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Straight out of the ironworking program in Anjou, the young men from Kahnawake have almost all found work on the Champlain Bridge, in New York and elsewhere.

Myrna Gabriel graduated from McGill University this fall with a certificate in Indigenous Business Management. (Courtesy Myrna Gabriel) After four years, Kanehsata’kehró:non Myrna Gabriel was finally able to walk across the stage at Place des Arts to receive her diploma in Indigenous Business Management from McGill University.

Nineteen-year-old Tehosterihens Deer was awarded this year’s Jesse Deer Memorial Media Scholarship. (Jessica Deer, The Eastern Door) Second-year cinema student Tehosterihens Deer is the latest recipient of the Jesse Deer Memorial Media Scholarship, which commemorates the life of the well-known and loved media personality in Kahnawake.

NFL football games on the weekend were replete with remembrance ceremonies and events honouring victims of the terrorist attacks 16 years ago that took lives and cancelled games.

Ratiwennahní:rats students will now have a helping hand as they work through their two-year immersion program, as an unlikely funding source came through last week.

Kahnawa’kehró:non Orenda Boucher-Curotte was hired as the new coordinator for Concordia University’s Aboriginal Student Resource Centre. (Courtesy Orenda Boucher-Curotte)

Ojibwe artist Cedar Eve Peters’ mural graces a wall near St. Jacques and St. Philippe in St. Henri. (Ambre Giovanni, The Eastern Door)

Devan Peterson will be representing the First Nations Regional Adult Education Centre in Cameroon. (Courtesy Devan Peterson) By: Rebecca Chant, The Eastern Door Devan Peterson, a student at the First Nations Regional Adult Education Centre, is heading to Cameroon, Africa to help build a water tank and exchange knowledge about food sustainability.

Twenty-seven students from Karonhianónhnha Tsi Ionteriwaienstáhkhwa received diplomas at their graduation ceremony on Monday afternoon, and will be heading off to high school come September.

Wahsontiio Kirby, whose acting days began with the Turtle Island Theatre program, has now risen through the ranks to join the National Theatre School of Canada.