Exploring Theme: "Policing in Indigenous Communities"

‘No more Indigenous children must get bullet wounds instead of help,’ says Nunavut MP CBC Indigenous: The House of Commons will hold an emergency debate Monday evening after six separate incidents in two weeks where First Nations people were killed by police.  Lori Idlout, MP for Nunavut, requested the debate.  “For decades Indigenous people have been injured, worse yet, died at the...

A new expert panel report from the Council of Canadian Academies (CCA) finds that many Indigenous communities do not receive policing services that meet their safety and security needs, and the evidence suggests a relationship-based, community driven approach provides an opportunity to make meaningful and sustainable improvements. Policing in Indigenous communities presents challenges that are...