Exploring Theme: "Systemic Racism in Policing"

APTN News: A month following the shooting of twins Joshua and Garnet Papigatuk in Salluit, Nunavik in northern Quebec, Montrealers took to the streets to demand for accountability. Protesters took to the streets chanting, “Justice for Joshua, justice for twins.” “I’m here to protest against police brutality in Nunavik in light of my cousin’s death…...

The police chief in Nunavik says an investigation is underway. Photo: X  APTN News: The chief of the Nunavik Police Services says he’s ordered an investigation into a photo taken inside a detachment of a Christmas tree decorated with liquor bottles. A photo of the tree was taken in the Umiujaq detachment, a community on...

Spurred by last week’s fatal police shooting, justice advocates call for self-determination in police First Peoples Law Report: CBC News – The anniversary of the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement for most is a day of celebration. But this year’s event, marking 49 years since the signing of that treaty, was overshadowed by the fatal police...

Globe and Mail: The killing of an Inuk man by police earlier this week in Quebec’s Far North is an example of systemic racism, Canada’s minister for Crown-Indigenous relations said Thursday. Gary Anandasangaree said in a statement the police shooting of Joshua Papigatuk is another example of how Indigenous Peoples are impacted by the justice...