Exploring Theme: "Systemic Racism"

NationTalk: ANISHINABEK NATION HEAD OFFICE— Red Rock Indian Band (RRIB) intends to facilitate a peaceful demonstration in Nipigon, Ontario, on October 21, 2024, should the search for its ancestors continue to be hindered by federal, provincial, and private representatives. The community has witnessed the remains of its ancestors being treated with indignity and impunity and...

First Nations leaders say the pride two Saskatchewan courthouse staff felt on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation turned to shame after they were told to change out of the orange clothing they wore to work. Toronto Star: First Nations leaders say the pride two Saskatchewan courthouse staff felt on the National Day for...

NationTalk: (Unceded Algonquin Territory, Ottawa, Ontario) – Today, Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak and AFN New Brunswick Regional Chief Joanna Bernard have denounced the recent and past remarks made by New Brunswick Progressive-Conservative (PC) Candidate Sherry Wilson that support racist ideologies and disrespect the significance of the National Day for...

Mayor says removing statue was the right choice for ‘peace and good government’ CBC Indigenous: Three years after the City of Charlottetown removed its prominently displayed John A Macdonald sculpture, the mayor says there are no immediate plans for what to do with it — but the city is open to ideas. The statue of Canada’s...

Sherry Wilson faces calls to withdraw after saying lack of parent oversight made residential schools possible CBC News: A Progressive Conservative candidate for a seat in the New Brunswick Legislature is facing calls she withdraw from the campaign after she compared protections for 2SLGTBQ+ students to the systematic taking of Indigenous children from their parents...

Toronto Star: “Hubert O’Connor: Child Molester.” That’s how the Victoria Times Colonist headlined the obituary for Catholic bishop Hubert O’Connor. He worked at the St. Joseph’s Mission Residential School in Williams Lake, B.C., where he began a career as a serial rapist of young Indigenous girls. In 1996, he became the highest ranking Catholic official...

APTN News: Indigenous veterans in Ottawa say they were disgusted with what they saw on social media after someone hung a flag with a swastika on the National Aboriginal Veterans Monument earlier in the week. “I will be very clear, the Nazi flag is a symbol of hatred and when I saw that, I saw...