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October 29, 2024
Special interlocutor releases final residential school graves report
Kimberly Murray issues 42 ‘obligations’, seeks 20-year probe Warning: This report refers to residential schools and may be disturbing for some readers. Help is available by calling the Residential School Survivor Support line at 1-866-925-4419 APTN News: After two years of investigation, Canada’s special interlocutor on residential school gravesites says the work is only beginning....
October 29, 2024
Special interlocutor releases final residential school graves report
Kimberly Murray issues 42 ‘obligations’, seeks 20-year probe Warning: This report refers to residential schools and may be disturbing for some readers. Help is available by calling the Residential School Survivor Support line at 1-866-925-4419 APTN News: After two years of investigation, Canada’s special interlocutor on residential school gravesites says the work is only beginning....
August 16, 2024
Open-Access, No-cost Anti-Colonial Learning Resource Offers Art to Transform Healthcare Systems Across Canada
NationTalk: Lheidli T’enneh Territory, Prince George, BC – The Hearts-based Education and Anti-colonial Learning in Healthcare (H.E.A.L. Healthcare) Project unlocks the potential of arts and humanities to disrupt longstanding and well-established health disparities. Starting from the premise that healthcare is both an art and a science, H.E.A.L. Healthcare uses poetry, storytelling, visual arts, and other...
August 7, 2024
Governments of Canada and New Brunswick announce Early Learning and Child Care Action Plan
NationTalk: Employment and Social Development Canada – Affordable child care is not a luxury—it is a necessity. That is why the Government of Canada is working with provincial, territorial and Indigenous partners to implement a Canada-wide early learning and child care (ELCC) system that will bring fees for regulated child care across the country down...
July 30, 2024
Millions invested in improving safety in Mi’gmaq communities
NationTalk: FREDERICTON (GNB) – The government is investing $3.6 million over three years to improve community safety in eight Mi’gmaq communities. The Mi’gmaq Peacekeeping Initiative trains community safety officers from Mi’gmaq communities to focus on early intervention, deterrence, de-escalation, relationship‐building and collaborative development of safety processes and protocols. The initiative is an alternative to enforcement‐based...
June 3, 2024
Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Marks the Fifth Anniversary of National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) with Progress Report on the Implementation of the Calls for Justice
NationTalk: – Unceded Algonquin Territory, Ottawa, Ontario) – Today, on the fifth anniversary of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) Final Report, the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) released a new progress report evaluating the advances made in implementing the National Inquiry’s 231 Calls for Justice. “Preventing violence against...
May 6, 2024
Ensuring incoming cohorts of medical students better represent the diversity of Indigenous communities in Canada
Nicholas Brisebois and Nicole Cardinal NationTalk: May 6, 2024 CMAJ April 29, 2024 196 (16) E563-E565; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.231272 KEY POINTS It has become increasingly evident that First Nations people living on reserves and Indigenous people from rural and Northern communities have a substantially lower chance of getting into medical school in Canada than their urban counterparts. This often unappreciated disparity likely contributes...
March 26, 2024
Government of Canada signs two bilateral agreements with New Brunswick to improve health care and long-term care in the province
NationTalk: Health Canada – Canadians deserve health care and long-term care systems that provide them with timely access to health services whenever and wherever they are needed, as well as the ability to age with dignity closer to home. That is why today, the Honourable Mark Holland, Canada’s Minister of Health, the Honourable Dominic LeBlanc,...
November 16, 2023
Province reveals replacements for 2 N.B. place names containing racial slur
Community to be renamed Evergreen, and mountain to be named Meto’mqwijuig Mountain CBC Indigenous: Two northern New Brunswick places whose names included a racial slur will have new names starting in January, the province announced Thursday. At least seven communities or geographical features across the province bear names that include a racist and misogynistic term used against...
August 25, 2023
Government of Canada to Fund Crisis Hotlines Responding to Gender-Based Violence in New Brunswick
NationTalk: Women and Gender Equality Canada – Crisis hotlines are a lifeline for survivors of gender-based violence (GBV) and are critical support services. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the demand for crisis hotline services significantly increased across Canada and this demand continues today. Today, the Honourable Marci Ien, Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth,...
July 7, 2023
Ben & Jerry’s Land Back tweet on Canada Day gets praise from First Nations people
Others called for boycott of ice cream company after tweet says Canada is on stolen land CBC News: Ice cream company Ben & Jerry’s is being praised by many First Nations people in Canada for a tweet supporting the #LandBack movement on Canada Day. The tweet from the Canadian branch of the company read: “Another day...
June 19, 2023
New lodge in Gagetown to offer land-based healing for Indigenous women
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...
April 27, 2023
Services for survivors of sexual violence to expand with additional budget funding
NationTalk: FREDERICTON (GNB) – Services for survivors of sexual violence will expand to more communities around the province thanks to funding in the 2023-24 budget for Women’s Equality. Main estimates were tabled recently, totalling $6.4 million – a 37.5 per cent increase over last year. “Part of the theme for this year’s budget is delivering...
April 4, 2023
Pilot projects could pave way forward for Indigenous health care
Based on the principles of nationhood, individual Indigenous communities take the lead in determining how their communities will work with partners to address health care disparities. iPolitics: Four community-led pilot projects have seen significant improvements in health care for Indigenous communities across the country, supporters say, leading to a push for the government to address...
April 4, 2023
Cdn. Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS) Releases Health Human Resources Assessment Report
NationTalk: Ottawa – Today, the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS) released its report on health human resources (HHR) in Canada. The report, titled “Canada’s Health Workforce: Pathways Forward”, provides key findings designed to inform stakeholders (including governments). The report provides evidence-informed approaches to addressing the current challenges facing the Canadian health workforce. The three...
March 1, 2023
Act intended to help law enforcement find missing people
NationTalk: FREDERICTON (GNB) – The Missing Persons Act was proclaimed today, making it possible for police to launch a missing persons investigation sooner. The new legislation can help law enforcement find a missing person when no criminal investigation is underway. “As any police officer will tell you, seconds count when it comes to finding a...
February 11, 2023
As more high schools add Indigenous- focused compulsory courses, some warn against a siloed approach
‘Reconciliation will only exist … when we see it in every aspect of a student’s experience,’ says professor CBC News: As a Shakespeare fan who loves sharing his work with students, Windsor, Ont., English teacher Carolyn Howlett admits she felt a bit apprehensive when her board began work shifting its Grade 11 English course to focus...
November 9, 2022
National Action Plan to End Gender-Based Violence a significant step towards gender equality
Pictou County, Nova Scotia – Women and Gender Equality Canada Living a life free from violence is a fundamental human right, but gender‑based violence (GBV) continues to be a significant barrier to achieving gender equality in Canada. It is one of the most pervasive, deadly, and deeply rooted human rights violations of our time. Federal,...
October 26, 2022
Government of New Brunswick: Legislation introduced to assist in missing persons cases
NationTalk: FREDERICTON (GNB) – The provincial government introduced legislation today designed to assist law enforcement agencies in locating a missing person in instances where no criminal investigation is underway. When a missing person investigation begins, often there is no reason to suspect that a crime has been committed. In these situations, law enforcement agencies have...
September 22, 2022
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation to be observed on Sept. 30
22 September 2022 FREDERICTON (GNB) – The provincial government has declared Sept. 30 a provincial holiday in recognition of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The day honours the children who never returned home from residential schools, as well as survivors, their families and communities. “It is important to recognize the National Day of...
July 11, 2022
AFN Calls For First Ministers Meeting on UNDRIP at Council of The Federation
Assembly of First Nations: BC Regional Chief Terry Teegee issued the following statement after a meeting with provincial and territorial premiers today in advance of the Council of the Federation meeting taking place later today in Victoria, BC. “It is important for First Nations to meet with premiers on priorities and initiatives that impact our...
June 10, 2022
New Brunswick introduces new Child Welfare legislation
Global News: Following the recommendations of several child welfare experts, New Brunswick MLAs made several changes to a major piece of child welfare legislation. Over two days of hearings, child and youth advocate Kelly Lamrock, along with Fredericton based child welfare organization Partners for Youth and the head of the New Brunswick Association of Social...
October 29, 2021
Birth Alerts
New Brunswick Minister of Aboriginal Affairs announces they will stop issuing Birth Alerts to apprehend Indigenous babies...
October 15, 2021
New policy on territorial land acknowledgment
Government of New Brunswick’s – GNB new policy on territorial land acknowledgment which forbids GNB staff from issuing territorial or title acknowledgments, is purported to be in partial response to the Wolastoqey title claim. We were forced to file a title claim because our rights continue to be ignored by GNB. Now, in response to...
August 30, 2021
Call for museums, archives and “other institutions” to make records of the schools available to First Nations communities
Toronto Star – After committing to investigate the history of New Brunswick’s infamous day schools for Indigenous children, the New Brunswick government is now calling on the province’s museum, archives and “other institutions” to make records of the schools available to First Nations communities. The records include those on the little-known Sussex Vale Indian Day School,...
March 17, 2021
“An Act Respecting Empowering the School System”
Legislation introduced an “Act Respecting Empowering the School System” that would amend the Education Act and is “intended to support teachers in managing their classrooms and to ensure schools offer a positive learning and working environment, free from intimidation and abuse”. The Act also includes updated language pertaining to references to Indigenous people....
April 2, 2019
Indigenous Missing Person’s Helpline
Indigenous Missing Person’s Helpline A new helpline will assist families and friends of missing Indigenous people in New Brunswick navigate police, media and justice systems in an effort to find their loved ones and bring them home safely. The helpline is the latest resource developed in a collaboration between UNB law professor Dr. Jula Hughes,...
November 20, 2018
State of the Child Report
The Office of the Child and Youth Advocate released its 10th “State of the Child Report”. “According to this data, children and youth from our province face numerous challenges,” said Advocate Norman Bossé. “For example, the province has not done nearly enough to ensure the preservation of indigenous cultures. First Nations languages are imperilled to...
August 23, 2018
Increasing Private Sector Leadership and Investments in Women Experiencing Violence
$308,724 Funding from Status of Women Canada for a project that will increase women’s economic security. This 36-month project will help increase the economic security of women who have experienced domestic violence by providing opportunities for sustainable employment by engaging key stakeholders in the development of an action plan to address barriers faced by women...
June 22, 2018
New licence plate supports Mi’kmaw youth sport and recreation activities
New licence plate promotes Nova Scotia’s Mi’kmaw heritage. The plate features a Mi’kmaw petroglyph that many Mi’kmaq connect to the eight-point star, which has political and historical significance, while some connect the image to the traditional districts of Mi’kma’ki which is Mi’kmaw traditional territory. The additional $24 donation fee will support Mi’kmaw youth sport and...
May 29, 2018
Moving Forward Together Through Reconciliation
Joint Economic Development Initiative (JEDI) – is a leading Indigenous organization dedicated to supporting Indigenous participation in New Brunswick’s economy who released its Report on Reconciliation, a compilation of the findings from JEDI’s December 2017 plenary entitled: “Moving Forward Together Through Reconciliation”. The plenary sought to answer the question “How do we apply the Truth...
October 6, 2017
Water Canada – Developed a draft water strategy based on input from stakeholders, the public and First Nations. he 10-year life of the strategy through 26 key actions. The main goals of the strategy are: • understanding and sharing knowledge about water; • protecting drinking water; • protecting ecosystem health; • work co-operatively on water...
June 22, 2017
MOU to teach about residential schools
Committed to teaching about residential schools (TRC). Signed MOU with 7 First Nations to collaborate to ensure the continued implementation of First Nations culture, history and perspectives into age-appropriate curriculum for students in K-12. This includes developing learning modules on the Peace and Friendship Treaties; the legacy of residential schools; the history and culture of...
November 23, 2011
Speech from the Throne
Speech from the Throne: Your government firmly believes a child’s needs should come before cost or jurisdiction and will implement Jordan’s Principle on providing public services for Aboriginal children during this session....
February 26, 2010
Child and Youth Advocate report
CBC: The province’s child and youth advocate, released a report earlier this week that sounded the alarm for children living on First Nations communities and made 93 recommendations. Among those reforms, Richard’s report called for the federal and provincial governments to hammer out an agreement on Jordan’s Principle by Sept. 1. The New Brunswick government...
No formal acknowledgement
No formal acknowledgement of the negative impacts of previous colonial government policies...