We are pleased to announce, KANATA’s new Executive President Alanna Bockus and new Executive Vice-President Sophia Rashid Khan!

Interested in getting  involved?

There are many ways to become involved with the KANATA Community:  general membership, volunteering and/or being part of the Executive Board.

General membership and volunteering can begin during the summer whilst the 2010/2011 Board will form and begin work in the fall.

If you are interested in becoming involved with KANATA please email us at: mcgillnativestudiesjournal@gmail.com

Major Events This Summer

June 17 – CKUT  &  First Peoples’ House Present: Voices of Our Nations

June 17, 18, 19 – Terress En Vues, GIRA, DIALOG, and the Kanien’kehaka Onkwawenna Raotitiohkwa cultural and linguistic center Present: Revisioning the Americas through Indigenous Cinema part of the First People’s Festival Présence autochtone

More information about these two events will be posted in the next week.

KANATA is looking for volunteers to lend a hand at these events. If you are interested in attending this events and feel like volunteering please email us at: mcgillnativestudiesjournal@gmail.com

June 21- National Aboriginal Day- The APTN will be broadcasting live during this day in a variety of locations.

More information: http://www.aboriginaldaylive.com/

Also- the First People’s Festival Présence autochtone is happening during the summer. The program will be available as of June 1st 2010.

Check out Terres En Vues’ website for more information: http://www.nativelynx.qc.ca/

Calendar

Joining our listserve is a good way to get information about upcoming events and now we have a new feature to keep you informed on interesting events. This feature is our new KANATA Calendar!

We invite you to use our Calendar feature on the right hand side of the homepage to see upcoming events and details of these events.

You can also access the calendar with the following html link:

http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=mcgillnativestudiesjournal%40gmail.com&ctz=America/Montreal