Three levels of government are holding a press conference Monday morning to make a "major infrastructure announcement" regarding the multi-million dollar expansion of Chief Peguis Trail in North Kildonan.
Representatives of the federal and provincial governments and city council will be on hand to reveal details of the plan.
On the weekend, the Winnipeg Sun reported the city is joining the Manitoba and federal governments in cost-sharing a $110-million project to stretch Chief Peguis Trail east from Henderson Highway to Lagimodiere Boulevard within the next two years.
City Coun. Jeff Browaty previously said traffic on the Peguis expressway will be funnelled beneath Rothesay Street at the midway point by an underpass rather than go through a regular, signalled intersection.
A city hall report cites intersection crashes, traffic delays, signal costs and gas emissions as among the reasons for the project to go with an underpass at Rothesay. It also notes that if an underpass was added in the future, it would be far more expensive.
Monday, July 12, 2010
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Indigenous development
U of W program holds big promise
Indigenous development
The University of Winnipeg will soon be home to a masters program that focuses specifically on indigenous development.
The masters in development practice (MDP) is the first degree of its kind in Canada. Officials say it will help the U of W become the “international hub for the study of indigenous peoples and communities.”
Lloyd Axworthy, president of the U of W, said the new degree would bring the university to a new level of growth.
“(Tuesday’s) announcement is what I believe will be another major transformative step in the change over and evolution of this university,” said Axworthy.
The university will be joining a global network of 22 prominent institutions, including Columbia University in the U.S. and James Cook University in Australia.
The degree was established after the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation provided the U of W with a grant of US$800,000 and could be seen as soon as 2011 after it is approved by the U of W senate and the Council on Post-Secondary Education.
As a two-year program, the degree will train and help students who plan on entering the occupation of developmental practitioners in understanding and managing global sustainable development across the fields of health and social sciences, said a U of W press release.
The program is a result of a recommendation from the MacArthur-supported International Commission on Education for Sustainable Development Practice, who in 2008 released a report suggesting the development of the degree internationally.
“For (the U of W) to be included in this really quite remarkable network of universities will bring our faculty and our students into major exchanges and interactions with some of the best minds in the world,” Axworthy said.
Indigenous development
The University of Winnipeg will soon be home to a masters program that focuses specifically on indigenous development.
The masters in development practice (MDP) is the first degree of its kind in Canada. Officials say it will help the U of W become the “international hub for the study of indigenous peoples and communities.”
Lloyd Axworthy, president of the U of W, said the new degree would bring the university to a new level of growth.
“(Tuesday’s) announcement is what I believe will be another major transformative step in the change over and evolution of this university,” said Axworthy.
The university will be joining a global network of 22 prominent institutions, including Columbia University in the U.S. and James Cook University in Australia.
The degree was established after the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation provided the U of W with a grant of US$800,000 and could be seen as soon as 2011 after it is approved by the U of W senate and the Council on Post-Secondary Education.
As a two-year program, the degree will train and help students who plan on entering the occupation of developmental practitioners in understanding and managing global sustainable development across the fields of health and social sciences, said a U of W press release.
The program is a result of a recommendation from the MacArthur-supported International Commission on Education for Sustainable Development Practice, who in 2008 released a report suggesting the development of the degree internationally.
“For (the U of W) to be included in this really quite remarkable network of universities will bring our faculty and our students into major exchanges and interactions with some of the best minds in the world,” Axworthy said.
Monday, November 16, 2009
American Indian Movement
American Indian Movement
The American Indian Movement (AIM) is a Native American activist organiztion in the United States. AIM gained international press when it seized the Bureau of Indian Affairs headquarters in Washington, D.C. in 1972, and in 1973 had a standoff at Wounded Knee, South Dakota, on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. AIM was founded in 1968 by Dennis Banks, George Mitchell, Herb Powless, Clyde Bellecourt, Harold Goodsky, Eddie Benton-Banai, and a number of other in Minneapolis' Native American community. Russell Means was another early leader. From its beginnings in Minnesora, AIM soon attracted members from across the United States (and Canada). It was also involved in the Rainbow Coalition (Fred Hampton). Charles Deegan Sr. was involved with the AIM patrol.
In the decades since AIM's founding, the group has led protests advocating indigenous American Interests, inspired cultural renewal, monitored police activities, and cooridinated employment programs in cities and in rual reservation communities across the United States. AIM has often supported indigenous intrests outside the United States as well. By 1993 AIM had trademarks for affiliated chapters.
The American Indian Movement (AIM) is a Native American activist organiztion in the United States. AIM gained international press when it seized the Bureau of Indian Affairs headquarters in Washington, D.C. in 1972, and in 1973 had a standoff at Wounded Knee, South Dakota, on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. AIM was founded in 1968 by Dennis Banks, George Mitchell, Herb Powless, Clyde Bellecourt, Harold Goodsky, Eddie Benton-Banai, and a number of other in Minneapolis' Native American community. Russell Means was another early leader. From its beginnings in Minnesora, AIM soon attracted members from across the United States (and Canada). It was also involved in the Rainbow Coalition (Fred Hampton). Charles Deegan Sr. was involved with the AIM patrol.
In the decades since AIM's founding, the group has led protests advocating indigenous American Interests, inspired cultural renewal, monitored police activities, and cooridinated employment programs in cities and in rual reservation communities across the United States. AIM has often supported indigenous intrests outside the United States as well. By 1993 AIM had trademarks for affiliated chapters.
Friday, October 9, 2009
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