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June 10 - 21, 2004
Montreal, Quebec
Montreal's First Peoples' Festival
CONTACT:
E: tev@nativelynx.qc.ca
June 14 - 18
Moose Jaw, SK
Career Planning Workshop
CONTACT: Can-Sask Office/Moose Jaw
P: 306.694.3699
June 16
Charlottetown, PEI
PEI Career Development Conference
CONTACT: Laura Lee Noonan
P: 902.368.4622
E: lanoonan@edu.pe.ca
June 16 - 18
Niagara Falls, ON
Aboriginal Women in Business Conference
CONTACT: Spring Carter
P: 519.445.2508
E: spring@milestoneplanning.ca
June 17
Winnipeg, MB
Keeping the Fires Burning 2004
Celebration of Aboriginal Women's Leadership
CONTACT: Lisa Hill
P: 204.953.5820
June 17 - 18
Squamish Nation, North Vancouver, BC
FN Nutrition and Health Conference
CONTACT: Friends of Aboriginal Health
P: 604.732.9608
E: fnnhc@aboriginalhealth.net
June 18 - 19, 2004
Calgary, AB
Alchemy of Adult Learning
Ruth Lambert
P: 403.220.6292
E: ruth.lambert@ucalgary.ca
June 18 - 21, 2004
Vancouver, BC
National Aboriginal Day Art & Culture Celebration
Germaine Langan
P: 604.684.2532
E: germainelangan@shaw.ca
June 18 - 20, 2004
Roseau River FN, MB
Annual Competition Pow Wow
www.rrafn.com
June 20 - 23
Saskatoon, SK
10th Biennial Violence & Aggression Symposium
CONTACT:
P: 306.966.5575
E: VA.symposium@usask.ca
June 20 - 24
London, ON
Nokee Kwe Professional Development - 5 day Aboriginal Literarcy Conference
CONTACT:
P: 1.866.667.7028
June 21
PaperMill Dam, Port Alberni, BC
Tseshaht FN ABoriginal Day Celebration
June 21
Ottawa, ON
End of National Youth Suicide Prevention Walk
CONTACT:
www.theyouthsuicidepreventionwalk.com
June 22
Halifax, NS
Exploring Post-Secondary Educational Options
CONTACT: Job Junction
P: 902.455.9675
E: contact@jobjunction.ca
June 22 - 25
Saskatoon, SK
Aboriginal Land Conference
CONTACT: Nicole Eva
P: 306.683.4259
June 23
UBC First Nations Legal Studies Program
Native Youth and Law Gathering
CONTACT: Gloria Cardinal
P: 604.822.2177
E: cardinal@law.ubc.ca
June 24 & 25
St. Johns, NL
Annual Aboriginal Nurses of Canada Conference
CONTACT: Randy Mayes
P: 613.724.4677
E: rmayes@anac.on.ca
June 24 - 27
Whitecap Dakota FN, SK
Cody Bear Linklater Memorial Family & Youth Culture Camp
CONTACT: Walter or Maria Linklater
P: 306.382.0630
June 24 - 28
Edmonton, AB
Dreamspeakers Film Festival
CONTACT: Dreamspeakers Festival Society
P: 780.378.9609
June 25
Deadline for Winter 2005 Katimavik
CONTACT:
P: 1.888.525.1503
June 25 - 27, 2004
Eskasoni, NB
2004 Eskasoni Pow Wow
Madonna Johnson
E: madonna@efwc.ca
June 25 - 27
Rotary Peace Park, Yukon Territory
Yukon International Storytelling Festival
CONTACT:
P: 867.633.7550
June 26 to 30
Yellowknife, NT
B & B Youth Hoops
CONTACT: Butch Bisaro
P: 1.867.920.4590
June 28 & 29, 2004
Vancouver, BC
Aboriginal Financial Management Forum
1.888.777.1707
E: rcho@insightinfo.com
June 29 - July 4
Ottawa, ON
2004 ALACD Youth Exchange
CONTACT: Active Living Alliance for Canadians with a Disability
CONTACT: Wendy Ireland
P: 613.244.0052
E: wendy@ala.ca
June 30 - July 3, 2004
British Columbia/San Francisco
Career Development across the Lifespan
Mary Powell
E: mpowell@ncda.org
July 2 and 3
Gingolx, BC
First Annual Crabfest
CONTACT: Nadine
P: 250.326.2388
July 4 - 7
Halifax, NS
National Aboriginal Friendship Centres 15th Annual Youth Conference
Tanya McKenzie
P: 613.563.4844 x 21
E: tmckenzie@nafc-aboriginal.com
July 4 - 8
Barrie, ON
45th Annual Institute on Addiction Studies
CONTACT:
P: 1.866.278.3568
July 5 - 8
Calgary, AB
Summer Intensive Levels 1 & 2
CONTACT:" Solution Talk Inc.
P: 1.800.304.8255
E: soltalk@telusplanet.net
July 5 - 9
Halifax, NS
Centre for Entrepreneurship Education and Development - Learn by Doing
CONTACT: Theresa Myra
P: 1.800.590.8481
E: eei@ceed.ca
July 5 - 9
Thunder Bay, ON
Metis Nation of Ontario AGA
Thunder Bay Metis Council
P: 807.624.5018
E: thcouncil@metisnation.org
July 6 - 8
Saskatoon, SK
FSIN Urban Development Conference
CONTACT: Peggy Robillard
P: 306.956.1018
July 7 - 9
Moncton, NB
Personality Dimensions Facilitator Program
CONTACT: Joe Brennan
P: 506.453.2668
E: joseph.brennan@gnb.ca
July 7 - 10
Halifax, NS
NAFC 33rd Annual General Meeting
CONTACT: Chris Nicholas
P: 902.420.1576
E: chrisn64@hotmail.com
July 8, 2004
Aboriginal Healing Foundation National Gathering
Edmonton, AB
CONTACT: Angie Bruce
P: 613.237.4806
E: programs@ahf.ca
www.ahf.ca
July 9 - 11
Vancouver, BC
2nd Aboriginal Youth, Violence & Changing Times Conference
CONTACT: FN Training & Consulting Services
P: 250.652.7097
E: fntcs@telus.net
July 11
CANCELLED
Nain, Labrador
National Inuit Youth Summit
CONTACT: Franco Sheatipik Buscemi
P: 613.238.8181 x 292
E: buscemi@itk.ca
July 15 - 18
Abbotsford, BC
2004 BC Summer Games
CONTACT: BC Games Society
P: 604.870.4263
E: info@bcgames.org
July 17
Perry Sound, ON
Celebration of Native Radio
CONTACT: N/A
July 17 & 18
Sudbury, ON
ON Aboriginal Summer Games
CONTACT: Shelley Burnham-Shognosh
P: 519.445.4335
July 19 - 23
Connecticut College
International Children's Conference
CONTACT: United Nations and Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation
E: icce@icc04.org
July 20 - 22
Charlottetown, PEI
AFN 25th General Assembly
CONTACT:
P: 613.241.6789
E: imcleod@afn.ca
July 22 - 24
The Banff Centre, Banff, AB
Kwakwaka'wakw Symphony of Dance
CONTACT: Jill Sawyer
P: 403.762.6475
E: jill_sawyer@banffcentre.ca
July 22 - 25
OCN/The Pas, MB
2004 Manitoba Indigenous Summer Games
CONTACT: Cheryl Lavallee
P: 204.623.4312
E: info@ineo.ca
July 22 - 31
Edmonton, AB
Klondike Days
CONTACT:
P: 1.888.800.7275
July 23 - 25
Sagkeeng First Nation, MB
Treaty Days Pow Wow
CONTACT: Cherie Fontaine
P: 204.367.4012
E: wenonahf@mts.net
July 23 - 25
Samson Cree Nation, Hobbema,AB
Annual Pow Wow Celebration
CONTACT:
Cecil Crier or Priscilla Swampy
P: 1.800.661.2579
E: priscillas@samsoncreenation.com
July 23 - 25
Prince George, BC
United Native Nations
P: 1.800.555.9756
E: unn@unns.bc.ca
July 27 - 29
Kamloops, BC
BC Elders Gathering
CONTACT:
P: 1.800.314.9820
July 30 - Aug 1
Nemaska, QU
Cree Nation Fitness Challenge 2004
CONTACT:
P: 819.673.2512 x 215
July 30 - Aug 2
Prince George, BC
Canadian Native Fastball Championships
CONTACT: Randy
P: 250.563.0585 x 202
July 31 - August 1/2
Manitoulin Island, ON
44th Annual Wikwemikong Cultural Festival
CONTACT:
P: 705.859.2385
August 3 - 5
Gordon FN, SK
National Residential School Gathering
P: 306.987.0169
E: movingbeyond@netscape.net
August 6 - 11
Edmonton, AB
Healing Our Spirit Worldwide
CONTACT: www.nihb.org
August 8 - 11
Halifax, Nova Scotia
CAFCE National Conference
CONTACT:
P: 416.483.3311
E: cafce@cafce.ca
August 9 - 13, 2004
Alberta Teachers' Association Summer Conference
Banff Centre, Banff,AB
CONTACT:
P: 780.447.9435 or 1.800.232.7208
www.teachers.ab.ca
August 10 - 12
Fisher River, MB
Pow Wow Celebration
CONTACT:
E: waynem@mfnerc.com
August 12 - 15
Wabasca, AB
Metis Nation of Alberta AGA
CONTACT:
P: 780.849.4654
1.866.849.4660
August 13 - 15
Nelson House, MB
Nisichawayasikh Cree Nation Competition Pow Wow
CONTACT: Kevin Hart
P: 204.484.2414
E: cree_hart_throb@yahoo.com
August 13 - 22, 2004
Toronto, ON
Planet IndigenUs Arts Festival
Denise Bolduc
P: 416.973.4000
E: dbolduc@harbourfront.on.ca
August 14 & 15
Tyedinaga Mohawk Territory, ON
17th Annual Traditional Gathering
CONTACT:
P: 613.396.6561
E: dmaraclewhalen@yahoo.ca
August 20 - 22
Prior Lake, Minnesota
Shakopee Annual Pow Wow
CONTACT:
P: 952.445.8900
August 21 - 22
Bird's Hill Park, MB
Treaty 2 Gathering
CONTACT: Rose Marsden
P: 204.936.2627
E: mballnationsculturalsociety@yahoo.com
August 27 - 29
Six Nations, ON
2004 All Ontario Fastball Championships
CONTACT: Darrell Anderson
P: 519.445.0896
August 27 - Sept. 1
Six Nations, ON
International Indigenous Edlers Summit
CONTACT: Nicole Martin
E: elderssummit@hotmail.com
September 1 - 5
Cairns Queensland, Australia
5th International Healing Our Spirit Worldwide Internationl Summit
CONTACT:
P: +61-7-5471
E: conventionsinfo@westnet.com.au
September 8 - 19
Winnipeg, MB
Disabled Peoples' International World Summit: Diversity
CONTACT: Jamie Gaden
P: 204.287.8010 x 34
E: jamie@dpi.org
September 14
Montreal, QU
Training and Employment Fair
Salon Emploi-Formation
P: 514.276.3380
E: info@emploiformation.com
September 22
Victoria, BC
Business/High Tech Career Fair
Nikki Bridger
P: 250.721.6087
E: ccf@engr.uvic.ca
September 27 - 29
Fort San, SK
Aboriginal Literacy Gathering
CONTACT: SK Aboriginal Literacy Network
P: 306.934.2632
September 29 & 30
OCN, MB
Northern Aboriginal Festival
CONTACT: Swampy Cree Tribal Council
P: 1.800.442-0459
October 1 & 2
Toronto, ON
Go Abroad Fair: Experience the World
CONTACT: Cailey Crawford
P: 604.408.0588
E: cailey.crawford@cecnetwork.ca
October 4 - 7
Veracruz, Mexico
Global Youth Employment Summit
CONTACT: Communications Manager
P: 1.617.618.2743
E: info@yesweb.org
October 5 - 8, 2004
CANDO 2004 National Conference
Fredericton, NB
www.edo.ca/conference
October 7 & 8
Ottawa, ON
JFC Forum - Job Finding Club
CONTACT: Jeanne Finkle
P: 877.875.5876
E: jean@canada-career.com
October 13 - 16
Montreal, Quebec
Education Training Career FairP: 1.877.959.INEO
E: info@ineo.ca
Ottawa 14
Ottawa, ON
Ottawa International University Fair 2004
Penny Bissett Consulting
P: 1.866.226.2322
E: pennyb@pbisset.com
October 16 - 17
Edmonton, Alberta
Dreamcatcher Conference 2004
P: 1.780.497.4699
E: chartrand@macewan.ca
October 20 - 21
Vancouver, BC
Aboriginal Women in Leadership
CONTACT: FN Training & Consulting Services
P: 250.652.7097
E: firstpeoplescanada.com
October 20 - 23
Edmonton, AB
Canadian Assoc. for Suicide Prevention Conference
BUKSA Associations
P: 780.436.0983 x 221
1.866.436.0983 x 221
E: casp@buksa.com
October 21
Winnipeg, MB
Manitoba Aboriginal Youth Achievement Awards
P: 204.336.2922
E: info@mayaa.ca
October 21 - 23
Red Deer, AB
2004 National Rural Conference
CONTACT: Anne-Michelle Bareil
P: 613.759.6753
E: bareila@agr.gc.ca
October 21 - 23
Vancouver, BC
Joint Aboriginal Education Conference
CONTACT: L. Rudland, Conference Coordinator
E: lrudland@vsb.bc.ca
October 22 - 24, 2004
Western Canada Symposium on Aboriginal People in Trades
Saskatoon, SK
CONTACT: Liz Coben
P: 306.683.3663
November 2
Saskatoon, SK
Blueprint for the Future career fair
CONTACT: NAAF
1.800.329.9780
E: naaf.istar.ca
November 8 - 10
Winnipeg, MB
NAHO 2nd National Conference & Health Info Fair
CONTACT:
P: 819.779.4610
November 12 & 13
Toronto, ON
The Knowledge Exchange 2004
CONTACT: Lee Weisser, Canadian Society for Training & Development
P: 1.866.257.4275
E: lweisser@cstd.ca
November 18
Vancouver, BC
Career Education Society Conference
CONTACT: Kathy Moscrip
P: 604.929.8303
E: looking_glass@shaw.ca
November 26
Toronto, ON
6th Annual Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards
CONTACT:
P: 519.751.0040
E: info@canab.com
January 24 - 26, 2005
Ottawa, ON
NATCON
www.natcon.org
February 9, 2005
Ottawa, ON
Blueprint for the Future career fair
CONTACT: NAAF
1.800.329.9780
E: naaf.istar.ca
April 1- 3, 2005
JUNO Awards
Winnipeg, MB
April 15, 2005
Saskatoon, SK
12th Annual National Aboriginal Achievement Awards
CONTACT: NAAF
1.800.329.9780
E: naaf.istar.ca
