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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2024/01/29 |
B.C. prepares legislation to share decision-making power with Indigenous groups over public lands |
2024/01/25 |
New phase in the dialogue on Hydro-Québec’s Action Plan 2035 |
2024/01/18 |
Empowering and supporting communities |
2024/01/18 |
Trudeau government transfers land management to Nunavut in historic deal |
2024/01/17 |
Trudeau in Nunavut to sign long-awaited devolution agreement |
2024/01/16 |
Wab Kinew and the rocky political road to becoming the first Anishinaabe premier of a province in Canada |
2024/01/15 |
Statement from Premier Ranj Pillai on recent meetings with Kluane First Nation, White River First Nation and Carcross/Tagish First Nation |
2024/01/06 |
Statement by Minister Anandasangaree, Minister Vandal and Minister Hajdu on the Eighth Anniversary of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Final Report |
2024/01/05 |
Federal government and Nunavut invest more than $194 million in critical infrastructure and transit projects across the territory |
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Home Page: Drinking Water Advisories: Other Issues
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2024/01/18 |
Athabasca Chief Allan Adam consulting with Ottawa on First Nations Clean Water Act |
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Home Page: Environment: Other Issues
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2024/01/30 |
Ontario Supporting Growth and Innovation in the Forest Sector |
2024/01/30 |
PAGC Task Force Raises Alarm on Upcoming Wildfire Season, Urges Proactive Measures |
2024/01/26 |
Canada boosts conservation and restoration efforts with investments in 27 new Indigenous-Led Natural Climate Solutions |
2024/01/19 |
Funding will improve cultural safety for Indigenous people during emergencies |
2024/01/18 |
Manitoba First Nations, governments sign deal to study protection of pristine Seal River watershed |
2024/01/16 |
CER releases Crown Consultation and Accommodation Report for the NEBC Connector Project |
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Home Page: Housing: Other Issues
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2024/01/29 |
AHMA Welcomes Long-Awaited Changes to RTA for Supportive Housing Operators |
2024/01/29 |
Council of Yukon First Nations unveils downtown Whitehorse outreach van |
2024/01/26 |
Warming centre hopes to take the chill off in Whitehorse |
2024/01/24 |
The new supportive housing complex will complete this year |
2024/01/22 |
Government of Canada Launches Request for Proposals Process for an Indigenous-Led National Housing Centre |
2024/01/18 |
Federal Government Supports New Homes in Northwest Territories |
2024/01/17 |
More affordable housing in Nova Scotia |
2024/01/12 |
Helping housing providers fight inflation |
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Home Page: Suicide Prevention: Other Issues
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2024/01/29 |
Manitoba Government Expands Funding for Youth Mental Health |
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Home Page: Treaties and Land Claims: Other Issues
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2024/01/27 |
Snuneymuxw land agreement will see 80 hectares returned to Vancouver Island First Nation |
2024/01/11 |
Robinson Huron Nations sign Treaty settlement agreement |
2024/01/11 |
Snuneymuxw and B.C. land transfer fosters economic development |
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Home Page: Urban Commitments to Reconciliation: Other Issues
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2024/01/31 |
Thunder Bay Launches Groundbreaking Indigenous Economic Impact Study |
2024/01/15 |
Winnipeg 150 graphic showcases city’s journey to reconciliation, connection to earth |
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Actions and Commitments
Call to Action # 7: Education (6-12)
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2024/01/24 |
Feds provide $25M for First Nations employment project |
2024/01/23 |
Feds spending $25M on skills training for Indigenous people in Quebec |
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Call to Action # 17: Language and Culture (13-17)
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2024/01/23 |
Ontario Making it Easier and More Affordable for Indigenous Communities to Access Vital Government Services |
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Call to Action # 18: Health (18-24)
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2024/01/18 |
Co-developing distinctions-based Indigenous health legislation |
2024/01/10 |
Canada signs over $355 million bilateral agreement with Nova Scotia to improve health care over three years |
2024/01/09 |
Ontario Connecting More Indigenous Youth to Mental Health Services in Sagamok Anishnawbek First Nation |
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Call to Action # 22: Health (18-24)
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2024/01/23 |
Maamwesying Ontario Health Team and Espanola Regional Hospital and Health Centre solidify Collaboration Agreement with signing ceremony |
2024/01/23 |
Mental-health support for Indigenous paramedic service in Quebec a ‘landmark partnership’ |
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Home Page: Justice (25-42): Legacy Calls to Action
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2024/01/17 |
New report on landfill search is now in families' hands, Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs says |
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Call to Action # 28: Justice (25-42)
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2024/01/31 |
University of Manitoba – Robson Hall Faculty of Law |
2024/01/31 |
University of Calgary Faculty of Law |
2024/01/31 |
University of British Columbia’s Peter A. Allard Law School |
2024/01/31 |
University of Alberta Faculty of Law |
2024/01/31 |
University of New Brunswick Faculty of Law |
2024/01/31 |
University of Ottawa Faculty of Law – Common Law |
2024/01/31 |
Dalhousie University – Schulich School of Law |
2024/01/31 |
Lakehead University Faculty of Law |
2024/01/31 |
McGill University Faculty of Law |
2024/01/31 |
Toronto Metropolitan University Lincoln Alexander School of Law |
2024/01/31 |
Thompson Rivers University Faculty of Law |
2024/01/31 |
University of Toronto Faculty of Law |
2024/01/31 |
University of Victoria Faculty of Law |
2024/01/31 |
University of Western Ontario – Western Law |
2024/01/31 |
York University – Osgood Hall Law School |
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Call to Action # 30: Justice (25-42)
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2024/01/09 |
RCMP launches Race-Based Data Collection pilot project |
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Call to Action # 31: Justice (25-42)
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2024/01/30 |
Empowering communities to boost access to justice |
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Call to Action # 41: Justice (25-42)
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2024/01/30 |
Provincial Government Contributes Funding to Support Survivors of Sexual and Intimate Partner Violence |
2024/01/29 |
Cindy Gladue's family relieved at court's rejection of Bradley Barton's latest appeal |
2024/01/26 |
Feather Alert for MMIP in California praised after first year |
2024/01/16 |
Expansion of Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Program Will Offer More Wraparound Supports for Sexual Assault Survivors |
2024/01/12 |
Former AMC official named special adviser on MMIWG2S+ in Manitoba |
2024/01/11 |
Government of Canada announces support for 34 Ontario-based organizations to prevent and address gender-based violence |
2024/01/09 |
Government of Canada announces support for 18 Alberta-based organizations to advance gender equality |
2024/01/09 |
Manitoba Government Works to Keep Indigenous Women, Girls and Two-Spirit Manitobans Safe with Appointment of Special Advisor |
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Call to Action # 42: Justice (25-42)
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2024/01/11 |
Justice centre expansion will create safer communities, change lives |
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Call to Action # 66: Youth Programs (66)
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2024/01/29 |
Manitoba Government Expands Funding for Youth Mental Health |
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Call to Action # 69: Museums and Archives (67-70)
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2024/01/24 |
Project Naming is putting names to faces – one photo at a time |
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Call to Action # 71: Missing Children and Burial Information (71-76)
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2024/01/23 |
Ontario Making it Easier and More Affordable for Indigenous Communities to Access Vital Government Services |
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Call to Action # 88: Sports and Reconciliation (87-91)
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2024/01/11 |
Arctic Winter Games coming to Whitehorse in 2026 |
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Call to Action # 92: Business and Reconciliation (92)
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2024/01/31 |
Deloitte Canada launches Nation Building Advisory practice – A first in professional services |
2024/01/26 |
Kruger Energy Awarded Two Wind Projects in Québec |
2024/01/24 |
Tahltan Nation Development Corporation and Finning Canada Launch TNDC Mobile Training Centre – Building Capacity for Generations to Come |
2024/01/24 |
Refinancing Clearwater loan worth millions in annual cash flow for Mi'kmaw owners |
2024/01/24 |
Greenwood Sustainable Infrastructure (GSI)-Led Joint Initiative with Ocean Man First Nation to Build One of the Largest Solar Projects in Canada |
2024/01/18 |
Proposed carbon capture pipeline will benefit Indigenous communities, says Pathway Alliance VP |
2024/01/18 |
New Supply Chain Report Shows Mining Supports Businesses and Communities throughout British Columbia |
2024/01/16 |
TNDC’S HEO Program Receives $600,000 Grant From TD Bank Group |
2024/01/10 |
TC Energy holding talks to sell stake in natural gas pipelines to Indigenous groups |
2024/01/08 |
Statement from Premier Pillai on critical minerals and energy meeting with Minister Wilkinson |
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Current Problems
Home Page: Government Commitments to Truth and Reconciliation: Government Commitments
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2024/01/31 |
Funding for environmental project stokes more friction between Métis Nation Ontario and Ontario chiefs |
2024/01/29 |
A new, reset relationship starts with meaningful consultation |
2024/01/27 |
Next-generation leaders must stay in the Arctic |
2024/01/26 |
Chiefs of Ontario call for 1-year pause on staking mining claims in the province |
2024/01/25 |
Reconciliation at federal, provincial levels moving slowly: Lemay |
2024/01/21 |
Anishinabek Nation leadership confirms position on the Métis Nation of Ontario |
2024/01/18 |
Chrétien-era effort to soften UN’s Indigenous language a ‘stain’ on Canada: Hajdu |
2024/01/18 |
Nova Scotia Court of Appeal Upholds Class Action Decision of January 27, 2022 |
2024/01/15 |
Feds approve $2B loan guarantee to help TMX over finish line |
2024/01/11 |
BC Hydro must pay up for overcharging remote First Nations |
2024/01/05 |
First Nation appeals court decision |
2024/01/04 |
Bill recognizing Métis self-government remains in limbo. Here's what you need to know |
2024/01/01 |
Consulting Indigenous communities on critical minerals is key to net zero ambitions |
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Home Page: Child Welfare (1-5): Legacy Calls to Action
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2024/01/30 |
Critics say Quebec’s child welfare legislation falls far short |
2024/01/30 |
Inquiry examining treatment of Innu in provincial child welfare system wraps up formal hearings in Sheshatshiu |
2024/01/27 |
Judge overturns landmark $150K human rights award for mother who claimed discrimination |
2024/01/22 |
Innu inquiry to hold 1st formal hearings, focusing on history of child welfare in Innu communities |
2024/01/17 |
First Nations groups concerned after delay in $20B child-welfare reform talks |
2024/01/04 |
Ottawa is supposed to process First Nations families' child services requests within days. Sometimes it makes them wait a year |
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Home Page: Education (6-12): Legacy Calls to Action
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2024/01/07 |
Indigenous faculty raise concerns about Dalhousie University's proposed identification process |
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Home Page: Health (18-24): Legacy Calls to Action
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2024/01/29 |
Mushkegowuk First Nations Enhancing Their Response To Illegal Drug And Alcohol Crisis |
2024/01/27 |
FSIN concerned about Government’s reduction changes |
2024/01/26 |
Marlborough Hotel video sparks calls for better accommodations |
2024/01/24 |
First Nations leaders hold emergency meeting in Ottawa on mental-health crisis |
2024/01/24 |
Nishnawbe Aski Nation holds emergency meeting in Ottawa amid surge in sudden deaths on First Nations |
2024/01/24 |
Prevention measures, not crisis management needed to address emergency situation in Bigstone Cree Nation |
2024/01/17 |
Former Cree grand chief spends 4 days in an ER hallway after travelling to Montreal for health care |
2024/01/11 |
Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs Calls for Comprehensive Healthcare Approach Following Addition of 36 Acute Beds |
2024/01/10 |
OPINION: Kendra Thomson and Louis Busch discuss hearing the voices of Indigenous Peoples with neurodevelopmental disabilities |
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Call to Action # 18: Health (18-24)
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2024/01/19 |
Youth wellness hub initiative announced |
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Home Page: Justice (25-42): Legacy Calls to Action
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2024/01/31 |
Increased RCMP resources, community collaboration among James Smith Cree Nation inquest jury's recommendations |
2024/01/31 |
Frank Gruben: The RCMP response and the need for missing-persons legislation |
2024/01/30 |
Jury deliberating at inquest into mass stabbing on James Smith Cree Nation |
2024/01/25 |
Time to end 'inhumane' delays in search for women's remains, Manitoba chiefs say as new report completed |
2024/01/25 |
RCMP collecting race-based data is a ‘double-edged sword,’ says Indigenous leader |
2024/01/25 |
Repurpose youth justice resources to better support young people, Rep says |
2024/01/24 |
Treaty commissioner questions 'colonial' nature of James Smith massacre inquest |
2024/01/24 |
Winnipeg hotel that zip-tied First Nations woman ‘Out of Order’ |
2024/01/24 |
Parole officers appear at James Smith Cree inquest in Saskatchewan |
2024/01/22 |
Video of First Nations woman restrained by hotel staff sparks outrage |
2024/01/19 |
Experts delve into killer's psychology at James Smith Cree Nation massacre inquest |
2024/01/19 |
Laughed about Beating a Land Defender |
2024/01/18 |
RCMP officers mocked people being arrested at Wet'suwet'en blockade as 'orcs' and 'ogre' |
2024/01/17 |
Too many 'tragic ends': First Nations call for public inquiry into justice system |
2024/01/15 |
Public inquest into stabbing massacre on James Smith Cree Nation begins Monday |
2024/01/11 |
Probe into release of Myles Sanderson should be made public ahead of inquest: lawyer |
2024/01/10 |
PAGC Demands Inquiry into Custodial Death of Young Mother |
2024/01/09 |
N.S. human trafficking numbers drop, but problem isn't going away, say experts |
2024/01/09 |
ONWA Calls for Action to Address Violence Against Indigenous Women |
2024/01/08 |
‘No other way’: Former Anishinaabe Mountie playing a role in Winnipeg landfill search |
2024/01/04 |
Class action seeks compensation for Indigenous day school survivors in Quebec |
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Home Page: Museums and Archives (67-70): Reconciliation CTAs (43-94)
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2024/01/25 |
Art Gallery of Ontario’s associate curator of Indigenous art, Taqralik Partridge, departs |
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Home Page: Missing Children and Burial Information (71-76): Reconciliation CTAs (43-94)
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2024/01/29 |
Iqaluit to host national gathering on unmarked graves at residential schools |
2024/01/25 |
Cree leaders, scientists to excavate ‘communal grave’ near former Alberta residential school |
2024/01/24 |
Excavation planned at suspected burial site near Blue Quills residential school at Saddle Lake |
2024/01/24 |
PEI minister orders inquiry for councillor who posted anti-Indigenous sign |
2024/01/24 |
First Nation organization denounces Alta. government, RCMP for lack of assistance in excavating communal grave |
2024/01/11 |
AMC asks Winnipeg mayor to stop development in area of former cemetery |
2024/01/11 |
Statement from Ontario Regional Chief Hare and Anishinabek Nation Grand Council Chief Reg Niganobe regarding Ancestors that were uncovered at a Toronto construction site |
2024/01/10 |
At least 33 Canadian churches have burned to the ground since May 2021. Only 2 were accidents |
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Home Page: Media and Reconciliation (84-86): Reconciliation CTAs (43-94)
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2024/01/29 |
PEN Canada calls for dismissal of charges against Brandi Morin |
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Home Page: Business and Reconciliation (92): Reconciliation CTAs (43-94)
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2024/01/23 |
Wyloo Metals CEO gives update on Ring of Fire mining projects, though First Nations resistance continues |
2024/01/22 |
Report raises questions around growing mining exploration in northern B.C. |
2024/01/08 |
Survey: Over Half of Indigenous Canadians Polled have Experienced Workplace Discrimination |
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Home Page: Drinking Water Advisories: Other Issues
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2024/01/25 |
Attawapiskat member files UN human rights complaint over decades-long struggle for clean drinking water |
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Home Page: Environment: Other Issues
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2024/01/30 |
Eyes turn to B.C. as U.S. pauses approval of LNG projects |
2024/01/29 |
15 Fairy Creek land defenders sued for $10M by Teal-Jones |
2024/01/26 |
Study says harvesting trees is damaging boreal forest in Quebec, Ontario |
2024/01/26 |
First Nations question the economic toll of shipping through the Salish Sea |
2024/01/26 |
Western Arctic community say lives impacted by delay in opening of ice road |
2024/01/25 |
Removing Roadblocks for Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas |
2024/01/25 |
Canadian tar sands pollution is up to 6,300% higher than reported, study finds |
2024/01/22 |
Climate change is robbing Inuit of their food and culture, yet compensation is out of reach |
2024/01/21 |
Federal Green deputy leader convicted of criminal contempt for Fairy Creek logging blockades |
2024/01/15 |
Siksika Nation State of Local Emergency Update: January 14, 2024 |
2024/01/11 |
Radioactive waste site ‘shoved down our throats,’ critics say |
2024/01/11 |
These Ontarians rely on roads made of snow and ice. But what happens when winter is too warm? |
2024/01/10 |
Canada’s next big LNG project may be the sleeper climate issue of 2024 |
2024/01/04 |
Canada’s Nature Agreement underscores the need for true reconciliation with Indigenous nations |
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Home Page: Housing: Other Issues
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2024/01/29 |
Meeting over dire Inuit housing conditions encouraging, says national advocate |
2024/01/18 |
Advocate says new plan to triage homeless in Edmonton lacks humanity |
2024/01/17 |
Nunavut needs more housing, but in the capital, that can’t happen without more water |
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Home Page: Treaties and Land Claims: Other Issues
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2024/01/29 |
‘The mining rush for green energy’: Why Ontario chiefs are asking for a moratorium on claims |
2024/01/29 |
AFN National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak Urges Consultation with First Nations on Chalk River Radioactive Waste Facility |
2024/01/24 |
Ontario First Nations want a year-long pause on mining claims. Will the Ford government listen? |
2024/01/24 |
MCK files Lawsuit against Quebec and Canada for Failure to Consult regarding Northvolt Project |
2024/01/17 |
Dogs, Snipers and Axes: Inside the RCMP’s Actions in Wet’suwet’en Territory |
2024/01/10 |
Yukon judge sends Canada, Yukon and Kaska back to negotiating table over proposed mine |
2024/01/08 |
Trial of prominent Wet'suwet'en leader and land defenders begins |
2024/01/04 |
Hydro-Quebec plan for economic partnerships with Indigenous communities met with skepticism |
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Background Content
Home Page: Government Commitments to Truth and Reconciliation: Government Commitments
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2024/01/26 |
‘For northerners by northerners:’ A look back at devolution in Yukon |
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Home Page: Child Welfare (1-5): Legacy Calls to Action
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2024/01/17 |
SCO Launches Sixties Scoop Education and Awareness Campaign |
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Home Page: Education (6-12): Legacy Calls to Action
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2024/01/30 |
Universities must uphold Indigenous rights to self-determine |
2024/01/26 |
The case of unusual, thought-provoking art |
2024/01/23 |
Innu Nation takes aim at Mi’kmaw profs over identity report |
2024/01/19 |
Grandmother Moon is sacred and should be respected |
2024/01/12 |
Here’s What It Takes to Indigenize Higher Ed |
2024/01/12 |
College of the North Atlantic and Qalipu First Nation renew MOU |
2024/01/09 |
University of Saskatchewan: President's perspective: Campaign creates new opportunities for USask |
2024/01/08 |
Book review: The Seven Nations of Canada, 1660-1860 |
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Home Page: Language and Culture (13-17): Legacy Calls to Action
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2024/01/23 |
Haudenosaunee astronomy presentation heading to New York planetarium |
2024/01/23 |
Manitoba Aboriginal Languages Strategy Symposium |
2024/01/19 |
Sask. cultural camp using Cree immersion to revitalize language |
2024/01/17 |
New Signage Proudly Marks Entry to the Territory of the Anishinaabe Nation in Treaty #3, and Encourages Respect for Aki and Nibi |
2024/01/04 |
Ministers Anandasangaree, Vandal, Hajdu, and Parliamentary Secretary Atwin issue a statement of support on National Ribbon Skirt Day |
2024/01/04 |
Mi'kmaw women celebrate National Ribbon Skirt Day as a day of empowerment |
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Home Page: Health (18-24): Legacy Calls to Action
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2024/01/10 |
SCO Announces Leader Working to Transform Health for Southern First Nations |
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Call to Action # 18: Health (18-24)
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2024/01/23 |
Student mental health programs receive another $1M in Bell Let’s Talk funding |
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Call to Action # 29: Justice (25-42)
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2024/01/22 |
Project to offer Wolastoqew day school survivors in New Brunswick specific healing programs |
2024/01/04 |
Class action seeks compensation for Indigenous day school survivors in Quebec |
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Home Page: Sports and Reconciliation (87-91): Reconciliation CTAs (43-94)
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2024/01/15 |
Toronto’s pro hockey franchises stage Indigenous Celebration games |
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Home Page: Business and Reconciliation (92): Reconciliation CTAs (43-94)
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2024/01/29 |
Move beyond checking boxes when it comes to reconciliation |
2024/01/18 |
Flipping Indigenous regional development in Newfoundland upside-down: lessons from Australia |
2024/01/17 |
Indigenous leaders applaud Oil and Gas Industry collaboration at IRC Reconcili-Action Conference |
2024/01/10 |
First Nations, Métis settlements join forces for deal backed by Indigenous Opportunities Corporation |
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Call to Action # 92: Business and Reconciliation (92)
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2024/01/23 |
First Nations Finance Authority surpasses $2 billion milestone in financing to First Nations governments with the issuance of its 10th debenture |
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Home Page: Environment: Other Issues
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2024/01/26 |
Two First Nations Take A Significant Step Forward in Managing Their Own Emergencies |
2024/01/23 |
Learning to Plan for the Next 500 Years |
2024/01/16 |
Ring of Fire: A path to prosperity and environmental risk |
2024/01/08 |
Calgary researchers using high-tech drones to map Alberta First Nation |
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Home Page: Food Insecurity: Other Issues
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2024/01/23 |
Investing in self-determination and food sovereignty: Na-Cho Nyäk Dun Development Corporation acquires a majority stake in ColdAcre Food Systems Inc. |
2024/01/09 |
Bison bounce back in the American West, giving Indigenous nations hope for restorations of their own |
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Home Page: Treaties and Land Claims: Other Issues
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2024/01/25 |
'It was a transformational moment'; APC Fisheries Convention in Cape Breton marks 25 years since Marshall decision |
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Indigenous Success Stories
Home Page: Child Welfare (1-5): Legacy Calls to Action
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2024/01/05 |
Opting out of a broken child-welfare system in Winnipeg to build something better |
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Home Page: Museums and Archives (67-70): Reconciliation CTAs (43-94)
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2024/01/08 |
Six Nations artist and curator Tom Hill was 'a champion for Indigenous artists' |
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Home Page: Media and Reconciliation (84-86): Reconciliation CTAs (43-94)
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2024/01/19 |
Venus on being the first Indigenous winner of Canada's Drag Race |
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Home Page: Sports and Reconciliation (87-91): Reconciliation CTAs (43-94)
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2024/01/19 |
Lacrosse all-star Gaylord Powless inducted into North American Indigenous Athletics Hall of Fame |
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Home Page: Business and Reconciliation (92): Reconciliation CTAs (43-94)
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2024/01/24 |
Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business celebrates five award recipients at the 40th Anniversary Gala Award Dinner |
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Home Page: Environment: Other Issues
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2024/01/24 |
Opinion: Saskatchewan river delta advocate's life set terrific example |
2024/01/16 |
$2 million gift from the Krawczyk Family Foundation breathes new life into Indigenous environmental justice in Canada |