Exploring Theme: "Systemic Racism"

Some progress has been made, but community leaders say inequity remains NationTalk: Black and Indigenous Nova Scotians still face lower employment rates compared to the rest of the population  —  10 years after a sweeping report on the province’s economy recommended change. A decade ago, the Ivany Commission made 19 recommendations to improve the economic...

Amid national teacher shortages, Indigenous communities are struggling enormously to recruit and retain teachers. The Toronto Star: Students start school this week in Eabametoong First Nation, a community 360 km northeast of Thunder Bay, where seven teaching positions remain unfilled; this includes two all-important kindergarten teachers for students who are starting school for the very...

Canadians need to agree on the hard fact of modern life that education is a prerequisite for economic success  NationTalk: Financial Post – From 2017 through 2021, 1.45 non-Indigenous Canadians in 100,000 died from homicide. Among Indigenous Canadians the rate was six times that: 8.88 in 100,000. That average masks a stark regional difference, however....