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For the first time in the city’s history, London city councillors have met with a local first nation’s council, the Oneida Nation of the Thames. The joint meeting, which took place at the Oneida Community Centre on Wednesday evening, is the first time both councils have met for an official …
Read More »Federal government slashes funding to Indigenous women’s advocacy organization
Editor’s note: This article has been updated after the federal Indigenous Services Minister clarified the type of audit the Native Women’s Association of Canada is undergoing. The Native Women’s Association of Canada is reeling after Ottawa cut $48 million from the advocacy organization, resulting in a staff of 75 being …
Read More »Report alleges RCMP mistreatment of homeless Indigenous women in NWT – National
Homeless Indigenous women in the North do not feel well-protected by the RCMP and instead face violence and discrimination by police, a new report from the Yellowknife Women’s Society has found. The organization held two sessions with women last October, and every single participant said she either experienced abuse by …
Read More »In historic move, Ontario will allow Indigenous languages to be spoken in legislature
When he rises inside Ontario’s legislature at the end of May, with his mother watching on, Sol Mamakwa will be able to pose a question to the government in his first language. A recent change to the rules that govern members at Queen’s Park means anyone who wants to intervene, …
Read More »Man. Premier Wab Kinew cites importance of youth on National Indigenous Languages Day – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew released a statement Sunday to mark the National Indigenous Languages Day, highlighting the importance of Indigenous youth speaking the languages of their people. “If we come from places like Winnipeg, Lake Minnewasta, the Assiniboine River, Odanah Colony, Manitoba …
Read More »Nunavut kids in care face loneliness, despair as millions spent to send them south
Iqaluit, Nunavut — Connie MacIntosh was working as a social service worker in Pond Inlet, a tiny hamlet in Nunavut, when her phone rang. On the line was a representative from a company operating group homes for youth in southern Ontario, more than 3,000 kilometres away. She said the caller …
Read More »No home. No options: Ontario Indigenous kids ‘damaged’ by system sending them south
As Megean Taylor walks along the main gravel road of Asubpeeschoseewagong First Nation, she stops and flinches in front of a white home with broken windows, covered in plywood. She lived alone in the home when she was a teenager in the First Nation, also known as Grassy Narrows, in …
Read More »‘Representation is critical,’ experts say in bid for more Indigenous teachers – Winnipeg
The Winnipeg Indigenous Executive Circle (WIEC) says, according to 2021-2022 data, Winnipeg schools need almost 1,500 more Indigenous teachers to keep up with the 19.1 per cent of Indigenous students. These numbers come from WIEC’s third annual State of Equity in Education Report, which adds that out of 54 school …
Read More »‘I screamed’: B.C. Indigenous child welfare advocates celebrate court victory
WARNING: This story deals with disturbing subject matter that may upset and trigger some readers. Discretion is advised. Indigenous child welfare advocates in B.C. are celebrating a “huge win” in Ottawa on Friday, where a federal law affirming that First Nations, Métis and Inuit people have sole authority to protect …
Read More »Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, experts say landfill search could take less than a year – Winnipeg
The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs has submitted a new report to governments that it said addresses safety concerns around searching a Winnipeg-area landfill for the remains of two slain First Nations women, but the organization did not release the full study to the public. “We expect that the findings in …
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