Exploring Theme: "Govt. Acts to Reduce Overrepresentation"

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...

The goal is to address First Nation overrepresentation in correctional facilities CBC Indigenous: An Ontario court of Justice courtroom in Sudbury was filled to the brink on Thursday for the opening ceremony of the region’s first Indigenous Peoples Court.  Lawyers, judges, members of First Nations and the public all took part in the event, marking...