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For McGill University Indigenous Language Revitalization master’s student Arihwisaks Colin Benedict, who is Kanien’kehá:ka from Akwesasne, last week’s Tsitewatá:ti: Let Us Speak Again language symposium achieved the goal he had set out to achieve - to bring language revitalizers together in one place to share ideas and experiences.

The Kahnawake Education Centre (KEC) has touched the lives of most people in town - whether as a student, a parent, or a staff member.

Organizers say collaboration is at the heart of an upcoming language symposium at McGill University, where Onkwehón:we from around the world will come together to share their experiences and goals in the field of language revitalization.

Last week’s Indigenous Nurses Day celebration in Kahnawake was truly generational – from 96-year-old Helen Skye, who became a nurse in 1951, to 29-year-old Rebecca Boyer, who graduated from her nurse practitioner program last summer, it was a day to recognize the efforts of Kahnawake’s nurses past and present.

From making maple sugar and planting tobacco, to bartering with guests from other nations, the Mohawk Trail Longhouse is set to be a hub of food sovereignty this weekend, as the second Haudenosaunee Food Gathering comes to town.

Fostering economic development and sharing Kahnawake’s achievements in the business world were top of mind for Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) chief Paul Rice at the Canadian Council of Indigenous Business (CCIB) Central Business forum, which took place in Toronto this week.

When Kahnawa’kehró:non Alex Rice heard her name announced as Best Supporting Female Actor at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle this week, her first thought was the people around the world whose stories she brought to life through her performance in Tasha Hubbard’s Meadowlarks.

There’s no challenge too small for community member Gracie Diabo, who has kicked off this semester of her studies at McGill University with organizing SymPOWEsium, an annual conference for women in engineering.

Derek White spent Valentine’s Day doing what he loves the most - racing. And though it wasn’t the race he expected, the opening of the NASCAR ARCA Menards Series season at the Daytona International Speedway certainly proved to be a memorable one for White.

Awendio Solaris, a United Kingdom-based solar energy startup, has announced its intention to develop a manufacturing facility and global research and development centre in Montreal East, partnering with Kahnawake and other First Nations to do so.