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Exploring Stakeholder: "Government of Prince Edward Island"
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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...
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...
June 2, 2024
Mi’kmaw-language signs celebrate Indigenous history of 2 P.E.I. locations
L’nuey executive director says her ancestors would be proud CBC Indigenous: There are two new highway signs written in the Mi’kmaw language on Prince Edward Island, bringing the province’s total to over 40. One of the signs was installed at Portage Lake, and includes its traditional name of Meski’k pu’ta’sk. The other is in Rocky Point,...
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...
February 20, 2024
P.E.I. sports leaders urged to find ways to bring Indigenous youth into the game
Organizers hope different leagues will offer ‘come-try’ sessions, ideally at no cost CBC Indigenous: Sports organizations across Prince Edward Island are being encouraged to invite Indigenous youth to come and try their sport. The P.E.I. Aboriginal Sport Circle invited Island sport groups to Abegweit First Nation in Scotchfort recently to learn more about Mi’kmaw culture, as...
August 2, 2023
The Governments of Canada and Prince Edward Island sign bilateral agreement to end gender-based violence
NationTalk: 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 that affects people of all backgrounds, genders, and ages. Today,...
July 15, 2023
Mi’kmaw health navigators hope to incorporate Indigenous practices into P.E.I.’s health-care system
New role is aimed at building relationships with Indigenous patients and their families CBC News: Shelby Arsenault-Ellands is providing health care just a few roads away from where she grew up. Arsenault-Ellands, a registered nurse, is a member of Lennox Island First Nation. She’s now working at the Lennox Island Health Centre as a Mi’kmaw...
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...
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...
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
Prince Edward Island and First Nations sign Treaty Education MOU
NationTalk: The Government of Prince Edward Island recently entered into a Treaty Education Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Epekwitk Assembly of Councils, represented by Chief Junior Gould of Abegweit First Nation and Chief Darlene Bernard of Lennox Island First Nation. “We are pleased to sign this Treaty Education MOU today, which will set us...
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 3, 2021
Investments to advance Calls to Justice
The Abegweit and Lennox Island First Nations and Indigenous organizations will each receive financial support to advance the important work from the Calls to Justice of the Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG). The Indigenous Relations Secretariat will provide annually a total of $250,000, $50,000 to...
February 1, 2021
End of Birth Alerts
PEI to end the practice of Birth Alerts in the province....
June 19, 2020
TRC: A Status Report for the Government of Prince Edward Island”
Release “Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: 94 Calls to Action: A Status Report for the Government of Prince Edward Island. June 2020” with updates on provinces actions and commitments to each of the Calls to Action. https://docs.assembly.pe.ca/download/dms?objectId=4704c365-af0e-421b-a069-4db0b8dd021c&fileName=Premier.King.06192020.Truth and reconciliation calls to action-status report.pdf...
June 19, 2020
Calls for Justice. MMIWG. A Preliminary Status Report for the Government of PEI
Release of “Calls for Justice. MMIWG. A Preliminary Status Report for the Government of PEI” by the PEI Government with updates in actions taken in response to Calls to Justice in: Human and Indigenous Rights and Governmental Obligations (4) Culture (6) Health and Wellness (12) Human Security (13) Justice (30) Education (6) Social Work and...
September 6, 2019
Draft Child and Youth Advocate Act
Feathers of Hope: In July, a draft of the Child and Youth Advocate Act was prepared with intent to establish the Office of the Child and Youth Advocate as independent from government and reporting to the PEI Legislative Assembly. One of the intents of the proposed legislation is “Recognize the importance of the preservation and promotion of...
March 1, 2019
On-Reserve Programs
Currently on P.E.I., Marilyn Birch, director of the child and family services program with the Mi’kmaq Confederacy of P.E.I. said the province provides child protection services to all children who live on the Island, while the confederacy program provides prevention and early intervention services for children in families that live on-reserve....
January 16, 2019
Commitment to Reconciliation
No formal acknowledgement of the negative impacts of previous colonial government policies The Province of Prince Edward Island is committed to advancing reconciliation with the Mi’kmaq of Prince Edward Island in a manner consistent with Section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982. Strategic Priorities of the Indigenous Relations Secretariat includes Work with all levels of government,...
August 4, 2016
Order-in-Council to support MMIWG work
Seeking an Order-in-Council to support the inquiry’s work on Prince Edward Island...
Prince Edward Island
PEI had no official Indian Residential schools...