National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation archives added to UNESCO world register
The collection of archives, personal stories and photos of residential school survivors at the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation
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New Corrections Act brings big changes to jails in Canada’s Northwest Territories
The Northwest Territories’ overhaul of its corrections law could be a new model for reconciliation and offer inmates “a light
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Ottawa apologizes to Inuit of Nunavut’s Baffin Island for sled dog killings, forced relocations
Canadian Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations Carolyn Bennett gave wide-ranging apology to Inuit of Baffin Island in Iqaluit, in Canada’s eastern
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City council in Northern Canada considering path to reconciliation
A reconciliation plan for the city of Yellowknife is slowly making its way through city council. The city is getting
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Canada: Opponents to proposed Indian day school settlement make voices heard
First Nations lawyers who object to the proposed federal Indian day school settlement held a rally Wednesday outside the Winnipeg,
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National Day for Truth and Reconciliation may be Canada’s next new statutory holiday
Canadians are one step closer to getting a new statutory holiday recognizing Indigenous people. Two years ago Saskatchewan MP Georgina
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Ottawa announces compensation for students of Indian Day Schools, $200M legacy fund
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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Cabinet shuffle: is reconciliation dropping in priority for Canada’s PM?
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s decision to break up the “dream team” that was leading the work of mending Canada’s relationship
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Indigenous Sámi community weighs in on Finland’s truth and reconciliation process
Over the summer months, the Office of the Prime Minister organised a series of 29 hearings across the traditional northern
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Mining industry fears changes to legislation could end free entry staking in Canada’s Yukon
The Yukon Prospectors Association and the Yukon Chamber of Mines fear that proposed amendments to the Quartz Mining Act will
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Human remains and artifacts left at doorstep of Canadian Inuit organization
A box containing human remains was dropped off anonymously at the Ottawa offices of a national organization representing Inuit on
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Indigenous participation in research key to improving health outcomes, says expert
Community participation in research is key to improving health outcomes in Canada’s First Nation’s, Inuit and Metis communities said an
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Ottawa reaches ‘agreement in principle’ with Indigenous victims of Sixties Scoop
The Canadian government has reached an agreement in principle to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation to thousands
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