Sam Laskaris
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter at Wind Speaker
Contributor at Anishinabek News
Toronto writer, specializing in sports. Middle aged but young at heart.
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1 week ago |
windspeaker.com | Sam Laskaris
The British Columbia city of Kamloops is getting ready to host this year’s National Aboriginal Hockey Championships (NAHC). The event, which will feature 12 participating clubs (six female and six male), will be held May 4 to May 10. “Everything seems ready to go and falling into place right now,” said Duncan Olthuis, who is serving as the tournament’s general manager. “There are a few little things we need to button up but nothing unusual compared to any other tournament.
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2 weeks ago |
windspeaker.com | Sam Laskaris
Tim Carwell is hoping Indigenous Centres of Excellence begin popping up across Canada in the next few years. The centres will be multi-nation spaces where Indigenous knowledge, language and culture will be shared, reads the webpage devoted to Carwell’s social enterprise called Dreams Tree Community Investments.
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2 weeks ago |
hashilthsa.com | Sam Laskaris
Officials from Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nation have some grandiose plans. And thanks to some substantial funding from the First Nations Clean Energy Business Fund, they are a step closer to one of their goals. It was announced on March 21 that the Nuu-chah-nulth First Nation was one of 12 in British Columbia that will receive provincial funding to help support clean-energy initiatives. Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nation received a total of $357,715 in funding.
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2 weeks ago |
thespec.com | Sam Laskaris
An Indigenous and family-owned agricultural biotech company based in Alberta has announced it has secured $2 million in seed money from an Indigenous-led investment firm. AdvancedAG, which is based out of the Alberta town of Raymond, announced its partnership with Raven Indigenous Capital Partners on March 31.
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2 weeks ago |
hashilthsa.com | Sam Laskaris
Ian Caplette is hoping a recent trip to Hawaii for some Indigenous post-secondary students is just the beginning of a long relationship. Caplette is an Indigenous education instructor at the Port Alberni campus of North Island College (NIC). In late January 17 students from his school travelled to Hawaii for a 10-day trip so they could learn about Indigenous education and culture. Several partners made the trip possible, including the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council (NTC).
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