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Arctic Inspiration Prize announces 10 finalists for up to $3 million in funding
November 30, 2017
The regional selection committee for the Arctic Inspiration Prize has announced ten projects shortlisted for the 2017 awards, including two finalists for a $1 million prize...
Indigenous control of Indigenous education
November 4, 2017
SET Associate Faculty Mary-Anne Neal has joined an exciting new initiative that is being led by First Nations University of Canada...
Dene Heroes of the Land vol. 2 forthcoming
September 23, 2017
Associate faculty member Mary-Anne Neal has just returned from another trip to the far north and is hard at work on volume two on the Dene Heroes series of books...
Recommended Read: Dene Heroes of The Sahtu
April 18, 2017
This week we're recommending Dene Heroes of The Sahtu edited by Mary-Anne Neal. From the publisher: "Where are the real heroes among us? Where are the Dene people? This book, Dene Heroes of the Sahtu, was born from a deep desire to show the world some true heroes...
Shaw Cable interviews Mary-Anne Neal
April 5, 2017
Zeb King, host of Shaw Cable's "Transparency" talk show, interviewed SET associate faculty Mary-Anne Neal about her work with the Dene people who live in the remote Sahtu region of the Northwest Territories. The interview was aired frequently during April and May 2017.
BCcampus Advisory Group
February 27, 2017
Mary Burgess, Executive Director of BCcampus, has named Mary-Anne Neal one of twelve members of the newly-formed BCcampus Advisory Group...
Guardians of Great Bear Lake
February 7, 2017
Mary-Anne Neal, Associate Faculty with the School of Education and Technology, works with the Dene people in the Sahtu region of the Northwest Territories...
Sahtu students share stories about their personal community heroes
January 19, 2017
Dene Heroes of the Sahtu, a book written by students in Fort Good Hope and Colville Lake was unveiled last week. Mary Anne Neal, is an associate professor from Royal Roads University. Neal says this project was more than just collecting stories from students...
Voice of the Dene
January 18, 2017
Working with Dene youth to improve their literacy skills as well as increase pride in their heritage, School of Education and Technology Professor Mary-Anne Neal directed the Dene Heroes writing project...
NWT Sahtu youth help write book celebrating Dene heroes
December 29, 2016
A book celebrating Dene heroes and written by Sahtu youth is slated to be released next month. "Dene Heroes of The Sahtu" is a collection of stories about inspirational Dene people...
Dene Heroes of the Sahtu launches in 2017
November 23, 2016
The success of School of Education and Technology Prof. Mary-Anne Neal's Dene Hero Writing Project demonstrates that the Dene spirit is alive and well in the Sahtu region of the Northwest Territories...
Reimagining education in the North
April 6, 2016
Improving learning outcomes for people in remote northern communities is a pressing concern because education is associated with almost every measure of population health and well-being...
UNESCO protected biosphere
August 8, 2016
Canada's northern people face environmental challenges with implications that will reach far into the future. Mary-Anne Neal works with the Sahtu Dene people to build leadership and decision-making capacity...
Challenges and opportunities in the North
September 27, 2015
School of Education and Technology associate faculty member Mary-Anne Neal recently returned from Yellowknife, where she addressed the Sahtu Secretariat...
Dene leaders visit to RRU
February 5, 2016
Historically, researchers in different disciplines from universities around the world have descended on the high Arctic to study the people and the land...
Northern update
April 27, 2016
Mary-Anne Neal has returned from two weeks in the far north, working with the Sahtu Dene communities of Fort Good Hope and Colville Lake to improve learning outcomes and build leadership capacity...