Exploring Theme: "Indigenous-led Initiatives"

NationTalk: First Nations, through the First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Sustainable Development Institute (FNQLSDI), are unveiling today their actions and indicators related to the Quebec government’s 2030 Nature Plan This series of actions and indicators is the outcome of a long and fruitful collaboration between First Nations and the FNQLSDI and focuses on their...

NationTalk: NUNAVIK, QC – The Nunavik Mineral Exploration Fund (NMEF), in partnership with Ubique Films and directed by Jean-Philippe Brochu, presents Nunatta Ataani (Beneath Our Feet), a documentary exploring the economic, environmental, and cultural impacts of Nunavik’s mining industry through the voices of Inuit communities. The film also highlights the bittersweet role Inuit played as...

Leaders meet with Cree traditional hunters and trappers last week to talk development CBC Indigenous: How development happens in Cree communities and who benefits was front and centre at a recent meeting between Cree leaders and many hunters, trappers and land users from the inland communities in northern Quebec.  Close to 300 hunters and tallymen, as...

‘Indigenomics’ event held to bring companies and governments into wave of growth CBC News: Entrepreneur Rob Tebb can see his company becoming bigger — a lot bigger. “The opportunity is there to just grow this business to four or five times the size that it is,” he said. Tebb, who is Métis, owns Regina-based Xtended...

The Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador (AFNQL) and the First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Health and Social Services Commission (FNQLHSSC) presented a joint brief to the Laurent Commission (Special Commission on the Rights of Children and Youth Protection) aimed in particular at reaffirming the rights of First Nations to decide on the future and education...