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231 ‘imperative’ changes: Calls for justice from Canada’s inquiry on missing and murdered Indigenous women

CBC News
Posted: Monday, June 3, 2019 at 09:49 — Last Updated: Monday, June 3, 2019 at 14:07
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There are 231 steps that need to be taken by governments and Canadians in order to end the genocide against

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Canada Society (Canada) 

Inuit-specific mental health services among recommendations in Canadian report on violence against Indigenous women

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, May 31, 2019 at 16:20 — Last Updated: Monday, June 3, 2019 at 10:01
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Culturally relevant  policing and mental health services are among the Inuit-specific recommendations in a Canadian report on violence against Indigenous

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National inquiry calls murders and disappearances of Indigenous women a ‘Canadian genocide’

Jorge Barrera, CBC News
Posted: Friday, May 31, 2019 at 13:36 — Last Updated: Monday, June 3, 2019 at 10:02
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The thousands of Indigenous women and girls who were murdered or disappeared across the country in recent decades are victims

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Canada General News Politics Politics (Canada) 

Canada: Opponents to proposed Indian day school settlement make voices heard

Lenard Monkman, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, May 16, 2019 at 11:59 — Last Updated: Thursday, May 16, 2019 at 12:01
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First Nations lawyers who object to the proposed federal Indian day school settlement held a rally Wednesday outside the Winnipeg,

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Canada General News Politics Politics (Canada) 

National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls set to present final report in June

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, April 10, 2019 at 14:25 — Last Updated: Friday, April 12, 2019 at 16:37
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The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) is set to present its final report June

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Canada General News Politics Politics (Canada) 

Land claim loan forgiveness to be reinvested in communities, say Indigenous leaders in Northern Canada

Avery Zingel, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, March 28, 2019 at 14:14
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Northern Indigenous leaders are welcoming the federal budget decision to erase debt incurred from land claims and treaty negotiations with

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Canada General News Politics Politics (Canada) 

Métis in Northern Canada doubt they’ll have access to $30M to honour Métis vets

Alex Brockman, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, March 27, 2019 at 13:28
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The leaders of the two Métis political organizations in the Northwest Territories say they have doubts portions of the $30

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Canada General News Politics Politics (Canada) 

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation may be Canada’s next new statutory holiday

Priscilla Hwang, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, March 27, 2019 at 10:50 — Last Updated: Wednesday, March 27, 2019 at 13:25
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Canadians are one step closer to getting a new statutory holiday recognizing Indigenous people. Two years ago Saskatchewan MP Georgina

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Canada General News Society Society (Canada) 

Canada: Indigenous, LGBTQ people disproportionately homeless, Quebec survey finds

Benjamin Shingler, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, March 26, 2019 at 10:45
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Immigrants, Indigenous people and members of the LGBTQ community are disproportionately represented among Quebec’s homeless population, according to the first-ever

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Canada General News Politics Politics (Canada) 

Federal budget promises $700M for Canada’s North over next decade

Alex Brockman, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, March 20, 2019 at 09:48 — Last Updated: Wednesday, March 20, 2019 at 10:37
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The federal government has promised to spend $700 million over the next 10 years for Canada’s North, with money coming

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Canada General News Politics Politics (Canada) 

Ottawa announces compensation for students of Indian Day Schools, $200M legacy fund

John Paul Tasker, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, March 12, 2019 at 14:51 — Last Updated: Friday, April 5, 2019 at 15:15
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Canada’s Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett announced today that eligible Indian Day School students will be entitled to thousands of

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Canada General News Politics Politics (Canada) 

Trudeau’s offer of Indigenous Services Canada to Wilson-Raybould like ‘asking Nelson Mandela to administer apartheid’

Jorge Barrera, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, March 7, 2019 at 11:05
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The Canadian prime minister’s attempt to move Jody Wilson-Raybould to the Indigenous Services portfolio was a “deeply humiliating” proposal and

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Canada General News Politics Politics (Canada) 

Canadian Indigenous leaders shocked by Philpott’s cabinet resignation

Olivia Stefanovich, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, March 5, 2019 at 09:00 — Last Updated: Tuesday, March 5, 2019 at 09:07
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Indigenous leaders are expressing a sense of loss after Liberal MP Jane Philpott, who used to serve as health and

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Canada General News Politics Politics (Canada) 

Métis Nation in Northern Canada says Ottawa shortchanged them millions in land claim money

Kirsten Murphy, CBC News
Posted: Friday, March 1, 2019 at 13:43
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The president of the Northwest Territory Métis Nation says a lack of federal money is holding up its land claim

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Canada General News Politics Politics (Canada) 

Child advocates worry about funding for Canada’s ‘path-breaking’ Indigenous child welfare bill

Jorge Barrera, CBC News
Posted: Friday, March 1, 2019 at 10:27
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An Indigenous child welfare bill tabled Thursday by the federal Liberal government is potentially “path-breaking,” but falls short in guaranteeing

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The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and is composed of three parts: the Monarch, the Senate, and the House of Commons. Photo: La Presse canadienne / Adrian Wyld

Inuit push for land protection with focus on social economy

In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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