NICHI in collaboration with the Government of Canada announce Southern Ontario recipients of funding to advance critical Indigenous housing projects in urban, rural and northern areas and address urgent and unmet needs.
First Nations children have the inherent right to know who they are, where they come from, and to have a strong connection to their family, lands, cultures, traditions, and languages.
Please be advised that the Honourable Gary Anandasangaree, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Member of Parliament for Scarborough—Rouge Park, on behalf of the Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Indigenous Services, and National Indigenous Collaborative Housing Incorporated (NICHI) Chief Executive Officer John Gordon, will announce recipients of funding for housing projects.
Please be advised that Sts’ailes Siyam Leadership of Sts’ailes, the Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Indigenous Services, and the Honourable Grace Lore, British Columbia’s Minister of Children and Family Development, will participate in a signing ceremony and celebration of a historic coordination agreement to affirm and restore jurisdiction over children and families to Sts’ailes.
Today, National Indigenous Collaborative Housing Incorporated (NICHI) in collaboration with Minister of Indigenous Services and Minister responsible for FedNor, Patty Hajdu announced the recipients of NICHI’s expression of need process to address the critical need for safe and affordable urban, rural and northern Indigenous housing projects in Yukon.
Today, in the presence of many future students and over 100 guests and members of the Manawan community, the Government of Canada and the Atikamekw Council of Manawan proudly inaugurated the new Awacak okiskinohamatowikamikowaw Elementary School. This achievement marks an important milestone for the Atikamekw community.
The Government of Canada is working in partnership with Indigenous communities to help establish educational institutions that will deliver quality and culturally appropriate programs and services for children.
Matawa First Nations and the Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Indigenous Services, will celebrate the opening of a new infrastructure project for Matawa families.
Muskoday First Nation Chief Ronald Bear, along with Council, Elders, community members, and representatives from Indigenous Services Canada (ISC), celebrated the grand opening of the community’s new water treatment plant.