Stars align for aboriginal education

Winnipeg Free Press, January 17, 2011

Shakespeare wrote that people, such as Romeo and Juliet, who have many troubles, have star-crossed lives. Certainly, the description applies to Canada’s aboriginal peoples.

But this year may be different. The powerful influences in aboriginal matters are all lined up. The federal government, national and regional aboriginal leaders and a large segment of the aboriginal population all agree education should be the priority for aboriginal people in 2011. Read more »

Negativity mars urban aboriginal life: study

CBC News Manitoba, December 9, 2010

Most urban-dwelling aboriginal people believe their non-aboriginal counterparts see them in a negative light, a national study released Wednesday suggests.

The Urban Aboriginal Peoples Study, published by Toronto-based Environics Institute, was created from a survey of 2,614 face-to-face interviews with First Nations, Métis and Inuit adults from 11 different cities across Canada between March and October 2009.

A telephone survey of 2,501 non-aboriginal adults living in 10 of those cities was also conducted.

Among the study’s main findings is that a majority of aboriginal people believe people of non-aboriginal descent view them in negative ways. Read more »

Release of the Toronto specific results for the Urban Aboriginal Peoples Study

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

6:00pm – 8:00pm

Delta Chelsea Hotel

33 Gerrard Street West

Toronto, ON

Admission is Free

You are cordially invited to attend the presentation on the Toronto results of the Urban Aboriginal Peoples’ Study by Ginger Gosnell-Myers of the Environics Institute.

In 2009, members of Toronto’s Aboriginal community took part in a national survey of urban Aboriginal Peoples where hundreds of people were interviewed about life in the city, their values, community relations, aspirations, and identity.

Ginger will be highlighting the findings of the study which will include the methodology of the project and findings from both the national, and local Toronto perspective.

What does it mean to be First Nations or Métis and living in Toronto? What are the connections people have to their communities? How does Toronto rank for opportunities, happiness, culture, politics, and identity in comparison to other major Canadian cities urban Aboriginal communities? These results will be looked at, and much more.

For more information, please contact Ginger at Ginger.Gosnell-Myers@environics.ca.

Food and Refreshments will be served.

Sponsored by: The Environics Institute, Royal Bank of Canada, The City of Toronto, The Toronto Community Foundation, The Ontario Trillium Foundation, The Province of Ontario, Indian and Northern Affairs