On May 1, 2020 legislation authorizing $9 billion in financial aid for Canadian students and recent graduates was passed by royal assent. The legislation creates the Canada Emergency Student Benefit (CESB) which will provide income support to post-secondary students who have lost work opportunities as a result of COVID-19 and...
Education-School Closure Extension
School Closures Extended On April 26, 2020, the Education Minister Stephen Lecce announced that publicly-funded schools will be closed until May 31, 2020.If schools are allowed to be reopened in the future, employees will have access as of May 29, 2020.Private schools, First Nation schools, licensed child care centres and...
A GREAT LOSS FOR ONEIDA AND AIAI AS AN ELDER LEAVES THIS WORLD
London, Ontario April 29th, 2020 – Lois Cornelius touched many lives and it is with great sorrow that she left the world this morning. Lois sat on the Oneida Council, served as Oneida’s band administrator, and she was an elder with AIAI for over 20 years. More than anything she...
AIAI HONORS OUR MOTHER EARTH ON EARTH DAY
London, Ontario April 22nd, 2020 – In the midst of the Coronavirus the Association of Iroquois and Allied Indians would like us all to remember upon who we live and walk upon in our day to day lives. The earth has long been referred to by the Indigenous people as...
COVID-19 – Education (iPads & Internet Access)
The Government of Ontario announced on April 17, 2020 that they have partnered with Rogers Communications and Apple to assist students in obtaining access to online learning by providing iPad devices to Ontario school boards for distribution. The iPad devices will be pre-equipped with free Rogers LTE wireless data for...
COVID-19 Issues Update – Indigenous Business Supports
The Government of Canada has announced up to $306.8 million in funding to help small and medium-sized Indigenous businesses, and to support the 59 Aboriginal Financial Institutions that offer financing to these businesses. It is estimated that these measures will help 6,000 Indigenous-owned businesses. It was acknowledged that many Indigenous...
COVID-19 Issues Update – First Nations By-Law Enforcement
Solicitor General Sylvia Jones and Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Commissioner Thomas Carrique have responded to a number of concerns Ontario First Nations leadership have raised related First Nations policing and COVID-19. PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT First Nations Policing Program constables will be provided full access to Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) by...
AIAI HEALTH SCHOLARSHIP 2020
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PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSE & HEALTH SECTOR UPDATE – April 14th
PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSESState of Emergency Extended – OntarioOntario has extended its state of emergency an additional 28 days to May 12th, 2020.Premier Ford stated that students will not be returning to school on May 4th, 2020.Long-Term Care and Retirement Homes Nearly half of the COVID-19 deaths in Canada are linked...
COVID-19 Supports for Families-Education
Ontario resident parents are now able to apply for financial support while Ontario schools and child care centres are closed. This support was created to allow parents to access additional tools for kids to learn at home while they start to learn remotely. This is a one-time payment of $200...