{"id":619,"date":"2011-11-05T22:44:13","date_gmt":"2011-11-06T02:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kanata.qpirgmcgill.org\/?p=619"},"modified":"2011-11-05T22:47:48","modified_gmt":"2011-11-06T02:47:48","slug":"join-the-aboriginal-sustainability-project-at-the-boreal-forest-our-land-our-stories-our-responsibility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/qpirgmcgill.org\/kanata\/join-the-aboriginal-sustainability-project-at-the-boreal-forest-our-land-our-stories-our-responsibility\/","title":{"rendered":"The Aboriginal Sustainability Project Presents         &#8216;The Boreal Forest: Our Land, Our Stories, Our Responsibility&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>McGill University\u2019s Aboriginal Sustainability Project is proud to announce that we will be hosting \u2018The Boreal Forest: Our Land, Our Stories, Our Responsibility\u2019 to celebrate the leadership and commitment of Aboriginal communities in the conservation and sustainable development of the Boreal forest.<\/p>\n<p>The event will take place on <strong>Wednesday, November 16\u00a0 between 7:00pm &#8211; 9:00pm located at McGill University, Stewart Biology Building, Room 1\/3 1205 Docteur Penfield Avenue.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The event is dedicated to Aboriginal leaders and youth who share their stories from the Boreal Forest, both successes and challenges. \u00a0In addition, the event showcases Aboriginal music and culture.<\/p>\n<p>The majority of the evening is dedicated to having Aboriginal Leaders share their personal stories. There will be three wonderful speakers:<br \/>\n\u2022 Chief Paul Gull, Cree First Nation of Waswanipi<br \/>\n\u2022 Stephen Kakfwi, former Premier of the NWT and former Dene Nation President<br \/>\n\u2022 Grand Chief Matthew Coon Come, Grand Council of the Crees<\/p>\n<p>Innu artist Kathia Rock from Maliotenam on Quebec&#8217;s north-shore will be performing. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.socam.net\/katiarock.html\">http:\/\/www.socam.net\/katiarock.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/event.php?eid=236157719781299\">Find more about this event on facebook.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><em>Aboriginal Sustainability Project\u2019s aim is to enhance the presence of Aboriginal peoples in the McGill and Montreal community through educational and cultural activities. In partnership with First Peoples\u2019 House, SEDE, and Aboriginal Community Outreach Coordinator. Funded by The Sustainability Projects Fund.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>McGill University\u2019s Aboriginal Sustainability Project is proud to announce that we will be hosting \u2018The Boreal Forest: Our Land, Our Stories, Our Responsibility\u2019 to celebrate the leadership and commitment of Aboriginal communities in the conservation and sustainable development of the Boreal forest. The event will take place on Wednesday, November 16\u00a0 between 7:00pm &#8211; 9:00pm [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,39],"tags":[2657,4400,2649,2650,2655],"class_list":["post-619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-events","tag-aboriginal-sustainability-project","tag-events","tag-indigenous","tag-kanata","tag-mcgill","post-preview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/qpirgmcgill.org\/kanata\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/qpirgmcgill.org\/kanata\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/qpirgmcgill.org\/kanata\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/qpirgmcgill.org\/kanata\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/qpirgmcgill.org\/kanata\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=619"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/qpirgmcgill.org\/kanata\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":621,"href":"http:\/\/qpirgmcgill.org\/kanata\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619\/revisions\/621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/qpirgmcgill.org\/kanata\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/qpirgmcgill.org\/kanata\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/qpirgmcgill.org\/kanata\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}