Miꞌkmaq

Forillon National Park Management Plan Tabled in Parliament

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Wednesday, December 14, 2022
Canada National Parks Act, Person, Environment, Learning, Indigenous peoples, QC, Parks Canada, Indigenous self-government in Canada, Paralanguage, Miꞌkmaq, Nature, Parliament, Forillon National Park, Government, Farmer, Government revenue, Risk, Hunting, Marketing, Tourism, Forillon

The management plan for Forillon National Park was tabled in Parliament today.

Key Points: 
  • The management plan for Forillon National Park was tabled in Parliament today.
  • Reviewed every 10 years, management plans are a requirement of the Canada National Parks Act and guide the management of national parks, national historic sites and national marine conservation areas.
  • The management plan for Forillon National Park was based on input from Indigenous communities of the Micmac Nation of Gespeg, the Association of Persons Expropriated from Forillon and their Descendants, the Gasp community, regional partners, members of the Forillon National Park Advisory Committee as well as visitors past and present.
  • The Forillon National Park Management Plan is available for viewing on the Parks Canada website at: https://parks.canada.ca/pn-np/qc/forillon/info/plan .

Canada and the Unama'ki Institute of Natural Resources partner on expanding and preserving Mi'kmaq environmental and traditional knowledge

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Wednesday, June 29, 2022
Indigenous self-government in Canada, Environmental monitoring, Membertou First Nation, Parliament, Unama'ki Institute of Natural Resources, Research, Carbon, NS, Government, Natural Resources, Parliamentary system, Miꞌkmaq, Minister of Crown–Indigenous Relations, MTI, Investment, Education, Community, Learning, Organization, Intergovernmental Affairs Secretariat (Canada), Human, Nature, Leadership, Infrastructure Canada, Knowledge, Program, First Nations, Animal, Forestry, Renewable energy, Eskasoni First Nation, Cape Breton Island

Funding will go towards the construction of a net-zero carbon facility to house both the Unama'ki Institute of Natural Resources (UINR) and the Mi'kmaq Environmental Learning Centre (MELC).

Key Points: 
  • Funding will go towards the construction of a net-zero carbon facility to house both the Unama'ki Institute of Natural Resources (UINR) and the Mi'kmaq Environmental Learning Centre (MELC).
  • The facility will be important for encouraging the intergenerational transfer of traditional knowledge and advancing Indigenous-led conservation.
  • The UINR is a trusted voice for the five Mi'kmaq communities in Unama'ki, also known as Cape Breton, on natural resources issues.
  • "The Unama'ki Institute of Natural Resources and the Mi'kmaq Environmental Learning Centre are central to preserving the knowledge of Mi'kmaq elders.

BMO Honours Service Members Throughout Canada with Three Donations

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Wednesday, November 10, 2021
Family, Miꞌkmaq, Fund, Bank of Montreal, Initiative, Defense, Mischler Financial Group, Support our troops, OSI, Life, Risk, Intention, House, PTSD, Commercial bank, BMO, Mental health, DND, Last Post Fund, Woman, Public sector banks in India, Defence Communication Services Agency, Program, Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary, The University Transition Program, Wounded Warrior Project, Dean of the House (Canada), RCMP, Organization, Department, VHC, Royal Family Kids' Camps, BMO Capital Markets, Face, Good, Homelessness, Head, Combat engineer, Injury, Name, Man, Official bank rate, 4 Engineer Support Regiment, Virtual Programming (company), Canadian Armed Forces, Hope, Death, Post-traumatic stress disorder, First responder, Trauma, National security, Real estate, Pharmaceutical industry, Hospital, Medicine

BMO's donation will be allocated to a short film that celebrates and recognizes the work of Last Post Fund's Indigenous Veterans Initiative.

Key Points: 
  • BMO's donation will be allocated to a short film that celebrates and recognizes the work of Last Post Fund's Indigenous Veterans Initiative.
  • These include:
    Veterans' House Canada (VHC) is committed to helping homeless heroes build a better future by providing permanent, affordable, and supportive housing.
  • To learn more about how BMO is helping members of the Canadian Defence Community, visit www.bmo.com/cdcb or www.bmo.com/cdcbbusiness .
  • Serving customers for 200 years and counting, BMO is a highly diversified financial services provider - the 8th largest bank, by assets, in North America.

Black Diamond and Nova Scotia’s Mi’kmaq Communities, in Partnership, Receive Letter of Award for $720 Million Workforce Lodge

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Thursday, October 1, 2020
Mining, Continents, Africa, Miꞌkmaq, Wabanaki Confederacy, Blood Diamond

The Partnership, named Mikmaq of Nova Scotia Black Diamond Limited Partnership, is owned 51% by WMA.

Key Points: 
  • The Partnership, named Mikmaq of Nova Scotia Black Diamond Limited Partnership, is owned 51% by WMA.
  • The project and the workforce lodge will provide significant economic opportunities for all our Mikmaq communities.
  • Added Trevor Haynes Black Diamonds Chairman and CEO, Black Diamond, driven by its strong core values, is committed to engaging fairly and in partnership with the Mikmaq communities.
  • Black Diamond expects to receive rental revenue from the lodge for the duration of construction of the Goldboro project.

Reconciliation in action: Fisheries agreement reached between Government of Canada and the Elsipogtog and Esgenoôpetitj First Nations

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Thursday, August 15, 2019
Indigenous peoples of North America, First Nations, Elsipogtog First Nation, Miꞌkmaq

This will benefit the Mi'kmaq communities of Elsipogtog and Esgenopetitj and the broader fishing communities in New Brunswick.

Key Points: 
  • This will benefit the Mi'kmaq communities of Elsipogtog and Esgenopetitj and the broader fishing communities in New Brunswick.
  • This agreement was reached in the spirit of collaboration; it will advance recognition of rights and make real progress on the issues most important to the Elsipogtog and Esgenopetitj First Nations.
  • Having a long-term agreement in place will help provide for stable, predictable and sustainable fisheries for all harvesters in the region.
  • The Elsipogtog and Esgenopetitj First Nations continuously work to ensure there are fishing employment opportunities for all community members, including captains and crews.