Participating teachers will be selected based on criteria devised by Aboriginal leaders, community members and students in Northern Ontario. Since 2003, Ontario has invested more than $176 million in ...

Ontario's $1.5-million investment in a Research Chair in Aboriginal and Rural Health will help the Northern Ontario School of Medicine improve the health of Aboriginal people and rural residents. The ...

On the heels of a water crisis at the Kashechawan reserve, another northern Ontario aboriginal community is hoping Ottawa will hear its pleas for a new school. Attawapiskat, about 100 kilometres ...

Mental Health Perceptions and Practices of a Cree Community in Northern Ontario: A Qualitative Study. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction , 2017; DOI: 10.1007/s11469-017-9791-6 ...

Increasing numbers of Aboriginal youth in Northern Ontario are killing themselves, and 42% of the suicides over the last 10 years have occurred in just seven communities, says an anthropologist who ...

More than 60 per cent of Canada’s Aboriginal population live in urban areas and are experiencing high rates of illness, poverty and challenges in access to food and housing security, new University of ...

Suicide rates are on the rise among aboriginal people in Ontario, but the author of a new report says the deaths are occurring in clusters in just seven northern First Nations.

THUNDER BAY, ON, Aug. 8, 2013 /CNW/ - Aboriginal people in Northern Ontario will be better equipped to find fulfilling, long-term employment, as a result of training provided through a project ...

A Canadian aboriginal community in northern Ontario has declared a state of emergency after 11 people tried to commit suicide on Saturday The 2,000-strong Attawapiskat First Nation has seen 28 ...

Aboriginal communities in northern Canada no strangers to health crises. ... Rising crime rates and rampant drug use prompted a state of emergency in this northern Ontario community in November 2010.

First Nations is urging the government to invest in proper winter road networks so northern aboriginal communities maintain easy access to food, fuel.

The cultural work being done by a Thunder Bay high school's Aboriginal committee has been recognized by a Northwestern Ontario First Nation community. The Superior CVI Aboriginal Committee ...