Exploring Stakeholder: "Government of Canada"

NationTalk: DCN-JOC News Services – DRIFTPILE CREE NATION, ALTA. – The Government of Canada is investing $13 million via Indigenous Services Canada toward construction of the Mihtatikaw Sipiy Health and Wellness Facility in Driftpile Cree Nation in Treaty 8 Territory, Alta. The health centre will blend modern architecture, Indigenous cultural values and Cree symbolism, reflecting...

NationTalk:  Indigenous Services Canada – Today, Chief Joyce Naytowhow McLeod of the Montreal Lake Cree Nation, along with Council, Elders, community members, and representatives from Indigenous Services Canada, celebrated the grand opening of the community’s new healthcare facility in northern Saskatchewan. The new facility includes 1,339m2 of space for primary care (nursing), communicable disease control, homecare,...

NationTalk: ReNew Canada – The downtown core in Edmonton will have an improved facility for an essential range of programs and services after a combined investment of more than $45 million from the federal government and the Boyle Street Community Services. Announced by Minister Randy Boissonnault and Jordan Reiniger, executive director, Boyle Street Community Services, this new building space will...

Health services within the new Biindigen Well-Being Centre will have ‘profound impact,’ says DAHC board chair CBC Indigenous: Federal funding announcements aren’t always as emotional as the one Monday morning in Hamilton’s east end. People teared up, hugged and expressed their appreciation for one another’s work on a long-term Indigenous health and housing project.  “To see a...

Wabanaki Resilency Lodge expected to open by August, will have 10 beds  CBC News: A new lodge “for Indigenous women, by Indigenous women,” plans to offer traditional, land-based healing in Gagetown, around 60 kilometres southeast of Fredericton. Lynne Groulx, executive director of the Native Women’s Association of Canada, the group behind the lodge, said the concept was developed...

Architect already chosen to consult with community and lead design, nation says WARNING: This story contains distressing details. CBC News: The Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation will receive $12.5 million in federal funding toward the construction of a new healing centre for the community, nearly two years after suspected grave sites were discovered at a former residential...

NationTalk: Hamlet of Pond Inlet, Nunavut — Today, the Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Infrastructure and Communities, and David Stockley, Chief Administrative Officer, Hamlet of Pond Inlet, announced more than $2 million in federal funding towards a new men’s shelter and a wellness centre for the community. These facilities will be housed in two existing...

Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada: Today, Chief Barry Nikal from the Witset First Nation and the Honourable Marc Miller, Minister of Crown−Indigenous Relations, announced the launch of the Witset Youth Healing Lodge Project. The Government of Canada will provide $3,826,659 through the Cultural Spaces in Indigenous Communities Program (CSICP) towards this project. The Witset...

Global News: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government will invest over $20 million toward Indigenous-led community safety projects in First Nations across the country, while promising continued work toward making Indigenous policing an essential service in Canada. The money is part of $62.5 million in federal funding Trudeau announced Monday while visiting James Smith Cree Nation in Saskatchewan,...

In the 2010 Federal Budget under Stephen Harper, the government decided not to renew funding for the Aboriginal Healing Foundation. The organization had to terminate partnership with over 120 community services that aid large populations of Aboriginal peoples who have suffered through traumas from the Indian Residential School System. The Aboriginal Healing Foundation (AHF) was...