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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

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 10, 2024

The place where they heal us

How this Kanien’kehá:ka community asserted its sovereignty over health care The Kateri Memorial Hospital Centre completed a $28 million expansion and renovation in 2019.Steve Rompré/Radio-Canada June is National Indigenous History Month. To celebrate our accomplishments, CBC Indigenous is highlighting First Nations, Inuit and Métis trailblazers in law, medicine, science, sports — and beyond. CBC Indigenous: Retired...

June 7, 2024

34 Cree teachers in Quebec graduate from community-based university programs

‘If it wasn’t for my friends and family, I don’t think I would have made it this far,’ student says CBC Indigenous: Four years later and after learning from thousands of kilometres away, 34 Cree students walked across the stage as McGill University graduates last week. It’s the first time the Cree School Board and...

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 17, 2024

The Innu Council of Pessamit, Innergex and the RCM of Manicouagan sign 30-year power purchase agreement with Hydro-Québec

NationTalk: LONGUEUIL, Quebec – The Innu Council of Pessamit, Innergex Renewable Energy Inc. (TSX: INE) (“Innergex” or the “Corporation”), and the regional county municipality of Manicouagan (“RCM of Manicouagan”) are pleased to announce the signing of a 30-year power purchase agreement with Hydro-Québec (S&P credit rating: AA-) for the electricity to be generated by the...

May 16, 2024

TELUS to provide free smartphones and wireless services to Indigenous women at risk or surviving violence in Quebec

NationTalk: Mobility for Good for Indigenous Women at Risk is being expanded in partnership with Quebec First Nations Women’s Space (QFNWS), an organization created by Quebec Native Women (QNW) to act as a front-line responder and point of entry to reception, referral and listening services for Indigenous women in Quebec experiencing violence. Through this partnership,TELUS...

May 14, 2024

To better understand the regulation of the profession – The Barreau du Québec Releases Informative Video Clips Intended for Indigenous Communities

NationTalk: Montreal — The Barreau du Québec announces the release of four informative video clips created specifically for First Nations and Inuit audiences. These aim to strengthen the confidence of Indigenous citizens, particularly those from Nunavik, in the regulatory mechanisms of the profession. These video clips address key topics such as the lawyer’s role of...

May 13, 2024

Building bridges: MGH program cultivates support and trust with Indigenous patients

May 13th, 2024 NEWS NationTalk: McGill University Health Centre – “More and more Indigenous patients are starting to hear about our program and the services that are there to support them. It makes us happy to know they may be less anxious when seeking medical treatment at the MUHC.” Camille Panneton and Sidonie Laurier are Indigenous...

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...

April 17, 2024

New pre-nursing program lets Cree students pursue studies at home

‘Let’s try to recruit our own people instead of looking elsewhere’ CBC Indigenous: The Cree School Board and Cree Board of Health and Social Services of James Bay partnered and opened up a new “springboard to nursing” program to help Cree students pursue nursing in their own home territory. It will mean Cree students can now obtain their...

April 16, 2024

New health clinic opens for Indigenous families in Montreal

Clinic is integrated within Native Montreal, a friendship centre CBC Indigenous: A new health clinic in Montreal aims to provide culturally safe care for Indigenous families living in the city. It’s a collaborative project launched by Native Montreal, a friendship centre, in partnership with the regional health authority. Philippe Meilleur, executive director of Native Montreal, said the...

April 15, 2024

Innergex, the RCM of Lotbinière and the Abenaki Councils of Odanak and Wôlinak sign 30-year power purchase agreement with Hydro-Québec

NationTalk: LONGUEUIL, Quebec – Innergex Renewable Energy Inc. (TSX: INE) (“Innergex” or the “Corporation”), the Regional County Municipality of Lotbinière (“RCM of Lotbinière”) and the Abenaki Councils of Odanak and Wôlinak are pleased to announce the signing of a 30-year power purchase agreement with Hydro-Québec (S&P credit rating: AA-) for the electricity to be generated...

March 4, 2024

Rouillier Drilling is Strengthening Its Commitment to Indigenous Communities with the Creation of a New Company: Forage Anicinape

NationTalk: AMOS, QC – Rouillier Drilling is proud to announce the creation of a new exploration drilling company, Forage Anicinape, in collaboration with the Coopérative de solidarité de Pikogan. Acting with respect for Indigenous communities The partnership between Rouillier Drilling and the Coopérative de solidarité de Pikogan, which was formed a few years ago, has been a great...

February 5, 2024

Official opening of a new living environment for 42 Indigenous families studying in Trois-Rivières

NationTalk: TROIS-RIVIÈRES, QC – The governments of Quebec and Canada and the City of Trois-Rivières today marked the official opening of the Waska Witcihitowin community living environment. Spearheaded by the Société immobilière du Regroupement des centres d’amitié autochtones du Québec (SIRCAAQ), this nearly $37-million project is intended for Indigenous students and their families. This project was conceived by and for Indigenous people,...

January 26, 2024

Kruger Energy Awarded Two Wind Projects in Québec

Kruger Energy and Its Partners Awarded Two Wind Projects, Totalling 343 MW, Following Hydro-Québec’s Call For Tenders 2023-01 NationTalk: Montréal, Québec — Kruger Energy is pleased to announce that Hydro-Québec has selected its two wind projects that will generate green energy while contributing to Québec’s decarbonization objectives. The 196-MW Saint-Paul-de-Montminy wind project will be developed...

January 24, 2024

Feds provide $25M for First Nations employment project

DCN-JOC News Services NationTalk: Daily Commercial News: ConstructConnect DCN-JOC News Services – HAHNAWAKE, QUE. — The First Nations Human Resources Development Commission of Quebec received $25 million in federal funding for the Global Strategy for Indigenous Employability project, which aims to increase the number of Indigenous people in employment or vocational training in communities and urban areas....

January 23, 2024

Feds spending $25M on skills training for Indigenous people in Quebec

APTN News: A few years ago, Alexia Petiquay Chilton, a young Atikamewk mother of two, decided to go back to school and get certified as a heavy machine operator. “My father has been an operator for years, and I’ve always had this little idea somewhere in the back of my mind,” she said in an...

January 23, 2024

Mental-health support for Indigenous paramedic service in Quebec a ‘landmark partnership’

NationTalk: City News – Mental health support for Indigenous paramedic service in Quebec “Those tough calls do come and it’s good to have the proper resources to deal with them,” says paramedic Emilie Darrigade, now that First Nations Paramedics is partnered with Wounded Warriors Canada – the first in Quebec. Alyssia Rubertucci reports. A national...

December 15, 2023

Galaxy Lithium (Canada) Inc., the Cree Nation of Eastmain, the Grand Council of the Crees (Eeyou Istchee) and the Cree Nation Government sign the Kapisikama Agreement regarding the James Bay Lithium Project

NationTalk: NEMASKA, EEYOU ISTCHEE – The Grand Council of the Crees (Eeyou Istchee), the Cree Nation Government, the Cree Nation of Eastmain and Galaxy Lithium (Canada) Inc. announce that they have entered into the Kapisikama Agreement on December 14, 2023, regarding the development and operation of the James Bay Lithium project in Eeyou Istchee, a...

December 5, 2023

Kahnawà:ke launches new service ‘for us, by us’ to help victims of crime

Language barrier, lack of culturally appropriate services kept people from accessing provincial help CBC Indigenous: Ionkwatahónhsate means “we are all listening” in Kanien’kéha, or the Mohawk language, and is at the heart of a new service in Kahnawà:ke to help victims of crime. The Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) community south of Montreal recently launched Ionkwatahónhsate Victims Services to provide culturally appropriate...

November 27, 2023

QUEBEC COURT FINDS UNDRIP BINDING AND A UNIVERSAL ABORIGINAL RIGHT TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

– Arend J.A. Hoekstra, Aaron Cressman, Shermaine Chua ABORIGINAL NationTalk: Cassels, Our Insights – On November 1, 2023, the Quebec Superior Court (Court) released R. c. Montour, which considered whether two First Nation-member defendants were criminally liable for importing substantial amounts of tobacco without paying duties under the Excise Act, 2001.1 R. c. Montour found that the defendants, as members of the...

November 9, 2023

New Quebec guide aims to better support Indigenous victims of crime

‘It’s culturally adapted to the First Nation,’ said Huron-Wendat grand chief CBC Indigenous: Quebec’s Crimes Victims Assistance Centre (CAVAC) has unveiled a new guide for its workers to offer culturally safe services to Indigenous victims as they navigate the justice system. The tool, developed in partnership with First Nations and Inuit people in Quebec, is...

October 16, 2023

Haudenosaunee Nationals a step closer to being in the Olympics with inclusion of lacrosse

Men’s and women’s teams among the world’s best CBC Indigenous: The inclusion of lacrosse in the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles brings members of the Haudenosaunee Nationals lacrosse teams a step closer to being Olympic contenders. The International Olympic Committee announced Monday that lacrosse and four other sports would be added to the 2028 Games. The Haudenosaunee Nationals, made up of athletes from the Haudenosaunee...

August 18, 2023

New Indigenous health centre opens in Montreal

Need intensified following controversial death of Indigenous patient Joyce Echaquan. APTN News: A new Indigenous health centre has opened in Montreal, prompted, in part, by the controversial death of Joyce Echequan. Michelle Reis-Amores, executive director of Tiotihtià:ke (Mohawk for Montreal), said the project was a long time in coming. “There has been this dream to...

August 7, 2023

Montreal opening first-of-its-kind Indigenous emergency care clinic

Centre will offer traditional Indigenous and Western approaches to medicine CBC News: An emergency care clinic catering exclusively to Indigenous people and their needs is opening in Montreal this week — the first of its kind in the city. Anyone who identifies as Indigenous will be able to walk into the clinic — initiated by the Indigenous Health...

August 6, 2023

Plants of the boreal forest: using traditional Indigenous medicine to create modern treatments

A research group in Quebec has been working for several years to explore the therapeutic potential hidden in boreal forest plants. In this context, “the traditional medicine of the First Nations is a precious asset,” the researchers write. Black Press file photo NationTalk: NNSL Media – Natural health products and phytomedicines (plant-based medicines) are used...

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 9, 2023

Tabling of the cultural safety bill

by ahnationtalk on June 9, 2023 NationTalk: QUÉBEC CITY, QC – Minister Responsible for Relations with the First Nations and the Inuit Ian Lafrenière has tabled in the National Assembly a draft legislation to adopt the cultural safety approach in the health and social services network (HSSN). Bilateral consultation meetings with 14 Indigenous organizations that expressed their expectations...

May 18, 2023

Quebec wants to exempt some Indigenous students from new French language law

First Nations groups filed court challenge against Law 14, also known as Bill 96, last month The Quebec government wants to create an exception in its newest French language law for Indigenous students. Less than a month after two First Nations groups filed a court challenge against Law 14, also known as Bill 96, the minister of the...

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 14, 2023

Preclinical Internships in First Nations and Inuit Communities and Organizations

NationTalk: The Quebec First Nations and Inuit Faculties of Medicine Program (QFNIFMP) offers First Nations and Inuit students and non-Indigenous students the opportunity to benefit from internships in the communities. The objective of these internships is above all to introduce students to working in a First Nations or Inuit health centre, nursing station, hospital or...

March 5, 2023

Kindergarten Mi’kmaw immersion program aims to keep the language strong in Listuguj, Que.

Forest Kindergarten program brings kids outdoors, with language revitalization at the forefront CBC News: On a warm, clear day in February, Brenda Germain picks up a large hand drill and asks her students to gather around. Drill in hand, she shows the children how to cut through the thick ice covering Chaleur Bay, on Quebec’s Gaspé...

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 24, 2022

Enhanced child services on the way in Kanesatake

First People’s Law: Penticton Herald – The Kanesatake Health Center (KHC) has received a major boost for child and family programming following a landmark settlement between the federal government and First Nations advocacy groups. According to executive director Teiawenhniseráhte Tomlinson, it is too early to offer specifics on how KHC will use the new funding...

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...

February 11, 2022

Québec Court of Appeal finds sections of Bill C-92 unconstitutional

CBC – The Quebec Court of Appeal issued a decision yesterday finding the law constitutional apart from two key sections that relate to Aboriginal self-government and child and family services that it ruled are unconstitutional. The court took issue with the section of the law that allows Indigenous child welfare laws to supersede provincial laws when...

December 16, 2021

Funding Increase

CISION – Québec government is increasing the funding for the 2021-2022 call for projects – Sexual, domestic and family violence in Indigenous contexts by $6 million. This raises the total investment for this initiative from $5.4 million to $11.4 million. Launched last August, this call for projects has four objectives: 1. Prevent and counter sexual...

December 3, 2021

Tracking Bracelets

Québec Native Women – Recommendations on making tracking bracelet for offenders and victim of domestic violence more effective for Indigenous women: • How will it work in small communities where offender and victim live in close proximity • How can it be adjusted to work in communities with poor cellular coverage • How will police...

November 30, 2021

Québec Education responses to Viens Commission

Québec government is investing $19.4 million to implement three measures covering: direct student support instructional material and program review The government wishes, in this way, to implement the recommendations of the “Inquiry Commission on Relations Between Indigenous Peoples and Certain Public Services in Québec: Listening, Reconciliation and Progress”, and “the National Inquiry into Missing and...

October 24, 2021

Montreal Canadians Land Acknowledgement

Toronto Star – The Montreal Canadians Land Acknowledgement preceding a hockey game “that’s launched hysterical editorials, hours of inane talk radio chatter and the interference of Quebec’s populist right wing government. What’s so offensive? That the Canadiens are insinuating Tiohtià:ke (Montreal) is unceded Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) territory.” According to the nationalist school of Quebec history, when...

June 7, 2021

Investments to improve justice in Aboriginal and urban communities

14.1-million investment over four years to implement measures to support justice in Aboriginal and urban communities. The first measure will fund urban community justice programs, mainly through Aboriginal friendship centres. Such initiatives are essential to ensure community-based prevention, guidance, and community mediation services, but also to establish adaptability programs such as the alternative measures program. The...

June 7, 2021

Viens Commission response: investments in Aboriginal and urban community justice programs

Announced measures to support justice in Aboriginal and urban communities. In response to the Viens Commission’s recommendations, the Québec government wishes to further develop Aboriginal community justice and combat the over-representation of this population in the justice system. The investment covers: the establishment of new urban community justice initiatives to satisfy the needs of the First...

June 3, 2021

Funding to address domestic violence

$28.5M over 5 years for programs to address domestic violence: $10 million has been allocated to help support prevention and intervention services in the field of domestic and family violence in Nunavik. $9.8 million will be made available to Indigenous police forces to meet specific needs connected with domestic and family violence $6 million for the implementation of...

June 1, 2021

Commitment to help searching for sites of unmarked graves

Montreal Gazette – Quebec Premier François Legault said that while residential schools fall under federal jurisdiction, the province is ready to participate in eventual searches of the sites. Quebec’s Indigenous affairs minister said Monday that the province is open to searching the grounds of former residential schools for graves, if survivors and their families are in...

May 28, 2021

Funding for first Indigenous health clinic

Val-d’Or Native Friendship Centre – Provincial funding to set up the first Indigenous health clinic in Quebec. This investment is not only a major step forward in the collaboration between the provincial health network and services for Indigenous people, it also affirms First Nations specificities in front-line healthcare and social services. In brief: The $27 million...

March 5, 2021

Funding to hire more Indigenous workers to provide crime victims assistance services

As part of the government’s response to the Viens Commission, the MMIWG Inquiry and the Report on Racism, funding for hiring additional Indigenous workers responsible for providing crime victims assistance services ($7.7 million): These workers will be deployed in the Crime Victims Assistance Centres (CAVAC) network and in Indigenous organizations that have established victim assistance...

March 5, 2021

Funding for increased deployment of courtworker services

As part of the government’s response to the Viens Commission, the MMIWG Inquiry and the Report on Racism, funding for an increased deployment of courtworker services for Indigenous people ($6 million): Adjustment of the compensation for courtworkers already employed ($1 million); Increased funding for the operation of Indigenous organizations responsible for providing courtworker services ($2.5...

March 5, 2021

Investments Interpreter and other services in Indigenous languages

As part of the government’s response to the Viens Commission, the MMIWG Inquiry and the Report on Racism, $5.5M funding for the improvement and deployment of interpreter services in Indigenous languages Development of agreements with Indigenous organizations for the training, accreditation and hiring of interpreters in Indigenous languages in the context of justice-related activities. In...

February 26, 2021

Mandatory Indigenous training course for Lanaudière Health Authority

As a direct outcome of the death of Joyce Echaquon, Quebec Indigenous Affairs Minister Ian Lafrenière, Health Minister Christian Dubé and interim Lanaudière health authority director Caroline Barbir announced all health authority employees will be obliged to complete a training course, the content of which will be approved by the Atikamekw community Health Minister Dubé...

January 27, 2021

Researchers report on how Montréal police responded to crisis of MMIWG

NationTalk – A team of researchers from the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) have collaborated with Quebec Native Women to examine how the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM) responded to the crisis of MMIWG in Montreal? From these potential solutions, several concrete actions have been identified and these must be undertaken...

December 8, 2020

Response to Calls to Justice 20 and 21 of the MMIWG Report on Québec

Québec government directly responds to Calls to Justice 20 and 21 from the MMIWG Supplementary Report on Québec by tabling a draft Act to authorize the communication of personal information to the families of Indigenous children who went missing or died after being admitted to an institution. 20. WE CALL UPON the Quebec government to...

December 8, 2020

Québec response to MMIWG Calls to Justice # 20 and # 21

December 4, 2020

Funding to adapt police intervention towards victims of domestic violence

$18M funding to finance a set of measures intended to better adapt police intervention to the realities of Indigenous communities, in particular when it comes to women who are victims of domestic violence or sexual assault. Funding includes: $1.2M to combat the sexual exploitation of Indigenous women and girls and countering all forms of sexual...

December 1, 2020

Montreal Economic Institute poll signals resistance to UNDRIP

The Montreal Economic Institute (MEI), a right wing think-tank aligned with the economic interest of Quebec’s business elite released the results of an Ipsos poll MEI commissioned indicating that 55% of Quebecers are opposed to UNDRIP and should not have any rights beyond what is available to all Quebecers in the province....

November 20, 2020

15th competency: Understanding and Learning to Fight Systemic Racism

The “15th competency: Understanding and Learning to Fight Systemic Racism” for teachers and teacher education programs, developed by a joint effort by the First Nations Education Council, Institut Tshakapesh and the Centre de développement de la formation et de la main-d’oeuvre huron-wendat has received the full support of the Provincial Education Table First Nations Student...

November 6, 2020

Cultural Safety training for management and workers in health and social services

Training will be provided to management and workers in the health and social services network to familiarize them with the concept of cultural safety. Liaison officers will be added within institutions to provide relations with Indigenous communities and organizations, as one of the first steps in the process. Service navigators, preferably Indigenous people, will also...

November 6, 2020

Cultural Safety training for management and workers in health and social services

November 5, 2020

Investments to enhance cultural safety for First Nations and Inuit in health and social services

The government will invest $15 million to implement targeted actions to enhance cultural safety for members of First Nations and Inuit in the health and social services sector. The cultural safety approach consists in recognizing and taking into account of the reality and culture of the person, in the delivery of services and in the...

August 14, 2020

Premier fears UNDRIP veto on economic projects

Premier Francois Legault reluctant to adopt the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) because he fears that it will force the government to give Indigenous groups a veto on all economic projects. Legault has often expressed reservations on this point, citing a risk to the integrity of the province and the...

June 18, 2020

The Minnie’s Hope Social Pediatric Centre

BMO Financial Group (BMO) and the Hewitt Foundation are partnering to maintain social pediatric services in Northern Quebec Indigenous communities. Their respective donations of $3 million and $2 million send a strong message to the business community about the importance of supporting the Montreal Children’s Hospital in changing the face of pediatrics in Quebec through innovative ways...

June 11, 2020

AFN-QL objects to Bill 61

The Quebec government’s decision to introduce Bill 61, which will allow infrastructure projects to proceed without consultation violates the spirit of an agreement the province came to last year, said the leader of the Assembly of First Nations of Quebec and Labrador. “First Nations will never accept legislation that ignores the Crown’s duty to consult...

June 5, 2020

Bill 61 declared on March 13, 2020

Bill 61, an omnibus bill (An Act to stimulate the economy of Quebec and mitigate the consequences of the state of health emergency), declared on March 13, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and tabled earlier this week by the CAQ government cannot be misused by the Quebec government to minimize its duty to consult First...

May 28, 2020

CDPDJ response to Laurent Commission

CISION – The Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador (AFNQL) and the First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Health and Social Services Commission (FNQLHSSC) are favourably welcoming several of the recommendations made by the Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse (CDPDJ) in the brief it tabled this morning in the...

April 15, 2020

Kativik Ilisarniliriniq launches Inuit-centered Education resource portal (Nunavik-IcE)

Kativik Ilisarniliriniq launches today the Nunavik Inuit-centered Education resource portal (Nunavik-IcE), a website dedicated to educational resources in Inuktitut, English and French. The Nunavik-IcE portal features lessons and other local resources collected and developed by the Education Services department in collaboration with teachers, elders and knowledge holders as well as staff and partners who support...

March 12, 2020

2020-21 Budget investments

$200M over 5 yrs Investments from Quebec’s 2020-21 budget to implement initiatives that will support Indigenous women and girls and improve access to services that are culturally adapted and thus meet the needs of Indigenous people. The Regroupement des centres d’amitié autochtones du Québec (RCAAQ) believes that the Government of Québec will consider the observations...

January 14, 2020

Revamp of Ethics and Religious course

The Quebec Ministry of Education announced plans to revamp its ethics and religious culture course. The First Nations Education Council has noted that his reform is taking place at a time when the government must respond to the Viens Commission’s calls to action, which include the recommendation to “further enrich the Québec curriculum by introducing...

October 17, 2019

Commitment to implement recommendations of the Viens Commission

The Gouvernement du Québec is strengthening its collaboration with First Nations and Inuit by making a commitment to work together to implement the recommendations from the Viens Commission and the National Inquiry into MMIWG....

October 3, 2019

Quebec Solidaire motion supports implementation of UNDRIP

Quebec Solidaire submitted a motion unanimously supported by the National Assembly on October 3, which states that the government must “commit to negotiating the implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples with First Nations and Inuit”....

September 30, 2019

Release of the Viens Commission Final Report with 242 recommendations

Release of the Viens Commission Final Report with 242 recommendations including the following areas: (#34) Fund projects developed and managed by Indigenous authorities that are aimed at documenting and revitalizing Indigenous law in all sectors deemed to be of interest. Amend the existing laws, including the Act respecting the Director of Criminal and Penal Prosecutions, to...

September 20, 2019

Release of Viens Commission Final report

Viens Commission Final Report “Public Inquiry Commission on relations between Indigenous Peoples and certain public services in Quebec: listening, reconciliation and progress” included recognition and implementation of UNDRIP among its first 3 recommendations of 142 after an official apology to members of First Nations and Inuit “for the harm caused by laws, policies, standards and...

September 19, 2019

Funding to improve access to justice for Inuit

Announced almost $2 million in funding over a two-year period to improve access to justice for the Inuit population to provide support for community members involved in the court process. The investments planned are as follows: $675,000 to be paid in 2019-2020 to correct the shortage of parajudicial advisors and upgrade services, in particular through...

August 30, 2019

AFN-QL signs a tripartite MOU with governments of Québec and Canada

Ghislain Picard, Chief of the Assembly of First Nations of Quebec and Labrador (AFNQL) signed a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)as part of the AFNQL health and social services governance process with governments of Canada and Quebec. The MOU paves the way for better access to health and social services and better delivery of those...

August 2, 2019

Syndrome d’alcoolisation fœtale Québec (only available in french)

The Government of Quebec has committed $48M towards the launch of Agir Tôt (Act Early) program, an initiative to screen for and diagnose development delays, physical and intellectual disabilities, and autism spectrum disorder in young children from birth to age five. Funding will include a new health intervention team to help screen for neurological disorders...

May 29, 2019

Special Parliamentary Committee on Youth Protection

Creation of a Special Parliamentary Committee on Youth Protection. The commission will have 18 months to do its work examining child protection services with a report and recommendations to be submitted to the government in November, 2020. The statistics show a critical and alarming situation. In addition to reviewing the functioning of the Direction de...

April 3, 2019

Aboriginal Cultures and Languages Initiative

Launch of the Aboriginal Cultures and Languages Initiative ...

March 18, 2019

Lack of progress on child and youth protection services in Nunavik

The Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse – raised concerns about the lack of progress on the implementation of recommendations from their 2007 report on child and youth protection services in Nunavik, a follow-up report in 2010, in 2014 and again in 2016. In March 2018, the Commission presented these...

February 15, 2019

Nunavik Community Justice Center

Opening of a new community justice centre for Nunavik in the Inuit community of Inukjuak to provide legal information, support and referral services to the general public, free of charge, to complement the services offered by other resources. Makivik Corporation has established the Nunavik Community Justice Center to give Inuit in Nunavik access to relevant...

October 19, 2018

First Nations Education Council

The First Nations Education Council (FNEC) wishes to begin working closely with new CAQ government over the next four years, The FNEC is an association that is based on the collective strength of its 22 member communities that leads them towards the common goal of offering quality education to all First Nations children. The FNEC helps...

September 21, 2018

Premier François Legault stated Coalition Avenir Quebec support for UNDRIP

François Legault, Leader of Coalition Avenir Quebec in a letter to Ghislain Picard, Chief of the Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador stated that a CAQ government would implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples with the full collaboration of Indigenous peoples. https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/4953088/De-Franc-Ois-Legault-a-GP-En.pdf...

August 10, 2018

Special unit created to investigate Indigenous complaints against police

Bureau des enquêtes indépendantes (BEI) CISION – Québec Ministry of Public Security confirming the establishment of a special unit, including certain additional measures, within the Bureau des enquêtes indépendantes (BEI), which function will be to investigate any complaint alleging criminal acts towards a First Nation member committed by a police officer in Québec. These new measures will come...

June 19, 2018

Québec History book replacement

Replacing its Secondary III history textbook for next year with a version that will “better reflect the Indigenous perspective.”...

June 19, 2018

Replacement of Secondary III history textbook

Replacing its Secondary III history textbook for next year with a version that will “better reflect the Indigenous perspective.”...

March 26, 2018

First Nations Forum on Sexual Assault

128 delegates from First Nations across the province of Québec. Organized in partnership by Québec Native Women (QNW) and the First Nations of Québec and Labrador Health and Social Services Commission (FNQLHSSC), the objective of this forum is to define an action plan to fight the cycle of sexual violence within First Nations by supporting...

March 22, 2018

Underfunding of First Nations Policing

AFNQL intends to demonstrate that the treatment of First Nation public safety, which among others results in the underfunding of police forces, confirms that security in our communities does not get the same consideration as that of non-native citizens. First Nation Policing is still recognized as a program, not an essential service as they claim....

October 23, 2017

Québec Native Women lose government funding

Announces that it will no longer be represented by its lawyers at the hearings of the Public Inquiry Commission due to financial realities limiting the organization’s access to legal expertise and the continued refusal of funding bodies in the Quebec government to ensure their access to legal representation....

October 2, 2017

Bill 89: “Act to amend the Youth Protection Act and other provisions” passed

Bill 89: “Act to amend the Youth Protection Act and other provisions” passed. The statute gives First Nation authorities more autonomy to meet the needs of vulnerable youth and children, while helping to preserve cultural identity....

August 23, 2017

Funding for Innu students to retain language and culture

$185,000 in funding for the 2017-18 academic year to promote retention and academic success among Innu students and to foster appreciation of culture and language among Indigenous youth by enabling some 1,800 students living in seven Innu communities on Quebec’s North Shore to retain their culture and their language through the development of teaching materials...

June 16, 2017

Bill 113 recognition of Inuit custom adoptions

Makivik Corporation: Bill 113 “An Act to amend the Civil Code and other legislative provisions as regards adoption and the disclosure of information” begins to harmonize provincial adoption legislation with Cree Aboriginal and treaty rights in relation to adoption matters and reflects the right of Indigenous Nations to govern affairs regarding their children Under the Bill,...

May 28, 2017

Quebéc Native Women Open call for Indigenous women to participate in the Public Inquiry that starts in Val D’Or on June 5, 2017...

February 7, 2017

AFN-QL condemns Mining Act of Quebec as “unconstitutional”

Quebec’s Mining Act fails to require consultation or consent from Indigenous nations. On February 1, 2017, the Assembly of First Nations of Quebec and Labrador adopted a unanimous resolution proposed by Barriere Lake condemning the Mining Act of Quebec as “unconstitutional” in regard to Indigenous rights....

December 21, 2016

Mandate of Viens Commission

Public Inquiry Commission on relations between Indigenous Peoples and certain public services in Québec: listening, reconciliation and progress Mandate will be to investigate more broadly the discrimination in the administration of public services towards the members of the Indigenous Peoples of Québec. The following public services are targeted: police, correctional, legal, health and social services,...

December 21, 2016

Role of the Viens Commission

Quebec government established the “Public Inquiry Commission on relations between Indigenous Peoples and certain public services in Québec: listening, reconciliation and progress” in order to investigate, consider the facts and recommend concrete and effective corrective measures to be implemented by the Government of Québec and Indigenous officials. https://www.cerp.gouv.qc.ca/index.php?id=3&L=1...

October 1, 2016

Introduction of “Bill 113”

Bill 113 (“An Act to amend the Civil Code and other legislative provisions as regards adoption and the disclosure of information”) tabled in Quebec legislature. This is an initiative of the Québec government to have legal effects of customary adoptions clearly reflected in the Civil Code of Quebec....

August 17, 2016

Demand for provincial inquiry into police abuse

Ensure the inquiry focuses on the situation Indigenous communities encounter with Québec public services, particularly with police forces and health and social services as well as educational institutions. Indigenous organizations also demand a provincial inquiry into police abuse given the alleged sexual assaults against indigenous women at Val-d’Or....

June 10, 2015

Resolution calling for recognition of Jordan’s Principle

The Chiefs of the Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador (AFNQL) pass a resolution calling on the federal and provincial governments to recognize Jordan’s Principle and to adopt a joint statement indicating their commitment to “resolve any jurisdictional or funding dispute that may jeopardize the health of a First Nation’s citizen, without discrimination based on geography, language,...

August 31, 2009

New funding formula

INAC announced a tripartite agreement which shifted First Nations child and family service agencies in Quebec from Directive 20-1 funding to the “enhanced prevention focused funding” formula (INAC, 2010). The new formula includes maintenance, operational, and prevention funds. Maintenance funds are meant to cover costs of each child in care, operational funds are intended to...