What’s New in Indigenous Watchdog. 233 New Entries: September 1 – September 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)

Section2023Jan. ’24.Feb. ’24Mar. ’24April ’24May ’24June ’24July ’24Aug. ’24Sept. ’24YTD
Current Reality3113365253836
Current Problems104690106981421047710094123934
Legacy C2As319353726222920172710223
Reconciliation C2As15813171715191412613126
Govt. Commitments to Truth and Reconciliation112914718148116693
Other Issues: Government Commitments14820122017171820118143
Background Content204322438412740333473342
Total20182002132092612151791981812331,889
Indigenous Success Stories83756491273356

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
  • Multiple entries for an “Action or Commitment” or “Current Problem” have only been counted once

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

DateThemeDescription
Sept. 4HealthCanadian Medical Association (CMA) to livestream apology to Indigenous people on September 18, 2024.
Sept. 4Justice“Twenty-Five years of Gladue” released by the Yellowhead Institute documents the failure of the program.
Sept. 5JusticeAnishinabek Nation calls on the government of Ontario to implement many of the key recommendations from the Ipperwash Inquiry (May 31, 2007)
Sept. 7Drinking Water Advisories145 Long Term Drinking Water Advisories (DWA) lifted since 2015. 32 LongTerm DWA are still active in 30 communities.
Sept. 24Missing ChildrenSturgeon Landing IRS in Saskatchewan begins search for unmarked graves. There have been 43 official deaths registered by NCTR.
Sept. 27JusticeIndigenous Bar Association disheartened by divisive vote on Law Society of BC Resolution 3 which contained troubling elements of Residential School denialism: 1683 opposing and 1488 in favor.
Sept. 28Drinking Water Advisories145 Long Term Drinking Water Advisories (DWA) lifted since 2015. 33 LongTerm DWA are still active in 31 communities. (81% completion rate)
Sept. 30National Centre The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation announces 400 names added to the missing registrar at National Day for Truth and Reconciliation ceremony in Ottawa.
Government Commitments
Actions and Commitments
Current Problems
Background Content
Indigenous Success Stories
 

Government Commitments

Home Page: Government Commitments to Truth and Reconciliation: Government Commitments
2024/09/26 Additional $18.1 Million for First Nation and Métis Organizations Through 2024-25 Gaming Payments
2024/09/19 Minister says end of Liberal-NDP alliance unlikely to impact Indigenous issues
2024/09/17 Statement from Minister Lebouthillier to mark 25 years since the Marshall decisions
2024/09/09 Haida Gwaii’s future, Haida Gwaii’s past
2024/09/06 Yukon First Nations and Government of Yukon leaders meet for Yukon Forum along with guests from the Government of Canada
2024/09/06 N.L. government reaches tentative rate mitigation deal with Innu Nation
 
Home Page: Environment: Other Issues
2024/09/27 Province Unveils New Battery Storage Project in Southwestern Ontario
2024/09/27 'The most beautiful form of reconciliation': Federal government funds guardian programs
2024/09/20 Manitoba to encourage renewable energy while acknowledging fossil fuel use
 
Home Page: Housing: Other Issues
2024/09/24 New Métis Transitional Housing for Saskatoon
2024/09/24 Canada has a housing problem. First Nations plan to fix it 
2024/09/10 Indigenous housing providers celebrate Provincial funding for culturally supportive homes and reconciliation
 
Home Page: Suicide Prevention: Other Issues
2024/09/10 Roots of Hope Suicide Prevention Program Expands to Prince Albert and North Battleford as Province Recognizes World Suicide Prevention Day
2024/09/10 Honouring and Creating Safe Spaces for Suicide Prevention
 

Actions and Commitments

Call to Action # 1: Child Welfare (1-5)
2024/09/18 New accord on child well-being signed by First Nations Leadership Council, Province
2024/09/04 Public Advisory – Settlement Approval Hearing of CSA Class Actions on September 5 & 6, 2024
 
Call to Action # 4: Child Welfare (1-5)
2024/09/30 Government of Canada, Government of the Northwest Territories, and Inuvialuit Regional Corporation reach a historic coordination agreement to support Inuit-led child and family services
 
Call to Action # 18: Health (18-24)
2024/09/19 After years of advocacy by a pediatrician, all Nunavut babies to get RSV immunization
2024/09/17 Otipemisiwak Métis Government Launches Pilot Program to Address Barriers Facing Métis Early Learners
2024/09/12 Advancing Métis Health – Progress and Future Initiatives in the Métis Nation British Columbia and Interior Health Wellness Plans
 
Call to Action # 22: Health (18-24)
2024/09/18 CMA apologizes for harms to First Nation, Inuit and Métis Peoples
 
Call to Action # 24: Health (18-24)
2024/09/27 TMU opens applications for its first cohort of medical students
2024/09/18 Canadian Medical Association to apologize for past harms to Indigenous people by medical professionals
2024/09/04 CMA to livestream apology to Indigenous Peoples on Sept. 18
 
Call to Action # 62: Education for Reconciliation (62-65)
2024/09/26 Ten First Nations, Inuit and Métis languages are brought to life in new educational platform that features stories commissioned by the Rideau Hall Foundation in partnership with Canadian Geographic
2024/09/23 Inside the new English course that’s ditching Shakespeare for Indigenous authors and will soon be mandatory across the TDSB
 
Call to Action # 63: Education for Reconciliation (62-65)
2024/09/26 Catholic School Division Indigenous Education Committee working on reconciliation
 
Call to Action # 65: Education for Reconciliation (62-65)
2024/09/25 Indigenous Studies researcher awarded $2M to address Truth and Reconciliation Call to Action
 
Call to Action # 80: Commemoration (79-83)
2024/09/30 'The hurt is still there,' survivors say as Canada marks National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
 
Call to Action # 82: Commemoration (79-83)
2024/09/30 Spirit Garden at Nathan Phillips Square
 
Call to Action # 88: Sports and Reconciliation (87-91)
2024/09/23 Indigenous-themed logos highlight CFL’s support for Truth and Reconciliation
 
Call to Action # 92: Business and Reconciliation (92)
2024/09/26 30 companies receive Partnership Accreditation in Indigenous Relations
2024/09/23 Bank of Canada announces Reconciliation Action Plan
2024/09/20 Government of Canada investing nearly $7 million to support Indigenous-led economic development in Northern Ontario
2024/09/12 BMO Releases ᐑᒋᐦᐃᑐᐏᐣ wîcihitowin – 4th Annual Indigenous Partnerships and Progress Report
2024/09/12 Hydro One to engage community at open houses for proposed transmission line in the north
2024/09/05 eSupply Canada’s New Website Makes Indigenous Procurement Effortless and Affordable
 

Current Problems

Home Page: Government Commitments to Truth and Reconciliation: Government Commitments
2024/09/30 Over 30 years of Indigenous resistance with Mohawk land defender Ellen Gabriel
2024/09/29 B.C. Conservative Leader Rustad wants to repeal Indigenous rights law, triggering backlash from regional chief
2024/09/28 First Nations, Inuit and Metis leaders say work lays ahead on road to reconciliation
2024/09/27 ‘Rustad Is a Threat to First Nations and a Threat to Reconciliation’
2024/09/27 Reconciliation will take substance, not symbolism: Senator Francis 
2024/09/26 Hydro-Québec Bills: A Declaration by the Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador
2024/09/26 Opinion: I am the Chief of Grassy Narrows. Doug Ford’s silence in the face of our struggles is deafening
2024/09/26 45 First Nations denounce group claiming to represent B.C. Métis
2024/09/25 The Troubling Far-Right Content on BC Conservatives’ Social Media
2024/09/25 John Rustad wants to dump gasoline on BC's housing fire
2024/09/24 Unpaid hydro bills: Quebec says Indigenous protest ‘not a good solution’
2024/09/19 Inside Rustad’s Regressive Approach to Indigenous Rights
2024/09/18 Thousands rally at Queen's Park to demand action on mercury poisoning in Grassy Narrows First Nation
2024/09/12 Caravan from Grassy Narrows First Nation makes stops to educate about mercury poisoning ahead of Toronto rally
2024/09/05 John Rustad’s Interview with Jordan Peterson Another Example of BC Conservatives Taking Aim at Indigenous Rights and Reconciliation
2024/09/05 Crown suggests RCMP acted fairly in Wet'suwet'en leader's arrest
 
Home Page: Child Welfare (1-5): Legacy Calls to Action
2024/09/12 Tribunal urges First Nations, feds to 'leave their conflicts aside' on Jordan's Principle issues
2024/09/11 Feds urge human rights tribunal to dismiss concerns over Jordan's Principle backlog
2024/09/11 AFN says there is a ‘lack of evidence’ about Jordan’s Principle non-compliance complaint
2024/09/10 Human rights tribunal hears feds failing to meet Jordan’s Principle commitments
2024/09/05 AMC Stands with First Nations Children as Historic $530 Million Settlement Case Begins
 
Home Page: Language and Culture (13-17): Legacy Calls to Action
2024/09/30 Opinion | When I heard my grandparents’ Indigenous language on the radio, it felt like home. I had to learn it, too. Here’s what got in the way
2024/09/23 Complaints, low availability and jokes: Nunavut committee discusses Inuktut
 
Home Page: Health (18-24): Legacy Calls to Action
2024/09/30 Opinion | Health care for Indigenous people in Canada is failing. It’s time to give us the power back
2024/09/30 Finding graves is not enough - Inuit survivors of TB sanatoriums need healing journeys
2024/09/27 Matawa Chiefs Council Point Out Inequities for First Nations on World Rabies Day
2024/09/26 Fighting the phantom
2024/09/26 Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council Declares State of Emergency Due to Toxic Drugs
2024/09/26 ‘Not much has changed’: Indigenous physicians reflect on health care in Canada
2024/09/19 14 First Nations on Vancouver Island declare state of emergency
2024/09/18 Indigenous people in Quebec want more than an apology from CMA. They want 'concrete actions'
2024/09/13 Cree mother says Regina hospital turned her son away – only to later find out he had pneumonia
 
Home Page: Justice (25-42): Legacy Calls to Action
2024/09/30 Alberta chief demands investigation into death of Indigenous man in police custody
2024/09/30 Opinion | ‘Canada has fully invested in punishment’: How we can change a system that puts too many Indigenous people in jail
2024/09/28 The last call of Amber Tuccaro
2024/09/27 Indigenous Bar Association Disheartened by Divisive Vote on LSBC Resolution 3; Reaffirms Need for Mandatory Legal Education on Indigenous Issues
2024/09/27 Oneida family relieved police officer’s appeals come to an end
2024/09/27 Family of man who died in RCMP chase say he's not 'just another dead Indian at the hands of the police'
2024/09/27 ‘We need a national inquiry into police conduct:’ Edmonton MP on deaths of First Nations people
2024/09/26 RCMP Officer Guilty Of Lying Under Oath Files Stay Of Proceedings In Dale Culver Case
2024/09/25 Report says ‘disproportionate’ use of force against Indigenous and Black Calgarians
2024/09/25 Manitoba, First Nations group start recruiting workers to search landfill for remains
2024/09/25 ‘I don’t want to die’: Prophetic last words of Blood Tribe man who died while being arrested by Calgary police
2024/09/24 B.C. man speaks out on wrongful arrest after watchdog slams RCMP conduct at Fairy Creek
2024/09/23 Family of Tammy Bateman says it took police 2 days to notify them of her death
2024/09/23 Indigenous Bar Association Condemns Resolution Promoting Residential School Denialism
2024/09/22 Deaths of eight Indigenous people during altercations with police prompt calls for better accountability
2024/09/17 16 First Nations join walk for Steve Dedam in Atlantic Canada
2024/09/16 Finding justice for Indigenous people killed by police
2024/09/16 SCO Calls for Police Board to Hire Police Chief Who Commits to Reconciliation and Culture Change at Winnipeg Police Service
2024/09/16 Anishinabek Nation demands action on 2007 Ipperwash inquiry recommendations
2024/09/12 Pauktuutit leader calls for Inuit voices to be heard in fight against violence
2024/09/12 Family challenges RCMP statement after Mi'kmaw man shot and killed during wellness check
2024/09/12 15 days and six Indigenous people have died when coming in contact with police across Canada
2024/09/11 Cellphone video shows last moments of Cree man’s life
2024/09/10 ASIRT investigation into 2020 arrest of chief in Alberta still open
2024/09/10 Child sexual abuse case against French priest now closed: Nunavut RCMP
2024/09/09 Kanien'kehá:ka man on why he joined B.C. pipeline blockade
2024/09/09 Inuk woman fighting RCMP to release father’s sexual abuse complaint from the ‘90s
2024/09/09 RCMP officer in New Brunswick charged with aggravated assault
2024/09/09 Police watchdog investigating after Mi'kmaw man killed by RCMP at Elsipogtog First Nation
2024/09/07 First Nation in B.C. offers $50K reward amid missing woman search
2024/09/06 Manitoba corrections officer acquitted in 2021 death of Headingley inmate William Ahmo | CBC News Loaded
2024/09/05 Police 'handled the situation badly,' witness says after driver hits Portage and Main protester
2024/09/05 Anishinabek Nation leadership seek greater implementation of Ipperwash Inquiry recommendations
2024/09/05 Norval Morrisseau's legacy 'irrevocably damaged' due to art fraud, says judge giving man 5 years in prison
2024/09/05 Alberta MLAs call for province to start collecting race-based data
2024/09/04 Use of the Gladue principle has ‘largely failed’ Yellowhead Institute report finds
2024/09/04 Winnipeg community pushes back after police kill woman in park
2024/09/03 Samson Cree Nation councillor calls for resignations after teen killed in police shooting
 
Home Page: National Council for Reconciliation (53-56): Reconciliation CTAs (43-94)
2024/09/29 In search of the truth
 
Home Page: Training for Public Servants (57): Reconciliation CTAs (43-94)
2024/09/27 Many Indigenous public servants work in just three departments—a trend that is ‘deeply concerning’
 
Home Page: Museums and Archives (67-70): Reconciliation CTAs (43-94)
2024/09/29 Human rights museum marks anniversary after 10 years of learning amid protest
2024/09/25 Witness Blanket finds permanent home as human rights museum celebrates 10th anniversary
2024/09/24 ‘Colonialist mentality:’ Indigenous groups challenge Quebec over new history museum
 
Home Page: Missing Children and Burial Information (71-76): Reconciliation CTAs (43-94)
2024/09/30 Residential school survivors are still fighting for access to records. They can’t heal, until they know
2024/09/30 New Report urges Federal Government to stay true to its commitment to the Missing Children of Indian Residential Schools
2024/09/30 Residential school survivors urge Ottawa to step up funding for searches
2024/09/26 NDP MP Leah Gazan introduces bill to criminalize residential school denialism
2024/09/24 UBCIC Calls for Immediate, Concrete Action to Remove First Nations’ Barriers to Accessing Information
2024/09/23 Search begins for children lost at Sturgeon Landing residential school
2024/09/21 What Lies Beneath Canada’s Former Indigenous School Sites Fuels a Debate
2024/09/09 Family of man in residential school denied federal funds to repatriate remains because he died as an adult
2024/09/09 BCFNJC Statement: Racist Resolution Proposed by Law Society of British Columbia Members Supports Residential School and Genocide Denialism – Trust and Reconciliation Will Be Broken
 
Home Page: National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (77-78): Reconciliation CTAs (43-94)
2024/09/30 NCTR announces 400 names added to missing registrar at NDTR ceremony in Ottawa
 
Home Page: Commemoration (79-83): Reconciliation CTAs (43-94)
2024/09/30 Ontario MPP seeks paid provincial holiday for National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
2024/09/27 Why is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation NOT a statutory holiday where most Indigenous people live and work?
 
Home Page: Media and Reconciliation (84-86): Reconciliation CTAs (43-94)
2024/09/11 RCMP was ‘unreasonable’ when setting up exclusion zones around Fairy Creek protest
2024/09/10 Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs boycotts Winnipeg Free Press for 'insensitive images' of late grand chief
 
Home Page: Business and Reconciliation (92): Reconciliation CTAs (43-94)
2024/09/30 Tensions rise over the Nisga’a Nation’s plans to build pipeline across Northern B.C.
2024/09/24 Contracts awarded to Indigenous businesses are going to shell companies, Assembly of First Nations warns MPs
2024/09/10 TC Energy says sale of minority stake in pipeline to Indigenous groups is delayed
 
Home Page: Drinking Water Advisories: Other Issues
2024/09/26 ‘Life is hard’: Living under a 29-year boil-water advisory in an Ontario First Nation
2024/09/24 Chief says First Nations Clean Drinking Water Act – while not perfect – must pass
2024/09/18 Clean water for First Nations needed before next elections, House committee hears
2024/09/12 There is a community outside Toronto where most people can’t drink their tap water. Patience is running out.
2024/09/12 Cree nation in Alberta suing federal government over right to clean drinking water
2024/09/04 Manitoba First Nation under 6-year boil water advisory taking feds to court over funding for treatment plant
 
Home Page: Environment: Other Issues
2024/09/26 Alberta First Nation angered over lack of consultation in dam decision
2024/09/20 First Nations leaders in Temagami region declare ban on herbicide spaying after glyphosate spill
2024/09/20 Victoria Gold owes millions to First Nation of Na-Cho Nyӓk Dun businesses, report says
2024/09/19 SCO seeking Charter Rights for Lake Winnipeg in suit against province, Manitoba Hydro
2024/09/17 Enbridge determined to build Line 5 tunnel amid calls to shut down the Canada-U.S. pipeline
2024/09/17 Piikani Nation Elders speak out against Crowsnest Pass coal mining project
2024/09/17 New regulations, proposed changes to Quebec's Mining Act target exploration sector
2024/09/14 ‘Above the poison’: Mohawk land defenders refuse to surrender Barnhart Island to New York
2024/09/12 Coastal Gaslink fined $590K for erosion, sediment control issues
2024/09/10 Bloc Québécois backs First Nation fighting nuclear waste site
2024/09/08 Warmer temperatures have put chinook salmon — and a way of life — in grave danger
2024/09/06 Quebec government tests soil in Kanesatake where illegal dumping is suspected
2024/09/05 From Risk to Resilience: Indigenous Alternatives to Climate Risk Assessment in Canada
2024/09/03 Ottawa must crack down on bad actors in the oilsands
2024/09/03 Yukon launches review board to investigate gold mine landslide, chemical leak
2024/09/02 B.C. community groups and First Nation file court challenge against regulator over pipeline
 
Home Page: Food Insecurity: Other Issues
2024/09/26 Lytton wildfire sparked an ongoing food crisis in the region
2024/09/09 'The fight's not over,' Pimicikamak chief says after urging non-Indigenous moose hunters to return licences
 
Home Page: Housing: Other Issues
2024/09/29 Ottawa, Ontario spar over funding for First Nations elders home
2024/09/20 Advocates say pausing Manitoba housing benefit increases risk of homelessness
2024/09/06 Yukon Supreme Court strikes down part of territory’s eviction law
 
Home Page: Treaties and Land Claims: Other Issues
2024/09/26 ‘I’m still in shock’: DFO patrol boat rams Mi’kmaw fishing vessel
2024/09/23 Land of promise
2024/09/18 New Brunswick Indigenous group says Tory position on treaty rights ‘troublesome’
2024/09/09 Canada tried to quash First Nation land claim with this handwritten 1889 ruling. It failed
2024/09/06 Indigenous Bar Association Applauds Court’s Decision to Grant Advance Costs in Beaver Lake Cree Nation Treaty Rights Case, Anderson V Alberta, 2024 ABKB 524
2024/09/06 Coastal GasLink blockade participant recounts 'joyful' life at Wet'suwet'en camp
2024/09/03 Disturbing audio played during Wet'suwet'en' hearing
 

Background Content

Home Page: Government Commitments to Reconciliation: Legacy Calls to Action
2024/09/23 AFN National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak Urges All Parties to Use the Fall Session of Parliament to Advance Reconciliation, Starting with Supporting First Nation Policing, Child Welfare Reform, and Clean Drinking Water
2024/09/23 Ontario chiefs laud Sask. Métis leaders for leaving national organization over identity dispute
2024/09/19 Métis Nation-Saskatchewan cuts ties with Métis National Council
 
Home Page: Government Commitments to Truth and Reconciliation: Government Commitments
2024/09/27 Ontario Native Women’s Association Amplifying Indigenous Women’s Voices at United Nations Human Rights Council
2024/09/24 ‘Justice will prevail’: Indigenous families fight to reclaim status and land rights
2024/09/10 Mi’kmaq Nation increased collaboration between the traditional Mi’kmaq government, the Grand Council and Chiefs of all the Mi’kmaq Nation
2024/09/07 Cathy Merrick to lie in state at Manitoba legislature: premier
2024/09/06 Grand chief fought for others until her last breath
2024/09/06 Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs Grand Chief Cathy Merrick remembered as 'a force of strength' as tributes pour in
2024/09/03 How ‘Sugarcane’ Became a Personal Journey
 
Home Page: Education (6-12): Legacy Calls to Action
2024/09/30 The Power of Community Archeology to Reconcile
2024/09/30 Walrus DNA suggests meetings between Vikings and Indigenous Inuit
2024/09/27 Eight new Indigenous faculty members join UWinnipeg
2024/09/23 Indspire and Shell partner to make Climbing the Mountain available to all National Gathering for Indigenous Education attendees
2024/09/20 In Canada, education holds the key to reconciliation
2024/09/18 Concordia University to waive tuition for Indigenous students in Quebec
2024/09/17 Montreal university waives tuition for Quebec Inuit, First Nations students
2024/09/05 10 years after Franklin shipwreck site was located in Nunavut, Inuit involvement is still strong
2024/09/04 Federal research funder launches pilot aimed at rooting out Indigenous identity fraud
2024/09/04 Reducing barriers, connecting to Manitoba
 
Home Page: Language and Culture (13-17): Legacy Calls to Action
2024/09/30 APTN’s new channel wants to boost access to 18 Indigenous languages
2024/09/29 How TV can be a tool of truth and reconciliation: It’s not easy but ‘It’s important our stories are heard and people see them’
2024/09/26 ‘Artists are taking control of their stories’: Indigenous musicians reflect on the state of reconciliation
 
Home Page: Health (18-24): Legacy Calls to Action
2024/09/24 How one First Nation hopes to bring birthing back to the community and improve outcomes
 
Call to Action # 22: Health (18-24)
2024/09/20 Health data collected from Indigenous Peoples in Canada has a dark history. One Indigenous company is turning that around
 
Home Page: Justice (25-42): Legacy Calls to Action
2024/09/25 Giving Albertans a voice in setting policing priorities
2024/09/16 MPs to hold emergency debate after 6 First Nations deaths by police over 2 weeks
2024/09/16 D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai’s bold Emmys statement highlights missing and murdered Indigenous women
2024/09/07 James Smith Cree Nation powwow honours Mountie for role in ending 2022 manhunt
2024/09/04 Manitoba to look at GPS options at landfills following slayings of 4 Indigenous women
2024/09/03 “we’re Coming For Everything Our Ancestors Were Denied”: BCFNJC Releases What We Heard Report And Accredited CPD Content From The 3rd Annual First Nations Justice Forum
 
Call to Action # 42: Justice (25-42)
2024/09/16 MPs to hold emergency debate after 6 First Nations deaths by police over 2 weeks
 
Home Page: United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People (43-44): Reconciliation CTAs (43-94)
2024/09/13 Anniversary of global adoption of UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: No backtracking on solemn commitments to human rights and reconciliation
 
Call to Action # 62: Education for Reconciliation (62-65)
2024/09/12 Launch of Voices from the Land–An Educational Web Portal that Reflects the Realities of First Nations and Inuit across Quebec
 
Home Page: Youth Programs (66): Reconciliation CTAs (43-94)
2024/09/18 Thousands attend NCTR’s annual youth empowerment gathering in Winnipeg
 
Home Page: Museums and Archives (67-70): Reconciliation CTAs (43-94)
2024/09/26 Joint statement to the Government of Canada for Indigenous Cultural Heritage Rights
 
Home Page: Missing Children and Burial Information (71-76): Reconciliation CTAs (43-94)
2024/09/09 Woodland Cultural Centre Receives Largest Single Non-Governmental Donation for the Mohawk Institute from the Barry and Laurie Green Family Trust
 
Home Page: Commemoration (79-83): Reconciliation CTAs (43-94)
2024/09/30 Residential school monument finds home at national history museum
2024/09/30 Orange Shirt Day’s founder fears Sept. 30 being co-opted from residential ‘school’ survivors
2024/09/29 B.C. woodcarver Stanley C. Hunt channels grief into monument honouring children who died at residential schools
2024/09/23 Honouring the past and shaping the future: Dr. Sheila Blackstock on Orange Shirt Day
2024/09/23 Indigenous-themed logos highlight CFL’s support for Truth and Reconciliation
2024/09/23 Orange Shirt Day, a time to remember and reflect
 
Call to Action # 80: Commemoration (79-83)
2024/09/23 Truth and Reconciliation Week 2024
 
Call to Action # 82: Commemoration (79-83)
2024/09/30 Residential school monument finds home at national history museum
2024/09/29 B.C. woodcarver Stanley C. Hunt channels grief into monument honouring children who died at residential schools
 
Home Page: Media and Reconciliation (84-86): Reconciliation CTAs (43-94)
2024/09/30 The ‘rational treatment’ that made kids suffer
 
Home Page: Business and Reconciliation (92): Reconciliation CTAs (43-94)
2024/09/30 A Strong Labour Movement Must Fight For Indigenous Workers
2024/09/30 Indigenous-related capital markets activity set to grow significantly, report says
2024/09/26 Cree hold 'eye-opening' discussions on how development happens in northern Quebec
2024/09/25 More Indigenous participation in labour market would boost Alberta economy: report
2024/09/25 Indigenous equity ownership saw momentum in 2024, but still more work to do
2024/09/25 ATB’s Second Economic Indigenous Report: Progress and Opportunities
2024/09/23 EV battery recycling venture to connect northern Ontario plant with southwestern Ontario First Nation
2024/09/20 Indigenous-led economic development projects get federal funding boost
2024/09/10 Indigenomics Institute Announces Indigenomics SHE: A Celebration of Indigenous Women in Economic Leadership
 
Call to Action # 92: Business and Reconciliation (92)
2024/09/26 Cree hold 'eye-opening' discussions on how development happens in northern Quebec
2024/09/20 Indigenous-led economic development projects get federal funding boost
 
Home Page: Drinking Water Advisories: Other Issues
2024/09/23 New Indigenous water operators ready to make a splash
 
Home Page: Environment: Other Issues
2024/09/27 Giant floor map of Great Lakes region leans heavily on Indigenous knowledge
2024/09/26 4 innovative Indigenous-led clean energy projects
2024/09/24 Canada, U.S. to negotiate Beaufort Sea boundary dispute
2024/09/23 North America lost 3 billion birds in 50 years. An Indigenous-led plan could protect a place where they’re thriving
2024/09/04 Climate change, eroding shorelines and the race against time to save Indigenous history
 
Home Page: Food Insecurity: Other Issues
2024/09/27 Science meets tradition to boost Canadian wild rice
2024/09/03 Deadly Shellfish Toxins Hinder Indigenous Food Sovereignty. How to Fix That
 
Home Page: Housing: Other Issues
2024/09/30 Ontario First Nations sue the federal government over alleged deadly underfunding of fire protection on reserves
2024/09/30 For Reconciliation to Work, Housing Is the Way Forward
2024/09/06 Lands Advisory Board and First Nations Market Housing Fund Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Support Land Governance and Individual Home Ownership
 
Home Page: Suicide Prevention: Other Issues
2024/09/10 A reminder on World Suicide Prevention Day to check in with friends, family
 
Home Page: Treaties and Land Claims: Other Issues
2024/09/27 Over 30 years of Indigenous resistance with Mohawk land defender Ellen Gabriel
2024/09/17 Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Calls for Full Implementation of Treaty Rights on the 25th Anniversary of the Marshall Decision
2024/09/09 Gathering at Fort Qu'Appelle to mark 150 years of Treaty 4
 
Home Page: Urban Commitments to Reconciliation: Other Issues
2024/09/29 4 Tips to Push for Action on Reconciliation in Your City 
 

Indigenous Success Stories

Home Page: Government Commitments to Truth and Reconciliation: Government Commitments
2024/09/24 Murray Sinclair’s Memoir, Who We Are — Reflections for National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
 
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