March 27, 2008 • 10:30 pm
Application Form and Guide
Call for Applications
Urban Aboriginal Strategy – Metro Vancouver
Steering Committee Membership
Your application must be received by Greg Eidsness, Metro Vancouver UAS Coordinator, by 12:00pm on April 7, 2008.
You are invited to submit your application to become a member of the Metro Vancouver Aboriginal Strategy (UAS) Steering Committee. This guide will tell you:
1) what the UAS is,
2) what a steering committee is and what you are expected to do as a steering committee member,
3) how to apply to be a committee member including the application form,
4) and how people will be selected to become a steering committee member and who will be doing the selecting. Read the rest of this entry »
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March 10, 2008 • 10:52 pm
On March 31, 2008 from 4:30 to 9pm, the GVUAS will host a community event at Sunrise Pavilion in Surrey. The event will serve to inform any interested community member of the UAS, provide information on what it’s like to be a GVUAS Steering Committee Member, and what the selection process entails. The event will include a buffet dinner and entertainment. The event will be facilitated by Chris Corrigan.
Please mark this event in your calendar!
An official advertisement will be posted soon.
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In follow-up to our Kelowna, Prince George and Vancouver forums, I am pleased to advise that UNN and Pacific Association of First Nations Women will be co-hosting a Victoria forum to discuss the composition, mandate and terms of reference for a BC Aboriginal Women’s Council. This forums is open to all Aboriginal women living in BC. Read the rest of this entry »
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December 13, 2007 • 6:37 pm
Interim Chief Executive Officer
Aboriginal Housing Management Association (AHMA) is seeking an Interim Chief Executive Officer for a one-year term contract. This position may lead to a full-time opportunity for the right candidate. The successful candidate will be based out of Park Royal, Squamish Nation, West Vancouver, BC. Read the rest of this entry »
Filed under: Employment Section, Housing Section
December 3, 2007 • 11:17 pm
The United Native Nations is appalled at the lack of support for impoverished Aboriginal women and children in a city as large as Vancouver.
The Executive Director of the Aboriginal Mothers Centre on East Dundas Street in Vancouver has no option other than to close the center. The center will close four days after Christmas, a time of particular hardship for DTES Aboriginal mothers and their children, due the lack of support of the Metro Vancouver Regional Steering Committee on Homelessness despite the wishes of their Aboriginal members. Read the rest of this entry »
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