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Module 4: Entry 5 Canadian Aboriginal Science and Technology Society http://www.casts.ca/index.html The Canadian Aboriginal Science and Technology Society (CASTS) is an organization established by Aboriginal professionals with the intention of increasing the number of Aboriginal people in science and technology (S&T) careers. It began as a vision of Calgary Aboriginal professionals and is now run […]
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Posted in ETEC 521, Module 4 on Nov 22nd, 2008 No Comments »
Module 4: Entry 4 NAIT: Pre-Technology – Aboriginal http://www.nait.ca/program_home_21562.htm The Northern Alberta Institute of Technology offers a pre-technology program for Aboriginal students who are wishing to return to school to upgrade their credentials. The program is designed for Aboriginal learners without a strong background in math, science, and English or people who have been out […]
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Posted in ETEC 521, Module 4 on Nov 22nd, 2008 No Comments »
Module 4: Entry 3 Aboriginal Forest Resource Technology Diploma Access Program http://www.cnc.bc.ca/CNC_Programs/AFRT.htm The Aboriginal Forest Resource Technology Diploma Access Program is offered through the College of New Caledonia (CNC) in Prince George, BC (main campus). This program is aimed at Aboriginal people, but is open to everyone and requires successful completion of grade 10 or […]
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Posted in ETEC 521, Module 4 on Nov 22nd, 2008 No Comments »
Module 4: Entry 2 NativeWeb http://www.nativeweb.org/info/ Based in Dewitt New York, NativeWeb is a global non-profit educational technology organization that utilizes telecommunications and the internet as a portal for Aboriginal people to connect. NativeWeb promotes communication between native and non-native people and actively researches technology usage by native peoples. Their site contains the following five […]
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Posted in ETEC 521, Module 4 on Nov 22nd, 2008 No Comments »
Module 4: Entry 1 National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation (NAAF) http://www.naaf.ca/html/home_e.html The National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation is a non-profit organization that serves to connect Aboriginal youth in Canada to careers and productive futures. Next to the federal government, the NAAF is the biggest supporter of connecting Aboriginal youth in Canada to future options. Their site contains […]
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Module 3: Entry 6 FAIRA: The Foundation for Aboriginal & Islander Research Action http://www.faira.org.au/contents.html FAIRA is a site developed and owned by the Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander people of Australia. The organization came to fruition in 1977 in a response to the government of Queensland laws that were in contradiction to […]
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Module 3: Entry 5 African Indigenous Science and Knowledge Systems http://www.africahistory.net/ Published by Dr. Gloria T. Emeagwali, The African Indigenous Science and Knowledge Systems website offers links to a vast collection of resources submitted by scholars that address African Indigenous knowledge systems (AIK). Dr. Emeagwali is a professor of history and African studies at the […]
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Module 3: Entry 4 Aboriginal Leadership Institute Inc. http://www.alii.ca/ Based in Winnipeg Manitoba, the Aboriginal Leadership Institute is a non-profit organization who utilizes research to promote and provide educational leadership training opportunities for Aboriginal people. The institute offers courses based on the advice of Aboriginal leaders and topics include negotiation, mediation, conflict resolution, politics, self-governance, […]
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Module 3: Entry 3 Aboriginal Resources http://library2.usask.ca/native/ This site published by the University of Saskatchewan Libraries and the University of Saskatchewan Archives offers links to resources for Aboriginal studies. This site appears minimal at first, but contains valuable links to resources and databases. Contained within are links to photographs, archived materials, native law cases, the […]
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Posted in ETEC 521, Module 3 on Nov 2nd, 2008 No Comments »
Module 3: Entry 2 Carrier Sekani Family Services (CSFS) http://www.csfs.org/ The Carrier Sekani Family Services is an organization based in Prince George who support the First Nation’s people of the Carrier and Sekani territory. Services are guided by elders and are offered in the areas of health, family support, children & families, research & development, […]
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