Aboriginal

Recent reports from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) have indicated that HIV/AIDS infection rates are rising steadily across Canada with both Canadian youth and the Aboriginal population infection rates as major concerns for experts.

A diverse selection of specialists from the international community were brought together this past week at the Millennium Library to explore possible approaches to reconciling with Canada’s aboriginal peoples for issues they have faced throughout history.

SASKATOON (CUP) — As a student at the First Nations University of Canada, Thomas Roussin is worried about more than papers and exams — he’s afraid of losing the very institution many have worked so hard to establish.

Aboriginal university students don't get free education, contrary to many rumors. The majority of Status Indians, Inuit and Métis face the same hurdles to funding their post-secondary studies as any university student — and despite ethnicity-specific scholarships and bursaries, a lack of information is just one challenge facing students trying to access this funding.