Legacy Calls to Action include “Equity for Aboriginal People in the Legal System” (50-52) and “Education for Reconciliation (62-65) in order to keep all “Justice” and “Education” Calls to Action in one location
The following presents a year-to-date statistical snapshot of stakeholder actions across ALL themes that are either advancing reconciliation (Legacy and Reconciliation C2As and Government Commitments) or creating roadblocks (Current Problems)
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Government Commitments
Home Page: Government Commitments to Truth and Reconciliation: Government Commitments
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2023/08/23 |
Recognizing Treaty 6: Minister Wilson |
2023/08/15 |
Nunatsiavut Government welcomes increased federal funding for high-speed Internet access |
2023/08/15 |
Rural Manitoba councillor apologizes for racist comments |
2023/08/04 |
Manitoba Métis, Hydro reaffirm partnership with new 50-year, $120M deal |
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Home Page: Environment: Other Issues
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2023/08/30 |
New forest management strategy aims to restore balanced outcomes for the environment, society and economy |
2023/08/29 |
Polar Knowledge Canada provides $1.7 million toward Yukon Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Strategies |
2023/08/21 |
New evacuee accommodation provides safety net for Tŝilhqot’in and other First Nations |
2023/08/18 |
Government of Canada supports two new Guardians Programs in Torngat Mountains National Park to protect Inuit lands and the communities it nurtures |
2023/08/17 |
New conservation funding helps Labrador Inuit ‘keep their bond with the land’ |
2023/08/17 |
Ontario Launches New Program to Protect Caribou |
2023/08/03 |
Québec Grants over $10 Million to Support First Nations and Inuit Climate Leadership |
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Home Page: Housing: Other Issues
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2023/08/25 |
Housing First complex under construction in Watson Lake |
2023/08/17 |
Hillsborough Park project agreement signed with PEI First Nations |
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Home Page: Treaties and Land Claims: Other Issues
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2023/08/26 |
Federal government settles hundreds of millions worth of claims with Sask. First Nations |
2023/08/10 |
Treaty Land Entitlement Transfer of Mineral Rights for Cowessess First Nation |
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Home Page: Urban Commitments to Reconciliation: Other Issues
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2023/08/23 |
City collaboratively launches its first Indigenous Health Strategy |
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Actions and Commitments
Home Page: Education (6-12): Legacy Calls to Action
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2023/08/02 |
Manitoba Government Announces Investment to Support Workforce Development in Rural and Northern Communities |
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Call to Action # 7: Education (6-12)
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2023/08/02 |
Manitoba Government Announces Investment to Support Workforce Development in Rural and Northern Communities |
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Call to Action # 8: Education (6-12)
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2023/08/25 |
Catholic Division approved for shared services initiative with PBCN |
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Home Page: Health (18-24): Legacy Calls to Action
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2023/08/02 |
Ontario Breaks Ground on Long-Term Care Home in First Nation Community |
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Call to Action # 18: Health (18-24)
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2023/08/25 |
New substance use health emergency strategy released in Yukon |
2023/08/18 |
New Indigenous health centre opens in Montreal |
2023/08/15 |
New Mental Health Services Now Open in Sioux Lookout |
2023/08/10 |
AHS launches new Indigenous Central Zone one-line support – The Pipestone Flyer |
2023/08/10 |
Ontario Expanding Access to Midwifery Services |
2023/08/09 |
Government of Canada Strengthens Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Services for Indigenous Communities |
2023/08/03 |
Province invests in building healthier communities |
2023/08/02 |
Ontario Breaks Ground on Long-Term Care Home in First Nation Community |
2023/08/01 |
Calgary Indigenous healing lodge to offer programs to NWT residents |
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Call to Action # 21: Health (18-24)
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2023/08/14 |
Tundra Turning Celebrates Historic $83.7M Investment to Build Aqqusariaq (formerly the Nunavut Recovery Centre) in Iqaluit |
2023/08/07 |
Montreal opening first-of-its-kind Indigenous emergency care clinic |
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Call to Action # 22: Health (18-24)
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2023/08/28 |
External ED Assessment Panel makes recommendations for Niagara Health |
2023/08/10 |
Midwives Association of British Columbia ratifies tentative three-year agreement |
2023/08/08 |
Clear vision for the future: Canadian Ophthalmological Society celebrates Indigenous Children Eye Examination Project, impacting 6,000 lives to date |
2023/08/08 |
New Partnership Supports High-Quality Perinatal, Newborn And Child Healthcare For Indigenous Peoples In Ontario |
2023/08/06 |
Plants of the boreal forest: using traditional Indigenous medicine to create modern treatments |
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Call to Action # 29: Justice (25-42)
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2023/08/10 |
Court denies deadline extension for Indian Day School compensation claims |
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Call to Action # 41: Justice (25-42)
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2023/08/25 |
Government of Canada to Fund Crisis Hotlines Responding to Gender-Based Violence in New Brunswick |
2023/08/04 |
Minister Marci Ien announces funding for organizations helping Indigenous women and 2SLGBTQI+ people in Newfoundland and Labrador |
2023/08/02 |
The Governments of Canada and Prince Edward Island sign bilateral agreement to end gender-based violence |
2023/08/01 |
Supporting Indigenous women, girls and 2S+ people |
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Call to Action # 62: Education for Reconciliation (62-65)
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2023/08/07 |
Government of Yukon invests in new positions and student supports to strengthen learning and wellbeing |
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Call to Action # 65: Education for Reconciliation (62-65)
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2023/08/03 |
Renewed support for Cameco Chair in Indigenous Health and Wellness at USask |
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Call to Action # 66: Youth Programs (66)
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2023/08/25 |
Province Renews Investment in Île-à-la-Crosse Community Support Programs |
2023/08/16 |
Mattagami First Nation, Algoma University Launch Inaugural Land Camp Program for Indigenous Youth in Partnership with Canadore College |
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Home Page: Museums and Archives (67-70): Reconciliation CTAs (43-94)
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2023/08/30 |
Saskatoon city council votes in favour of changing John A. Macdonald Road to miyo-wâhkôhtowin Road |
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Call to Action # 77: National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (77-78)
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2023/08/04 |
National archives to digitize, transfer 6 million pages of Indian day school records, official says |
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Home Page: Business and Reconciliation (92): Reconciliation CTAs (43-94)
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2023/08/31 |
BCUC Launches Indigenous Intervener Capacity Fund Pilot |
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Call to Action # 92: Business and Reconciliation (92)
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2023/08/31 |
BCUC Launches Indigenous Intervener Capacity Fund Pilot |
2023/08/25 |
This group adds about $30 billion to the GDP. It could be double |
2023/08/03 |
Storm Exploration Signs MOU with Naicatchewenin First Nation |
2023/08/03 |
Miawpukek Horizon Joins Forces With EverWind Fuels to Advance Atlantic Canadian Green Energy Hub |
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Current Problems
Home Page: Government Commitments to Truth and Reconciliation: Government Commitments
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2023/08/29 |
Manitoba's refusal to search landfill for remains is racist, church leader says |
2023/08/28 |
AMC Concerned Over Proposed Cuts to Indigenous Services Funding, Urges Adequate Investment Based on AMC’s Alternative Budget |
2023/08/25 |
Proposed Indigenous Services spending cuts spark concern |
2023/08/22 |
Hajdu pledges to maintain Indigenous Services programs despite requested cuts |
2023/08/21 |
Algonquin members organize in fight for identity, land and nationhood |
2023/08/18 |
Ontario First Nations leaders call for housing minister, chief of staff to resign over Greenbelt controversy |
2023/08/18 |
Resisting landfill search sees Manitoba chiefs call for premier’s resignation |
2023/08/18 |
Algonquins get green light to sue over recognition of Ontario Métis groups |
2023/08/18 |
Anishinabek Nation responds to the Auditor General’s Special Report on Ontario’s Greenbelt Development Plan |
2023/08/17 |
‘They are being disappeared’: Tax union backs Winnipeg landfill search |
2023/08/15 |
AMC Receives Unwavering Support from the Canadian Human Rights Museum |
2023/08/14 |
AMC Confronts Unacceptable Statement by Springfield Councillor |
2023/08/14 |
N.B. government won't say what it will do with systemic racism report, months after release |
2023/08/14 |
First Nations leaders say Sask. government's updated consultation policy is still problematic |
2023/08/10 |
Manitoba can’t walk away ‘scot-free’ from landfill victims: former Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister |
2023/08/09 |
Quebec Superior Court can hear case calling on removal of Gov. Gen. due to lack of French |
2023/08/08 |
Matriarchs oppose new government structure in Haida Gwaii |
2023/08/03 |
Hundreds rally, march in downtown Winnipeg to demand search of landfill for women's remains |
2023/08/03 |
While Indigenous people call for justice, Winnipeg’s police take aim at graffiti |
2023/08/01 |
Iqaluit Workers In The Midst Of One Of Canada’s Longest Strikes |
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Home Page: Education (6-12): Legacy Calls to Action
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2023/08/30 |
‘Major safety concern’: Nunavut’s aging schools spur thousands of maintenance requests |
2023/08/30 |
Residential school survivors meet for ‘Breaking the Colonial Mindset’ conference in Winnipeg |
2023/08/24 |
Power struggle: History grapples with electricity at Beothuk Lake, where the last remnants of a lost culture are washing away |
2023/08/16 |
Toronto school board should vet claims of staff who self-identify as Indigenous, say former student, parent |
2023/08/10 |
‘Pretendian’ conference delves into how to deal with false claims of Indigenous identity |
2023/08/10 |
Indigenous-led archaeology school 'disheartened' after dig site vandalized twice in 4 days |
2023/08/01 |
Manitoba's political parties not doing enough to verify Indigenous identity: Métis lawyer |
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Home Page: Language and Culture (13-17): Legacy Calls to Action
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2023/08/31 |
Sask. First Nations mother says long child-care waitlists forced her to go against her cultural beliefs |
2023/08/09 |
It's really shameful': N.B.'s racist place names remain, despite years of calls for change |
2023/08/08 |
Menu and decor at Manitou Bistro 'reprehensible' some Kitigan Zibi members say |
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Home Page: Health (18-24): Legacy Calls to Action
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2023/08/31 |
UBCIC Stands with Families and Calls for Action on Overdose Awareness Day |
2023/08/29 |
Elsipogtog residents renew call for an in-community nursing home |
2023/08/28 |
Barriers like racism, distrust may be main cause of health-care disparities for Indigenous women, study says |
2023/08/27 |
Indigenous females face more hurdles in health care access, study finds |
2023/08/25 |
Decision Of The Tribunal Administratif Du Travail: Insecurity Resurges Among First Nations |
2023/08/08 |
'Very little' government help for 11 Man. First Nations months after declaring state of emergency |
2023/08/07 |
Bearspaw First Nation to meet with federal officials as opioid crisis worsens |
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Call to Action # 22: Health (18-24)
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2023/08/17 |
Self-determination and inclusion central to Indigenous health in Sask., say experts |
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Home Page: Justice (25-42): Legacy Calls to Action
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2023/08/31 |
Allegations of sex crimes leads to eviction of employees, termination of water treatment plant construction contract |
2023/08/29 |
First Nations police investigating allegations young girl was sexually exploited |
2023/08/24 |
Retired judge visits Nunavut to hear Inuit sexual abuse claims against priest |
2023/08/23 |
BC RCMP Officer Facing Manslaughter Trial Charged with Assault |
2023/08/23 |
Hospital worker fired after Indigenous woman’s death should be reinstated: arbitrator |
2023/08/22 |
Quebec judge authorizes class action by Atikamekw women alleging forced sterilizations |
2023/08/16 |
Ottawa won’t regulate how lawyers bill First Nations clients after concerns raised over ‘unfair’ fees |
2023/08/16 |
Feds blamed AFN for delays, slow progress on First Nations policing bill: documents |
2023/08/15 |
The VPD Won’t Release a Review of Its Chelsea Poorman Investigation |
2023/08/14 |
Métis senator calls for coerced sterilization to be a Criminal Code offence |
2023/08/14 |
Judge ‘erred’ in conviction of Elder after TMX pipe ceremony, higher court rules |
2023/08/14 |
RCMP watchdog concerned with delays in B.C. C-IRG probe |
2023/08/10 |
Memorial held on anniversary of Tina Fontaine murder in Winnipeg |
2023/08/09 |
Settlement reached in class-action lawsuit against convicted ex-priest who abused First Nations youth |
2023/08/08 |
Former Saskatchewan RCMP boss warned officers to watch opinions after Stanley verdict |
2023/08/03 |
RCMP cited Standing Rock protests as 'evidence' to create controversial B.C. unit |
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Call to Action # 41: Justice (25-42)
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2023/08/15 |
New billboards for missing and murdered women aim to change narrative of B.C.'s 'Highway of Tears' |
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Home Page: United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People (43-44): Reconciliation CTAs (43-94)
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2023/08/02 |
Unravelling Canada’s UN Indigenous action plan |
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Home Page: Museums and Archives (67-70): Reconciliation CTAs (43-94)
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2023/08/31 |
Montreal won't return toppled John A. Macdonald statue to its downtown pedestal |
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Home Page: Missing Children and Burial Information (71-76): Reconciliation CTAs (43-94)
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2023/08/29 |
93 possible unmarked graves discovered at former Beauval residential school |
2023/08/29 |
English River First Nation announces more findings in radar search for unmarked graves |
2023/08/28 |
Special interlocutor hopeful new Justice Minister will act to address residential school denialism |
2023/08/21 |
Manitoba First Nation considers further excavations after church dig for unmarked graves |
2023/08/20 |
Dogs flown in to search for unmarked graves in Cree territory |
2023/08/18 |
Chief says excavation of Manitoba church basement found no evidence of human remains |
2023/08/10 |
English River First Nation finds potential unmarked graves in, around school cemetery |
2023/08/07 |
Sask.-based lawyer welcomes Guatemalan group's offer to support search for unmarked graves |
2023/08/04 |
Mohawk Mothers say McGill University trying to ‘control’ process of search for unmarked graves |
2023/08/01 |
Provinces Failure to Protect Unmarked Graves and Burial Sites of former Indian Residential Schools leaves Children’s Remains At Risk and Affected Families without hope |
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Call to Action # 79: Commemoration (79-83)
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2023/08/09 |
Etobicoke South Humber Monument |
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Home Page: Media and Reconciliation (84-86): Reconciliation CTAs (43-94)
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2023/08/11 |
Meta's removal of Canadian news impacting Indigenous media and communities |
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Home Page: Sports and Reconciliation (87-91): Reconciliation CTAs (43-94)
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2023/08/30 |
Coach given 'travesty of game' penalty during children's championship lacrosse game |
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Home Page: Business and Reconciliation (92): Reconciliation CTAs (43-94)
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2023/08/18 |
Murchison Minerals is Violating Indigenous Rights to the Detriment of Its Shareholders and Investors |
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Home Page: Environment: Other Issues
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2023/08/29 |
NWT evacuations leave some Indigenous people in ‘scary’ situations |
2023/08/29 |
TG Supports Amendments to NWT Emergency Management Act |
2023/08/29 |
BCFNEMC and FNLC Call for Moratorium on Placer Mining in British Columbia |
2023/08/29 |
30 years after Clayoquot Sound protests, old-growth logging continues unabated: B.C. conservation group |
2023/08/23 |
Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Calls for Support for First Nations Communities Affected by Wildfires in B.C. and N.W.T. |
2023/08/10 |
Proposed radioactive waste dump in Deep River met with opposition at final hearing |
2023/08/01 |
NDP calls for emergency preparedness funding for First Nation communities |
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Home Page: Food Insecurity: Other Issues
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2023/08/22 |
‘They can’t afford food’: Feds urged to speed up Inuit applications for aid |
2023/08/21 |
First Nations group hold benefit for awareness of declining moose population |
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Home Page: Housing: Other Issues
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2023/08/31 |
City of Edmonton slapped with lawsuit over encampment removals |
2023/08/24 |
Some Indigenous leaders reject PM's 'out of touch' housing comments |
2023/08/19 |
Federal underfunding of Indigenous housing leads to years-long wait-lists, frustration |
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Home Page: Treaties and Land Claims: Other Issues
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2023/08/31 |
Nova Scotia fishers, Indigenous stakeholders call for more dialogue amid violence |
2023/08/29 |
First Nations chiefs demand return of Greenbelt land, call for criminal investigation of Ford government |
2023/08/29 |
Prairie First Nations prepare to launch legal battle over natural resources |
2023/08/29 |
Ontario First Nations leaders reiterate opposition to Greenbelt land swap in unanimous vote |
2023/08/29 |
Better dialogue with First Nations could have avoided Joffre Lakes closure, critics say |
2023/08/25 |
Ottawa confirms it changed land claim process, mulls Indian Act changes |
2023/08/25 |
Higgs doubles down on stance that Wolastoqey title claim threatens smaller property owners |
2023/08/22 |
Marten Falls chief wants housing and water issues fixed ahead of Ring of Fire mining |
2023/08/16 |
First Nations Coalition Supports Minister’s Decision to Close Open Net-Pen Fish Farms in the Discovery Islands |
2023/08/06 |
Whose Sovereignty? A BC Court Decision Exposes Holes in Colonial Logic |
2023/08/04 |
Mi’kmaw nation, lobster harvesters suing feds for treaty violations |
2023/08/03 |
First Nation calls mining stakes 'unlawful, invalid' as it challenges Ontario's free-entry system |
2023/08/02 |
Sipekne'katik First Nation sues federal government for seizing lobster traps |
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Home Page: Urban Commitments to Reconciliation: Other Issues
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2023/08/29 |
Bruce County mayor resigns after accusing First Nation in Ontario of being 'poor and unclean' in recording |
2023/08/28 |
Rural Manitoba politician suspended in fallout from offensive remarks |
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Background Content
Home Page: Government Commitments to Truth and Reconciliation: Government Commitments
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2023/08/29 |
Australians to vote on whether to recognize Indigenous people in constitution |
2023/08/24 |
MNO calls for talks with First Nations as chiefs plan rally to kill Métis self-government bill |
2023/08/21 |
Métis Nation of Ontario Concludes 30th Annual General Assembly |
2023/08/09 |
Judge questions First Nations' right to challenge Ontario Métis self government |
2023/08/08 |
Métis Nation of Ontario urges judge to reject First Nations court challenge |
2023/08/08 |
CivicInfo Library BC |
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Home Page: Education (6-12): Legacy Calls to Action
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2023/08/31 |
The HISTORY® Channel’s groundbreaking documentary True Story Returns for Part Two |
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Home Page: Language and Culture (13-17): Legacy Calls to Action
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2023/08/27 |
Stolen Nisga'a memorial pole about to start journey home from Scottish museum |
2023/08/22 |
The Revitalizing Power of Indigenous Typography |
2023/08/14 |
Ska-Nah-Doht Village marks 'momentous' 50th birthday in Mount Brydges, Ont. |
2023/08/11 |
Six Nations leaders say Robbie Robertson gave cultural centre invaluable support |
2023/08/11 |
Number of people speaking Atikamekw language growing in Quebec says Statistics Canada |
2023/08/08 |
Stunningly beautiful': Exhibit of Kenojuak Ashevak's art opens in Newfoundland outport |
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Home Page: Health (18-24): Legacy Calls to Action
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2023/08/27 |
'Great heart' makes anything possible for southwestern Manitoba Indigenous men's group |
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Call to Action # 19: Health (18-24)
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2023/08/01 |
FNIGC launches new-and-improved version of its popular online data tool |
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Home Page: Justice (25-42): Legacy Calls to Action
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2023/08/28 |
Indigenous organizations and legal aid clinic rebuke Canada for mass incarceration of Indigenous people, call for redirection of funding to Indigenous governments and organizations as part of Canada’s human rights review by the United Nations |
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Home Page: Youth Programs (66): Reconciliation CTAs (43-94)
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2023/08/14 |
PEACE program aims to build links between OPP, Indigenous youth |
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Home Page: Missing Children and Burial Information (71-76): Reconciliation CTAs (43-94)
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2023/08/23 |
Native American group to digitize 20,000 archival pages linked to Quaker run Indian boarding schools |
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Home Page: Commemoration (79-83): Reconciliation CTAs (43-94)
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2023/08/10 |
Save the Date: “Remembering the Children” returns to Ottawa for NDTR |
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Call to Action # 80: Commemoration (79-83)
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2023/08/10 |
Save the Date: “Remembering the Children” returns to Ottawa for NDTR |
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Home Page: Media and Reconciliation (84-86): Reconciliation CTAs (43-94)
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2023/08/11 |
Native American Journalists Association has a new name |
2023/08/08 |
‘Native American’ or ‘Indigenous’? Journalism group rethinks name |
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Home Page: Business and Reconciliation (92): Reconciliation CTAs (43-94)
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2023/08/22 |
Alberta First Nations tribe spins hay into gold |
2023/08/11 |
First Nations-led infrastructure project worth billions looks to benefit Treaty 5 and beyond |
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Home Page: Environment: Other Issues
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2023/08/30 |
A snapping success: Akwesasne celebrates its first incubated turtle hatchlings |
2023/08/26 |
Parks and Reconciliation: How First Nations in B.C. are taking back control of stewardship and access in their traditional territories |
2023/08/22 |
In the midst of a destructive wildfire season, Sinixt experts point to the benefits of cultural burns |
2023/08/22 |
Tŝilhqot’in & Sámi Peoples Gather for Historic Cultural Exchange |
2023/08/17 |
Native Hawaiians fear Maui wildfire destruction will lead to their cultural erasure |
2023/08/15 |
Qikiqtani Inuit Association Applauds the Inuit Circumpolar Council Greenland for winning the UN Development Programme’s 2023 Equator Prize |
2023/08/11 |
A First Nation that can never let its guard down |
2023/08/02 |
First Nations leader celebrates evolution of stewardship in Great Bear Rainforest |
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Home Page: Food Insecurity: Other Issues
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2023/08/31 |
Sowing the seeds of Indigenous food sovereignty in the North |
2023/08/24 |
How Indigenous communities can establish food security in a changing climate |
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Home Page: Treaties and Land Claims: Other Issues
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2023/08/23 |
Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation recognizes treaty signing after 146 years |
2023/08/01 |
Canada settles Treaty Salaries specific claims with fourteen First Nations under Treaty 4 and Treaty 6 |
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Indigenous Success Stories
Home Page: Government Commitments to Truth and Reconciliation: Government Commitments
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2023/08/29 |
Remembering Dr. Earl Cook |
2023/08/17 |
Lieutenant Governor’s Statement on the Death of The Honourable James K. Bartleman |
2023/08/05 |
Former Grand Council Chief Vernon Roote passes into theSpirit World |
2023/08/04 |
Chief Dr. Robert Joseph is the recipient of the 2023 Award for Excellence in Aboriginal Relations |
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Home Page: Health (18-24): Legacy Calls to Action
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2023/08/30 |
Unexpected bond forms on run for diabetes awareness in Manitoba |
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Home Page: Justice (25-42): Legacy Calls to Action
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2023/08/04 |
Odawa welcomes couple on walk across Canada for missing and murdered Indigenous people |
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Home Page: Media and Reconciliation (84-86): Reconciliation CTAs (43-94)
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2023/08/15 |
Jennifer Podemski to receive 2023 August Schellenberg Award of Excellence at 2023 imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival |
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Home Page: Business and Reconciliation (92): Reconciliation CTAs (43-94)
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2023/08/04 |
Rose Paul receives 2023 Indigenous Women in Leadership Award |