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Hundreds of community leaders, scholars and allies in Indigenous post-secondary education from around the globe will be gathering at the fourth S’TEṈISTOLW̱ Conference at Camosun College’s Lansdowne campus.

Over 430 attendees from Canada, the United States and New Zealand, will attend the event from Aug. 20 to 23. 

The conference aims to build and strengthen relationships and networks in reciprocity by fostering shared learning and exchange.

Hosted by Eyēʔ Sqȃ’lewen: The Centre for Indigenous Education & Community Connections, this year’s conference theme is ‘Where the Waters Meet’. 

“The theme is a reflection of convergence – the merging of diverse…

Microsoft is reportedly advising some of its employees in China to consider transferring to other countries amid geopolitical tensions brought on by the US-China battle over advanced technologies.

A report by The Wall Street Journal claims the company is asking around 700-800 of its China-based workers involved in machine learning and cloud computing to consider moving to countries like the US, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.

Several Facebook posts shared in local community groups are falsely promoting an Argos giveaway that is not real. 

The posts, which have identical text, claim: “Argos is giving Gifts of smartphones, laptops other miscellaneous things at no charge mailed straight to your doorstep [sic]”. It says people can arrange the delivery by completing a “short 20 second form on the next page”.

A spokesperson for Argos confirmed to Full Fact that the offer is not genuine. 

One post appearing in a community group for Liverpool has almost 300 shares, while another post in a group for Mayobridge in Northern Ireland has more than 220 shares. It also appears in groups for Knock Shrine in Ireland, Worthing and Lancing in West Sussex and Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire, as well…