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The annual BroadwayWorld Montreal Awards nominees are officially public, and some of Kahnawake’s finest acting talent are amongst those heading up the list.

From rubbing shoulders with senators and ministers to participating in roundtable discussions and workshops, youth from communities across Turtle Island were ready to learn this week, as part of the three-day Next Generation program led by First Nations Executive Education (FNEE).

The First Nations Executive Education (FNEE) Women and Leadership Program, given at the Ecole des hautes etudes commerciales (HEC) Montreal, celebrated its 10th cohort last week, which included two women from Kahnawake: Bronwyn Johns and Melanie Morrison.

What does prime minister Mark Carney have to say about the Building Canada Act, which equips his government to steamroll opposition to major infrastructure projects?

At 39 years old, Leya Jacobs has proven that school can come a little later. She studied special care counselling at Champlain College St. Lambert, finishing up a 22-month course in just nine months.

An attempt to use the courts to thwart Saturday’s ratification vote for four community laws failed, but with only six percent of eligible voters casting a ballot, the vote was nevertheless nullified.

Like many who apply for the Kanien’kéha Ratiwennahní:rats Adult Immersion Program, Ieniehtisákhe’ Kaycee Diabo had been in a Mohawk immersion environment for elementary school.

Six years ago, Raienthókwas Angus Horne was in the throes of addiction. Back then, he could never have predicted the role that learning Kanien’kéha would play in his recovery.

If Barbara Kaneratonni Diabo could go back in time more than 30 years to when she was a fresh-faced student entering Concordia University, she’d have one piece of advice: “trust yourself.”

The Kanien’kéha Ratiwennahní:rats Adult Immersion Program has always been in Ionhiarò:roks McComber’s blood. As a child, she remembers her mother, Holly Pinsonneault, spending spare moments studying, and later her sister, Tekawennanoron McComber, graduated from the program too.