Event Location: Kahnawake, QC

Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages Minister Randy Boissonnault (Edmonton Centre, Alta.) will announce funding to the First Nations Human Resources Development Commission of Quebec for their project, Global Strategy for Indigenous Employability. Then in Montreal, Que., at 1:30 p.m. (local time), he will join Mathieu Lacombe, Quebec’s Minister of Culture and Communications, will announced financial support … Read more

Indigenous Services Minister and Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario Patty Hajdu (Thunder Bay-Superior North, Ont.), Ghislain Picard, Regional Chief of the Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador; John Martin, Chief of Gesgapegiag and Chief Responsible for Education; and Kahsennénhawe Sky-Deer, Grand Chief of Kahnawà:ke, will hold a press conference following … Read more

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Jean-Claude Poissant (La Prairie, Que.) and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations Marc Miller (Ville-Marie—Le Sud-Ouest—Île-des-Sœurs, Que.) will announce a pilot project to improve the availability of information on maritime activity. This event will take place at the Kahnawà:ke Business Complex, 2 River Rd. Call 613-991-0700.

Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen will be meeting with a group of seventh and eighth graders at a Kahnawake school to talk about his career and space exploration and to answer their questions. The event will be held at Kahnawake Survival School, Route 132 E. Call 450-926-4370.

Liberal MP Jean-Claude Poissant (La Prairie, Que.) will make an announcement regarding the Kahnawake Sports Complex renovation project. Liberal MP Brenda Shanahan (Châteauguay-Lacolle, Que.) will also be present. The event will be held at the Kahnawake Sports Centre, Highway 138. Call 514-283-8818.