Wednesday 31 July 2013

Greetings! Aaniin! Oki! Bonjour! Tansi! Boozhoo! Danit'ada!

Hello from the Alberta Aboriginal Recruitment Network (AARN) co-chairs!

In case you haven't met us in person, we'd like to take a moment to tell you a little bit about ourselves:
Amber's family is from Mnjikaning First Nation in Ontario, but she grew up in the Calgary area. Amber works at the University of Calgary, having held the position of the Aboriginal and Multicultural Recruiter for the past two years.  She is currently in her final year of the M.Ed. Interdisciplinary Inclusive Leadership program offered through the U of C.  On a recent trip to Hong Kong, she took a day trip to Macau to complete the World's Highest Bungy Jump (233 m!).
Tori's family hails from Berens River in Manitoba.  He has been at Mount Royal University for three years, coordinating the Aboriginal Education Program (AEP).  Prior to that he was a teacher in Treaty 7 for ten years.  He is the proud father of two sons, ages 2 and 11.  He is looking forward to golfing and rafting when the rivers subside here in Calgary.
Feel free to reach us primarily through the general AARN email:
aboriginal.recruitment.alberta@gmail.com

We will post information here about the intended travels of our group and interesting items related to Aboriginal Education such as job postings, scholarships and education events.

Cheers,
Tori and Amber