What’s New in Indigenous Watchdog: 260 New Entries: Nov. 1, 2024 – Nov. 30, 2024


Not StartedStalledIn ProgressComplete
15194614
16%20%49%15%
StatusLegacy Calls to Action
(1-42) + 50-52, 62-65
Reconciliation Calls to Action
(43-94)
Not Started2, 9, 10, 26, 34, 42, 51, 52, 6445, 46, 47, 55, 56, 89
Stalled6, 8, 12, 14, 17, 18, 19, 25, 29, 30, 3558, 62, 71, 77, 78, 87, 92, 93
Complete13, 15, 4149, 53, 59, 67, 68, 70, 80, 83, 84, 85, 94

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

See also “Perspectives” post for a complete 6-page colour-coded Status Updates document summarizing all 94 Calls to Action

Indigenous Watchdog Updates

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)

SectionJan. ’24.Feb. ’24Mar. ’24April ’24May ’24June ’24July ’24Aug. ’24Sept. ’24Oct. ’24Nov. ’24YTD
Current Reality1336525385243
Current Problems901069814210477100941231121251171
Legacy C2As3537262229201727102148292
Reconciliation C2As131717151914126131510151
Govt. Commitments to Truth and Reconciliation91471814811661014117
Other Issues: Government Commitments201220171718201181521179
Background Content3224384127403334735740439
Total2002132092612151791981812412352602392
Indigenous Success Stories75649127335363

Notes:

  • Current Reality includes ALL 94 Calls to Action and Other Issues
  • Legacy C2As, Reconciliation C2As, Government Commitments and Other Issues represent positive steps that are advancing reconciliation
  • Current Problems includes all those in “Calls to Action” plus “Other Issues” and “Government Commitments to Truth and Reconciliation
  • “Other Issues” presents information on Drinking Water Advisories, Food Insecurity, Suicide Prevention, Urban Commitments to Reconciliation, Housing, Environment and Treaties and Land Claims
  • Background Content provides additional context for Calls to Action and/or Themes

A note on the Total Numbers in the above Table:

  • Call to Action # 24: 28 of the 41 posts documenting University and College Faculty/Schools of Nursing responses to Call to Action # 24 have been added to Legacy C2A’s above (Only those who completed 4 or 5 of the identified content themes for the C2A have been included)
  • Murray Sinclair’s Legacy: Only 1 of the 19 posts relating to the death and legacy of Murray Sinclair, former Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, has been counted.

UPDATES to Current Reality (found on each of the 30 Theme Landing Pages)

DateThemeDescription
Nov. 23Drinking Water Advisories147 Long-Term Drinking Water Advisories have been lifted since November, 2015. 31 Long Term DWA are in effect in 29 communities: 83% success rate
Nov., 23Missing ChildrenAdded 23 potential unmarked graves at Lejac IRS to Table: Discoveries of “potential” unmarked graves

New Sections:

Where LocatedSectionDescription
Call to Action # 24College Schools of NursingAdded 13 Schools of Nursing responses to C2A # 24
Call to Action # 24University Faculty/Schools of NursingAdded 27 Faculty/Schools of Nursing responses to C2A # 24
Government CommitmentsMurray Sinclair LegacyAdded 19 posts on the death and legacy of Murray Sinclair
Government Commitments
Actions and Commitments
Current Problems
Background Content
Indigenous Success Stories
 

Government Commitments

Home Page: Government Commitments to Truth and Reconciliation: Government Commitments
2024/11/29 Yukon amends its Municipal Act to offer alternative to oath of allegiance
2024/11/29 Federal government to sign first-ever modern treaty with Métis
2024/11/27 'We are survivors': Elders' tell stories of Nunavik dog slaughter after federal apology decades later
2024/11/25 Crown Indigenous relations is more than just apologies
2024/11/24 For some in Nunavik, federal apology for dog slaughter is a step toward reconciliation
2024/11/23 Ottawa to deliver apology, $45-million in compensation for Nunavik Inuit dog slaughter
2024/11/19 Attorney general in New Brunswick asks First Nations to pause legal fight
2024/11/17 Ottawa to compensate Inuit in Nunavik for mass sled dog slaughter
2024/11/16 Indigenous communities remember John Horgan, 1st premier in Canada to enshrine UNDRIP into provincial law
2024/11/14 Indigenous governments in the N.W.T. sign $375M deal to protect their land
2024/11/14 Province in talks to grant 'digital sovereignty' to First Nations
2024/11/10 Connecting two worlds together
2024/11/08 Ontario Premier Doug Ford Extends Support to Chiefs of Ontario First Nations Data Table
2024/11/08 Federal government to apologize for Nunavik dog slaughter
 
Home Page: Environment: Other Issues
2024/11/29 Nunatsiavut Government, Makivvik, and Government of Canada advance to next step toward establishing an Inuit Protected Area in the waters of northern Labrador
2024/11/28 Northwestern Ontario communities chosen for Canada's nuclear waste storage site
2024/11/28 Indigenous Self-Determination & Canada’s National Parks   
2024/11/22 Government of Canada boosts financial support for winter roads, strengthening connections to remote Ontario First Nations
2024/11/20 On BC’s North Coast, First Nations Are Building a New Economy
2024/11/19 BQE Water Contracted to Mitigate Impacts of Eagle Gold Mine Heap Leach Failure
2024/11/18 Ojibway Nation in northern Ontario says yes in referendum on possible nuclear waste site
2024/11/16 Historic' signing between Okanagan-Similkameen First Nations, local governments
2024/11/14 Indigenous governments in the N.W.T. sign $375M deal to protect their land
2024/11/14 Groundbreaking Agreement Will Invest in Indigenous Leadership…
 
Home Page: Food Insecurity: Other Issues
2024/11/22 Ontario strikes $108.5M school food program deal with feds to provide 9.8 million meals a year
 
Home Page: Housing: Other Issues
2024/11/22 New homes for First Nation members coming to Winnipeg
2024/11/20 Miawpukek First Nation improves fire safety with new $5 million fire hall in the community
2024/11/18 GNWT Launches New Initiative to Address Homelessness and Support Yellowknife’s Vulnerable Populations
2024/11/07 Housing minister announces applications open for $1B critical infrastructure program
2024/11/07 Manitoba Government Making it Easier for Organizations to Build Affordable Housing and End Chronic Homelessness
 
Home Page: Treaties and Land Claims: Other Issues
2024/11/29 Federal government to sign first-ever modern treaty with Métis
2024/11/29 Return of Cairn Island to Akwesasne Reserve
2024/11/20 Tłegǫ́hłı̨ Got’įnę in Norman Wells, N.W.T. nears self-government
2024/11/19 Wolastoqey chiefs claim 'enormous victory' in title claim against province
 
Home Page: Urban Commitments to Reconciliation: Other Issues
2024/11/02 Villiers Island gets Indigenous handle
 

Actions and Commitments

Call to Action # 3: Child Welfare (1-5)
2024/11/20 Open house to discuss new community facility in Kettle and Stony Point
 
Call to Action # 11: Education (6-12)
2024/11/20 Manitoba Government Increases Scholarship, Bursary Opportunities for Indigenous Students
 
Call to Action # 12: Education (6-12)
2024/11/14 Release of an action plan to support high-quality early learning and child care
 
Call to Action # 16: Language and Culture (13-17)
2024/11/22 School board is first to offer virtual Indigenous language courses
 
Call to Action # 18: Health (18-24)
2024/11/28 Manitoba Government Adds Mental Health and Addictions Care Resources for Youth
2024/11/28 Cree family worries about 97-year-old elder, needing long-term care far from home and culture
2024/11/20 Government of Yukon investing in youth mental health and wellness
2024/11/14 SCO Launches Healthy Living Campaign: Seven Paths to Better Health on World Diabetes Day
2024/11/06 Atlantic Indigenous health research network receives $4M from Ottawa
 
Call to Action # 21: Health (18-24)
2024/11/29 Ontario Expanding Access to Primary Care in Renfrew County
 
Call to Action # 24: Health (18-24)
2024/11/28 Trent University Trent/Fleming School of Nursing
2024/11/28 Red Deer Polytechnic School of Health and Wellness
2024/11/28 University of British Columbia School of Nursing
2024/11/26 Ontario Tech University Faculty of Health Sciences
2024/11/26 Selkirk College School of Health and Human Services
2024/11/26 University of Manitoba Rady Faculty of Health Sciences College of Nursing
2024/11/26 Loyalist College School of Health and Human Studies
2024/11/26 Mohawk College Faculty of Health School of Nursing
2024/11/26 Athabasca University Faculty of Health Disciplines: Nursing
2024/11/25 South Niagara Hospital built on a foundation of Indigenous values
2024/11/25 St. Clair College School of Health Sciences
2024/11/25 Thompson Rivers University School of Nursing
2024/11/25 University of Alberta Faculty of Nursing
2024/11/25 University of the Fraser Valley Faculty of Health Sciences
2024/11/25 University of Victoria School of Nursing
2024/11/25 Aurora College Health and Human Services
2024/11/25 Douglas College Faculty of Health Sciences – School of Nursing
2024/11/25 Durham College – Nursing Programs
2024/11/25 Nipissing University School of Nursing
2024/11/21 Memorial University Faculty of Nursing
2024/11/21 Conestoga College School of Health & Life Sciences
2024/11/21 University of Windsor Faculty of Nursing
2024/11/21 Toronto Metropolitan University Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing
2024/11/21 Trinity Western University School of Nursing
2024/11/21 York University Faculty of Health School of Nursing
2024/11/21 University of Calgary Faculty of Nursing
2024/11/21 Sault College Health Programs
2024/11/21 North Island College Faculty of Health and Human Services
2024/11/21 Kwantlen Polytechnic University Faculty of Health
2024/11/21 Coast Mountain College – Health and Social Services 
2024/11/21 University of Ottawa Faculty of Health Sciences School of Nursing
2024/11/21 University of Regina Faculty of Nursing
2024/11/21 University of Prince Edward Island Faculty of Nursing
2024/11/21 Vancouver Island University Health Sciences - Bachelor of Science in Nursing
2024/11/21 Western Regional School of Nursing - Grenfell Campus
2024/11/21 Algonquin College School of Health Studies: Nursing
2024/11/21 Saskatchewan Polytechnic Faculty of Nursing, Health Sciences and Community Services
2024/11/21 Cambrian College School of Nursing
2024/11/20 RRC Polytech School of Health Sciences
2024/11/19 McGill University Ingram School of Nursing
2024/11/19 Queen’s University Faculty of Health Science School of Nursing
2024/11/13 McMaster University School of Nursing
 
Call to Action # 30: Justice (25-42)
2024/11/25 Premier describes comprehensive approach to public safety
2024/11/18 Alternative, community-led crisis response services emerge across Canada
2024/11/15 RCMP to rollout body-worn cameras Canada-wide next week
 
Call to Action # 31: Justice (25-42)
2024/11/01 Recognizing November as Restorative Justice Month in Newfoundland and Labrador
 
Call to Action # 41: Justice (25-42)
2024/11/22 Manitoba unveils $20M strategy to 'empower and protect' Indigenous women, girls, two-spirit people
2024/11/01 Mural unveiled in Winnipeg part of province’s Indigenous women’s strategy
 
Call to Action # 42: Justice (25-42)
2024/11/29 Indigenous Bar Association Applauds Royal Assent of Bill S-13, An Act to Amend the Interpretation Act
2024/11/29 Legislation aligning federal laws with Indigenous rights protections receives Royal Assent
2024/11/27 Statement by Minister Virani on the passing of Bill S-13 and strengthening Aboriginal and treaty rights by amending the Interpretation Act
 
Call to Action # 83: Commemoration (79-83)
2024/11/06 New $2 coin celebrates ‘vibrant Inuit culture’ – Canadian Coin News
 
Call to Action # 92: Business and Reconciliation (92)
2024/11/26 CN Releases New Indigenous Reconciliation Action Plan
2024/11/25 Hydro One and nine First Nation partners break ground on Waasigan Transmission Line project
2024/11/21 Permit granted for Cariboo Gold Mine
2024/11/20 Driving inclusive and sustainable economic development: TELUS launches new Indigenous Reconciliation and Connectivity Report
2024/11/19 Media Advisory – Sun Life and Tribal Wi-Chi-Way-Win Capital Corporation announce partnership to serve Canadians and create local jobs in Winnipeg
2024/11/18 First Nations pitch Indigenous-led LNG to the world at COP29
2024/11/14 Deloitte Canada’s renewed approach to advance reconciliation is shaping the way for corporate Canada
2024/11/05 AtkinsRéalis Receives its First Partnership Accreditation in Indigenous Relations
2024/11/04 Manitoba 'has what the world needs,' minister says while outlining new critical mineral strategy
 

Current Problems

Home Page: Government Commitments to Truth and Reconciliation: Government Commitments
2024/11/28 AMC Calls for Immediate Action on Manitoba’s Alarming Child Poverty Rates
2024/11/26 Closing First Nations infrastructure gap could generate $635B: report
2024/11/20 Council makes recommendations on security issues in Yukon
2024/11/20 Nunavut’s child poverty rate is the highest in Canada, new report says
2024/11/15 Locked out: how a 19th century land grant is still undermining First Nations rights on Vancouver Island
2024/11/08 Sculptor of Ottawa monument says anger over treatment of Indigenous veterans drove its creation
2024/11/06 Indigenous friendship centres say they can't handle the costs of climate crisis and urbanization
2024/11/04 UN committee calls on Canada to eliminate Indian Act's 2nd generation cut-off
2024/11/04 Indigenous Friendship Centres Call for Long-Term Funding
2024/11/01 Teegee to work with NDP on involuntary care; eyes inquiry on Indigenous in-custody deaths
 
Home Page: Child Welfare (1-5): Legacy Calls to Action
2024/11/22 Indigenous youth still overrepresented in serious injuries, deaths in Alberta: advocate
2024/11/21 Tribunal orders Canada to address Jordan's Principle backlog immediately
2024/11/14 Class action alleges abuse, cultural devastation in group homes
2024/11/14 The Indian Boarding Home Class Action Claims Process is now open.
2024/11/07 United Delegation of Dene Leaders on Special Chiefs’ Assembly – Long-term Reform of The First Nations Child and Family Services (FNCFS) Program
2024/11/01 Caring Society says AFN put leadership in a ‘bizarre situation’ with child welfare agreement
2024/11/01 Mi'kmaw mother could lose custody of 3 disabled children after feds threaten to cut funding
 
Home Page: Education (6-12): Legacy Calls to Action
2024/11/27 Guardian pulls kids from Vancouver school, saying school staff failed to deal with bullying
2024/11/21 Liberal MP accuses opposition MPs of wasting time on another Boissonnault probe
2024/11/20 Quebec slammed for no plan to improve Indigenous education in nearly 20 years
2024/11/20 Liberal minister Randy Boissonnault stepping away from cabinet to clear his name over false claims of Indigenous background
2024/11/15 Boissonnault apologizes for shifting statements about family's Indigeneity
2024/11/15 Sask. events to commemorate Louis Riel on Nov. 16, the anniversary of his death
2024/11/15 Boissonnault faces new scrutiny over his statements on family's Indigeneity
2024/11/14 Chair of Liberal Indigenous caucus says identity ‘complicated’ as members questioned
 
Home Page: Language and Culture (13-17): Legacy Calls to Action
2024/11/26 Cree filmmaker Neil Diamond explores the West’s fascination with and misconceptions of Indigenous Peoples
2024/11/05 Amazon removes questionable Plains Cree language book after being contacted by APTN News
2024/11/02 Chief finds Campbell River council’s Indigenous place name remarks ‘disappointing’
2024/11/01 Nunavut gov't takes fight against Inuktut education lawsuit to Supreme Court of Canada
 
Home Page: Health (18-24): Legacy Calls to Action
2024/11/26 Tuberculosis outbreaks in 3 Nunavut communities still ongoing years later
2024/11/25 First Nations are mobilizing in the fight against addictions and drug trafficking
2024/11/20 Sheila North recalls ‘dreadful feeling’ of having wrong hip operated on in Winnipeg
2024/11/19 The state of mental health in Canada? It’s alarming, a new Canadian Mental Health Association report finds
2024/11/15 More checks and balances needed, says man who had wrong leg amputated in Winnipeg
2024/11/15 Family caregivers say lack of disability services leading to ‘burnout’ in Nunavut: study
2024/11/14 Manitoba launches investigation after Bloodvein man had wrong leg amputated
2024/11/12 Further revelations about Non-Insured Health Benefits mental health program illustrate need for systemic change
2024/11/07 Systemic Racism in Canadian Healthcare: The Tragedy of Brian Sinclair and Joyce Echaquan | NDN POV
2024/11/06 Yukon must do something about overdose crisis say advocates
2024/11/05 AMC Demands Reform to NIHB Program and Accountability for Mental Health Services
2024/11/04 Canada’s Indigenous mental health program is meant to be a lifeline. Instead, it’s so mired in red tape it seems ‘set up to deter people from accessing’ care
2024/11/01 Canada needs urgent action on health and climate change: Lancet report
2024/11/01 Indigenous advocates hope a new national registry can help prevent more women from being forcibly sterilized
2024/11/01 A murder conviction. Sex with an ex-client. Defending residential schools. Critics are alarmed at background of therapists approved for Indigenous mental health program
 
Home Page: Justice (25-42): Legacy Calls to Action
2024/11/29 Inmates from North need more help, advocates say, after Nunavut man fatally shot by Winnipeg police
2024/11/29 ‘Kiimaapiipitsin’: Family of Jon Wells remembers his kindness, humility
2024/11/28 City of Winnipeg did too little to search landfill for women, families say in human rights complaint
2024/11/28 Nunavik police chief launches ‘disciplinary investigation’ into Christmas tree photo
2024/11/28 Police chiefs’ president say Supreme Court decision shows need for First Nations police services to be funded fairly
2024/11/27 Supreme Court of Canada sides with First Nation in police funding dispute
2024/11/26 ‘He was very kind’: Partner of First Nations man who died after being in RCMP custody looking for answers
2024/11/25 B.C.’s Police watchdog investigating death of Tl’az’ten First Nation man in RCMP custody
2024/11/24 RCMP's fatal shooting of 17-year-old boy 'ripping a hole' in Norway House Cree Nation
2024/11/22 First Nation issues state of emergency amid growing violence, asks Quebec police to step up
2024/11/22 Deadly week in Norway House Cree Nation in Manitoba
2024/11/21 Ten Indigenous people have died at the hands of police in recent months. Where is the outrage?
2024/11/19 Pic Mobert First Nation in northwestern Ontario declares state of emergency over gang activity
2024/11/15 Parents of girl detained by security guards at B.C. mall allege she was racially profiled
2024/11/15 AMC Condemns Stay of Charges Against Priest Accused of Sexual Assault
2024/11/14 Anniversary of land claims agreement sparks calls for Nunavik police reform
2024/11/13 All charges stayed on 2nd day of trial against Manitoba priest accused of sexually assaulting girl
2024/11/13 First Nation Elder says Burns Lake RCMP owe her an apology for putting her in handcuffs, ticket
2024/11/12 The N.W.T. justice system doesn’t use Gladue reports. Some say that should change
2024/11/12 Court hears from 9-year-old girl who says she was sexually assaulted by Manitoba priest last year
2024/11/07 Inuk man shot dead by police a victim of systemic racism, Crown-Indigenous minister says
2024/11/07 RCMP national security unit monitored 'threats' linked to Wet'suwet'en anti-pipeline activism, records show
2024/11/07 Landfill search slated to start Dec. 2: families
2024/11/06 B.C. court allows police to apply to dispose of evidence from Robert Pickton’s farm
2024/11/06 RCMP officer says he was told not to take notes during enforcement at Wet'suwet'en blockade
2024/11/05 Defence questions reliability of RCMP officer's report on Wet'suwet'en Coastal GasLink blockade
2024/11/05 RCMP officer says cultural items removed from Wet'suwet'en blockade members seen as safety risks
2024/11/05 Alberta farmer convicted in deaths of Métis hunters has day parole extended
2024/11/05 Death of Joshua Papigatuk highlights police violence in Nunavik
2024/11/04 1 person dead, another seriously injured after Nunavik police shooting
2024/11/01 Exoneree supports miscarriage of justice law for ‘other innocent people across Canada’
2024/11/01 New registry seeks to determine the national scope of forced sterilization of Indigenous people
 
Home Page: Missing Children and Burial Information (71-76): Reconciliation CTAs (43-94)
2024/11/30 Potential unmarked graves identified at B.C.'s Lejac residential school: First Nation
2024/11/29 Special interlocutor still waiting for Canada's response to report on disappeared residential school children
2024/11/21 Canada is failing to clear even the lowest bar for residential school survivors
2024/11/12 National chief says ICC should probe disappearances of children from residential schools
 
Home Page: Commemoration (79-83): Reconciliation CTAs (43-94)
2024/11/28 Ontario won't support making Truth and Reconciliation Day a holiday for now: minister
 
Home Page: Sports and Reconciliation (87-91): Reconciliation CTAs (43-94)
2024/11/20 Hockey Manitoba, RCMP investigating after brawl at U18 hockey game
 
Home Page: Business and Reconciliation (92): Reconciliation CTAs (43-94)
2024/11/25 First Nation goes to court, accusing B.C. of not consulting over major gold mine
2024/11/20 Ontario Power Generation and Fort William First Nation at odds over Kakabeka Falls redevelopment
2024/11/19 Indigenous equity stake in natural gas pipelines now in doubt, TC Energy says
2024/11/19 Opponents tell court Bay du Nord was unlawfully approved
2024/11/18 Ex-official speaks out about alleged racism at Indian Oil and Gas Canada
2024/11/15 Hereditary chiefs call for a fishing moratorium to safeguard herring stocks 
2024/11/07 Natural Resources Canada’s critical minerals strategy does not show overall benefits and impacts
 
Home Page: Drinking Water Advisories: Other Issues
2024/11/26 Nearly half of Nunavut has been told to boil their water this year
2024/11/07 ‘Life is hard’: Living under a 29-year boil-water advisory in an Ontario First Nation
2024/11/07 UN expert urges 'profound changes' in Canada to uphold First Nations' water rights
 
Home Page: Environment: Other Issues
2024/11/29 Yukon government takes environmental board to court over proposed exploration project in Peel watershed
2024/11/28 While plastics are negotiated internationally, a First Nation breathes toxic air in Chemical Valley
2024/11/27 British Columbia LNG pipeline in limbo as it awaits provincial decision
2024/11/26 Yukon gold mine at risk of cyanide discharge says company managing clean up
2024/11/22 The Prince Rupert gas pipeline doesn't pass today's health standards
2024/11/21 Site C dam to be given Indigenous name after flooding Treaty 8 territory
2024/11/20 Controversial Pipeline Fighting to Avoid New Environmental Review
2024/11/13 Gwich’in brace for fight on oil and gas drilling in wildlife refuge after Trump victory
2024/11/13 Toxicologist calls Fort Chip contamination assessment ‘essentially useless’
2024/11/08 Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation remains steadfast in its commitment to secure permanent protection for the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
2024/11/07 Aamjiwnaang rallies for environmental support at Queen's Park
2024/11/01 Canada needs urgent action on health and climate change: Lancet report
2024/11/01 Despite promises, Indigenous Peoples struggle for a seat at the table at global biodiversity conference 
2024/11/01 Imperial urges regulator to ‘correct mistake’ of assessment
2024/11/01 Northwest First Nation not sold on open-pit mining project
 
Home Page: Food Insecurity: Other Issues
2024/11/26 Who profits on hunger?’ Inuit send pleading emails to minister about food costs
2024/11/05 Nearly 60 per cent of Quebec Inuit feel food-insecure, new data shows
 
Home Page: Housing: Other Issues
2024/11/19 Feds fund $332 million for Ottawa housing initiatives, including $310 for Odenak LeBreton Flats project
2024/11/15 New affordable housing for Conklin Métis families
2024/11/12 Manitoba study shows Indigenous seniors struggling to find safe, affordable housing
 
Home Page: Treaties and Land Claims: Other Issues
2024/11/28 UBCIC Alarmed as B.C. and Canada Appear to Choose Sides in Territorial Dispute Between Nations
2024/11/27 $5 treaty payments won't even buy Tim Hortons meal today, says Alberta First Nation in billion-dollar lawsuit
2024/11/26 J.D. Irving, other companies want to appeal decision that releases them from land claim
2024/11/21 Taykwa Tagamou Nation Files Claim Against Ontario and Newmont to Protect Traditional Lands 
2024/11/20 Saulteaux band members in Saskatchewan concerned over Cows and Plows settlement vote
2024/11/14 First Nation's moose hunting case to make 'new case law' in Manitoba, lawyers say as hearings conclude
2024/11/11 Quebec First Nation says government, Hydro-Québec left it out of wind projects
2024/11/11 Quebec First Nation says provincial government, Hydro-Quebec left it out of wind projects 
2024/11/09 Highway 413 work could start before Indigenous consultations end, prompting concerns
2024/11/07 Who ruined Hobo Hot Springs? Ministry investigates as mystery roils village in B.C.
2024/11/06 Saugeen Ojibway Nation pursues next steps after Supreme Court denies appeal
2024/11/05 Sentencing of Tiny House Warriors involved in TMX confrontation adjourned to 2025
2024/11/05 Finding proof of a treaty: Researcher finds letter in England implying existence of treaty rights between the Mi'kmaq in N.L. and the British
 

Background Content

Home Page: Government Commitments to Truth and Reconciliation: Government Commitments
2024/11/30 B.C. Métis Nation votes to withdraw immediately from Métis National Council
2024/11/27 AMC Commends AFN Infrastructure Report and Highlights Manitoba-Specific Alternative Budget
2024/11/26 Dene leader Georges Erasmus reflects on rights, resistance and politics
2024/11/26 SCO to Host United Nations in Winnipeg: Discussion on Global Indigenous Rights
2024/11/21 Indigenous people’s concerns and demands must lead the way as we move beyond apologies
2024/11/20 ‘No disrespect to His Majesty’: Yukon council refuses to take oath to King
2024/11/14 Contentious New Zealand bill leads to Maori protests, including in Parliament
2024/11/10 'Keep trying. Dream': The life and message of Murray Sinclair honoured at memorial service
2024/11/09 OPINION: Murray Sinclair has passed the torch to us all - The Editorial Board
2024/11/09 Ottawa to reinstate Arctic ambassador as it faces challenges from U.S., Russia and China in region
2024/11/06 Opinion | Murray Sinclair sought to build a pathway toward mutual understanding and healing for future generations
2024/11/06 QIA mourns the loss of Justice Murray Sinclair.
2024/11/05 'Rock-star judge' Murray Sinclair left lasting impact on Manitoba legal community, friends and colleagues say
2024/11/05 Sinclair leaves a strong legacy
2024/11/05 Statement from Métis Nation of Ontario on the Passing of the Hon. Murray Sinclair
2024/11/05 Sacred fire for Murray Sinclair burns at Manitoba Legislature
2024/11/05 Sinclair’s death ‘leaves a real dent in the heart’ says former TRC commissioner
2024/11/04 ‘Peacefully and surrounded by love’: Murray Sinclair, judge, senator and chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, dies at age 73
2024/11/04 Murray Sinclair’s family, friends say stories of ‘kindness’ will live on through generations
2024/11/04 Indigenous Canadian judge who reshaped nation’s legal system dies aged 73
2024/11/04 AMC Extends Condolences in the Passing of The Honourable Murray Sinclair
2024/11/04 Former judge and senator Murray Sinclair dies at 73
2024/11/04 ‘Canada has lost a giant’: Murray Sinclair, judge, senator and chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, dies at age 73
2024/11/04 OBITUARY: ‘Canada has lost a giant’
2024/11/04 This is the Murray Sinclair I was privileged to know
2024/11/04 Murray Sinclair, former senator who led Truth and Reconciliation Commission, dead at 73
2024/11/04 OBITUARY: Murray Sinclair stood for truth, justice to the end
2024/11/04 Private member’s bill aims to make life better for Indigenous Albertans
 
Home Page: Child Welfare (1-5): Legacy Calls to Action
2024/11/07 Inuit-Specific Child Welfare Data Discussion Paper
 
Home Page: Education (6-12): Legacy Calls to Action
2024/11/27 Inuit Nunangat University closer to realization with $50M from Mastercard Foundation
2024/11/26 Study finds Indigenous people cultivated hazelnuts 7,000 years ago, challenging modern assumptions
2024/11/22 Mount Saint Vincent University celebrates launch of Indigenous tourism program
2024/11/21 Indigenous Studies Programs – UQAT and INRS launch Canada’s first French-language master’s and Ph.D. programs in Indigenous Studies
2024/11/15 HUMBER POLYTECHNIC Program empowers Indigenous community to administer pension plans
2024/11/08 Indigenous Veterans Day honours unique history and sacrifice in Manitoba
2024/11/08 Without Indigenous code talkers in WW II, 'we would be speaking German'
2024/11/08 ‘Prisoner Number 110’; Daughter of Métis veteran commemorates forgotten Indigenous soldiers
2024/11/08 Indigenous veterans remembered, honored on Nov. 8
 
Home Page: Language and Culture (13-17): Legacy Calls to Action
2024/11/21 Indigenous tourism taught me some eye-opening things
2024/11/10 From Nunavut to the world
 
Call to Action # 19: Health (18-24)
2024/11/18 Digital Health Interoperability Task Force Releases Recommendations to Improve Patient Care through Connected Care Solutions
 
Home Page: Justice (25-42): Legacy Calls to Action
2024/11/29 Progress Monitoring Committee Releases First Annual Report
2024/11/28 The CRCC Releases Report on the RCMP’s Handling of Public Complaints in Nunavut
2024/11/27 National Healing Fund for Indigenous Survivors of Forced and Coerced Sterilization launches
2024/11/27 Supreme Court Judgement: Quebec (Attorney General) v. Pekuakamiulnuatsh Takuhikan
 
Call to Action # 62: Education for Reconciliation (62-65)
2024/11/15 Nervous about Teaching Indigenous Content? Here’s Some Pro Advice
 
Call to Action # 66: Youth Programs (66)
2024/11/06 Alberta Indigenous youth call for meaningful action on reconciliation in new report
 
Home Page: Media and Reconciliation (84-86): Reconciliation CTAs (43-94)
2024/11/12 New distribution approval will expand TV station to 10 million subscribers
 
Home Page: Business and Reconciliation (92): Reconciliation CTAs (43-94)
2024/11/28 Ensuring First Nations’ Access to Capital – FNFA Increases Commercial Paper Program to $900M
2024/11/26 Canada's biggest battery powers up
2024/11/18 Nisga'a Nation guides world's first mining royalty company that's majority Indigenous-owned
2024/11/01 MP Hanley announces over $3.7 million to foster Indigenous business growth and sustainability in the North
 
Home Page: Drinking Water Advisories: Other Issues
2024/11/27 Chiefs in B.C. dismayed over AFN’s intervention in federal water legislation work
2024/11/07 Canadian Nobel Prize Winner donates half of his winnings to fight the water crisis in Indigenous communities
 
Home Page: Environment: Other Issues
2024/11/28 Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Bulletin – Final Report on 2024 Dialogue Sessions and Recommendations to the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO)
2024/11/21 Local water advocates hail closure of southern Ontario bottling plant as a win for conservation
2024/11/07 What an effort to preserve Cree homelands in northern Manitoba means to the people behind it
 
Home Page: Food Insecurity: Other Issues
2024/11/30 Northern Sask. communities using gardening to improve food sovereignty — and they're involving youth
 

Indigenous Success Stories

Home Page: Language and Culture (13-17): Legacy Calls to Action
2024/11/24 Nisga'a writer Jordan Abel shocked to win Governor General's Literary Award
2024/11/13 2 Winnipeggers pick up Governor General's Literary Awards
2024/11/07 Renowned Singer-Songwriter William Prince To Be Awarded The 2024 Canada’s Walk of Fame Allan Slaight Music Impact Honour
 
Home Page: Sports and Reconciliation (87-91): Reconciliation CTAs (43-94)
2024/11/03 Indigenous women from Canada earned the most medals at the World Broomball Championships
 
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2024/11/25 Chief Constant honoured at Women In Mining gala event 

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