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Hi, I'll bring a cheese plate. Paul

Greetings all,
Please leave your choice of potluck item below.
My home is at 5753 Surf Circle, Sechelt. It is to the right of Trail Ave as you are heading up towards Kinnikinnick, just before the hill starts. Here is a map:
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in April. Please start a new discussion, or join in one that is already going. Just click on the discussion tab above!

and now, the news from down under...
Visit http://icseimalaysia2010.org/ for information on our next amazing Congress. Registration will be available early April and in the mean time extensive information will be added to the 2010 Congress website as it becomes available.

International Education News

Australia
CANBERRA. The Minister for Family, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Ms Jenny Macklin, has said that the Federal Government's support for the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of the Indigenous Peoples will ‘reset’ the relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. The Federal Government has now officially adopted the declaration at a ceremony in Parliament House, reversing the decision of the previous Government. The declaration, which was signed by all but four countries, contains 46 articles that outline the rights of Indigenous people in international law. Ms Macklin says the move is an important step towards closing the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. ‘Today Australia joins the international community to affirm the aspirations of all Indigenous people’, she said. Ms Macklin also acknowledged that the process to improve health and education for Indigenous people may take time.
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This is the page for members of SCAS to share conversations, thoughts, reflections, or whatever, connected to the conversation that K M facilitated earlier in April.

Aboriginal Construction program at VIU
Here is a program happening at Vancouver Island University. It is a level 1 carpentry program with a focus on Aboriginal construction techniques.

http://www.mala.ca/calendar/TradesAppliedTech/aboriginalconstruction.asp

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Way to go, Don. Nice to see new ways of continuing dialogue.