Kenora, ON — Grand Council Treaty #3 had the opportunity to highlight the work that has been done since the launch of the Treaty #3 Drug Strategy in 2017 at recent meeting with leadership from across the Treaty #3 Nation. Since the launch of the Treaty #3 Drug Strategy several Treaty #3 communities have declared […]
Kenora, ON — The Grand Council Treaty #3 Drug Task Force is excited to announce the launch of their Community Toolkit and Mental Health and Addiction Directory which will support the work to address drug addiction within Treaty #3 communities. The Grand Council Treaty #3 Drug Strategy was developed after Treaty #3 leadership identified drug […]
Kenora, ON — In an effort to raise awareness about the diabetes epidemic sweeping across Treaty #3 territory, Grand Council Treaty #3 produced a dynamic new video to encourage viewers to live a healthy life and better understand the chronic disease. The video, titled Diabetes in Our Nation was created with funding from Indigenous Services […]
Wednesday, March 6, 2019 – Today Ogichidaa Francis Kavanaugh, Grand Chief of Treaty 3, delivered the following statement: “Grand Council Treaty 3 is committed to advancing the best interests of Anishinaabe young people in our communities. We intervened in the judicial review of the Ford government’s rollback of the province’s Health and Physical Education Curriculum […]
Wednesday, October 10, 2018 – Today Grand Council Treaty #3 instructed lawyers to file a motion with the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Divisional Court) seeking intervenor status in the litigation concerning the Ontario government’s rollback of the province’s Health and Physical Education curriculum – more conventionally known as ‘sex-ed’. “Last week at our Fall […]
Kenora, ON – On Thursday, July 26, 2018, The Hope in the Darkness National Walk for Youth Mental Health passed through Kenora, Ontario. This Walk was started by Anishinabek Police Service Sgt. Kevin Redsky of Shoal Lake 40 Fire Nation after the loss of a niece to suicide in 2013. The goal of the walk […]
(Media Release provided by Leanne Fournier) Kenora, Ontario, Monday July 16 – The Hope in the Darkness National Walk for Youth Mental Health will arrive in Kenora on July 26. A welcoming ceremony is planned, starting at 11 a.m., at Seven Generations Education Institute, 240 Veterans Drive, followed by a fundraising barbecue. A walk […]
Grand Council Treaty#3 is hosting a Jordan’s Principle meeting May 29-30, 2018 at the Eagle’s Landing Convention Centre in Dryden, Ontario. Health directors, Education directors, Child and Family Services staff and community representatives from across the Treaty#3 territory will be meeting with staff from the Ontario Region First Nation Inuit Health Branch, Department of Indigenous […]
Obashkaandagaang First Nation, Ontario – At the annual Spring Assembly, Ogichidaa Francis Kavanaugh announced the launch of the Cancer Burden Report: the first report of its kind to focus specifically on Treaty #3 First Nations. This report comes after a relationship agreement was signed between Grand Council Treaty #3 Chiefs and Aboriginal Cancer Care Ontario […]