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Futures Forward holding tuition waiver information sessions
From Futures Forward--Please find below information regarding post-secondary tuition waiver applications for the 2024-25 academic year. Applications are due March 31, 2024. Tuition Waivers are scholarships offered by...
School nutrition program to be expanded across Manitoba
Manitoba Government News Release--The Manitoba government is making a record investment to ensure all children in the province have access to healthy food in schools when they need it, Premier Wab Kinew and Education...
Government boosts funding for three programs supporting youth mental health
Manitoba Government Press Release--The Manitoba government is increasing funding to three successful programs that support youth across the province, Housing, Addictions and Homelessness Minister Bernadette Smith,...
Bell Let’s Talk Day 2024 focused on helping Canadians create change
MONTRÉAL, Jan. 24, 2024 /CNW/ - Today is Bell Let's Talk Day! We are encouraging everyone to take meaningful action to create real change while also highlighting Canadian mental health organizations who are providing...
Manitoba appoints special advisor on Indigenous women’s issues
Manitoba Government Press Release--The Manitoba government is announcing the appointment of Cora Morgan as the special advisor on Indigenous women’s issues and secretary to the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women,...
National Ribbon Skirt Day celebrated
From the Winnipeg Sun--Drums, dancers and ribbon skirts filled a Winnipeg shopping mall on Thursday, as Manitoba and all of Canada celebrated National Ribbon Skirt Day. In December of 2022, Royal Assent was given to...
CFS positions now open in Parkland, Manitoba!
Rural and Northern Child and Family Services (RNCFS) and the General Child and Family Services Authority (GA) have exciting news to share! As RNCFS prepares to become the designated intake agency for Manitoba’s...
National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women marked by Families Minister
Government of Manitoba News Release--Today we recognize National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, which honours the lives of 14 young women who were murdered in an act of gender-based violence...
Children’s Aid Foundation of Canada’s 2024-25 scholarship application is now open!
From the Children's Aid Foundation-- The Children’s Aid Foundation of Canada post-secondary scholarships will award youth $5000 for each academic year of their program they attend until they finish, to a maximum of 7...
Canadian kids at ‘greater risk’ than others without online harms bill, experts warn
From the Winnipeg Free Press--A group of experts, summoned by the government last year for their advice on a new law to protect children online, is now urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government to hurry up and...