we are on the road to developing a new relationship, one based on partnership, respect and mutual understanding.
For more information please visit the following sections of our website:
Negotiations | Consultation | Aboriginal and Intergovernmental Relations| Public Education and Awareness
Coming Events: Women's Contemporary Aboriginal Issues and Resistance, Mount Saint Vincent University
Thursday, Feb. 9, 6-7:30pm
Location: MSVU Faculty Lounge, Seton Academic Centre, Rooms 404-405
RSVP to mary.lou.ohara@msvu.ca by Feb. 2
Joan Glode, C.M., with a focus on Youth and Families in the Atlantic region, including the legacy of Residential Schools. Joan Glode is a founder of Mi'kmaw Family and Children's Services and has worked worked as a Human Rights Officer with the N.S. Human Rights Commission, Executive Director of the Friendship Centre in Halifax, and as a middle manager with Indian Affairs. MSVU's Art Gallery's Exhibition is BACK TALK, is a comprehensive, mid-career retrospective of one of Saskatchewan's most significant contemporary artists, Ruth Cuthand.
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Wednesday, February 15, 5:30-7pm
Location: MSVU Faculty Lounge, Seton Academic Centre, Rooms 404-405
RSVP to mary.lou.ohara@msvu.ca by Feb. 8
Dorothy Christian, media critic and PhD student, works with us on how to read the media. Her topic: The Blue People from Avatar: Indigenous representation in the Media & Popular Culture. From the Okanagan-Shuswap nations, a child of the 60's scoop, an award winning film and television producer from Vision TV, APTN, and CTV, Dorothy Christian's doctoral work at UBC seeks to reconcile Indigenous and Western systems of knowledge.
Thursday, Feb. 9, 6-7:30pm
Location: MSVU Faculty Lounge, Seton Academic Centre, Rooms 404-405
RSVP to mary.lou.ohara@msvu.ca by Feb. 2
Joan Glode, C.M., with a focus on Youth and Families in the Atlantic region, including the legacy of Residential Schools. Joan Glode is a founder of Mi'kmaw Family and Children's Services and has worked worked as a Human Rights Officer with the N.S. Human Rights Commission, Executive Director of the Friendship Centre in Halifax, and as a middle manager with Indian Affairs. MSVU's Art Gallery's Exhibition is BACK TALK, is a comprehensive, mid-career retrospective of one of Saskatchewan's most significant contemporary artists, Ruth Cuthand.
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Wednesday, February 15, 5:30-7pm
Location: MSVU Faculty Lounge, Seton Academic Centre, Rooms 404-405
RSVP to mary.lou.ohara@msvu.ca by Feb. 8
Dorothy Christian, media critic and PhD student, works with us on how to read the media. Her topic: The Blue People from Avatar: Indigenous representation in the Media & Popular Culture. From the Okanagan-Shuswap nations, a child of the 60's scoop, an award winning film and television producer from Vision TV, APTN, and CTV, Dorothy Christian's doctoral work at UBC seeks to reconcile Indigenous and Western systems of knowledge.
Recent First Nation Elections in Nova Scotia
Pictou Landing First Nation
Date: November 24, 2011
Elected: Chief Andrea Paul
Annapolis Valley First Nation
Date: December 9, 2011
Elected: Chief Janette Peterson
Bear River First Nation
Date: December 1, 2011
Elected: Chief Frank Meuse
Upcoming elections
Millbrook First Nation: Winter 2012
Glooskap First Nation: February 2012
Eskasoni First Nation: Summer 2012
Pictou Landing First Nation
Date: November 24, 2011
Elected: Chief Andrea Paul
Annapolis Valley First Nation
Date: December 9, 2011
Elected: Chief Janette Peterson
Bear River First Nation
Date: December 1, 2011
Elected: Chief Frank Meuse
Upcoming elections
Millbrook First Nation: Winter 2012
Glooskap First Nation: February 2012
Eskasoni First Nation: Summer 2012