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Media advisory: Minister Duclos in Gatineau to announce commitment to reduce homelessness
The Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development and Minister Responsible for Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), and the Honourable Seamus O’Regan, Minister of Indigenous Services, will announce measures taken by the Government of Canada to ensure that Indigenous peoples living across the country will have safe and affordable housing. A […]
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Minister Garneau announces appointments in the transportation sector
February 19, 2019 Ottawa, Ontario Transport Canada The Honourable Marc Garneau, Minister of Transport, today announced the following appointments in the transportation sector: The Federal Bridge Corporation Limited: Ms. Natalie Kinloch (appointed as Chief Executive Officer, term of five years); She is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CA), and has occupied the position of Chief […]
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Dawson College – Love in Action: student-led events to honour murdered and missing Indigenous women
Thursday, February 14 was Valentine’s Day, a day set aside to celebrate love. A group of Dawson students opted to take the opportunity to raise awareness and honour the murdered and missing Indigineous women, girls and two-spirit people. The Centre for Gender Advocacy at Dawson, associating itself with a Canada-wide call to action to cast […]
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Editorial: Canada Shouldn’t Get to Decide How Indigenous Women Identify – The Link
February 19, 2019 This weekend, several demonstrations organized by Indigenous communities took place in Montreal to highlight the continued disparity between the ideals of reconciliation set up by the Canadian government and the realities these communities face. One of these demonstrations, the March for Equality, specifically called out the Canadian government’s discrimination towards Indigenous women […]
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QNW organizes Public Forum Sha’tetiónkwate to expose the effects of discrimination in the Indian Act
Kahnawake, February 15th, 2019 – Quebec Native Women was founded in 1974 to fight discrimination against Indigenous women in the Indian Act. 45 years later, despite repeated changes to the Indian Act over the years, this discrimination persists. Last month, the UN Human Rights Committee concluded that the Indian Act of Canada violates Indigenous women’s right to equality […]
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Arianne Phosphate Appoints Mr. Jean Fontaine To Its Board of Directors and Provides Corporate Update
SAGUENAY, QUEBEC – (February 19, 2019) – Arianne Phosphate (the “Company” or “Arianne”) (TSX VENTURE: DAN; OTC: DRRSF; FRANKFURT: JE9N), a development-stage phosphate mining company, advancing the Lac à Paul project in Quebec’s Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Jean Fontaine to the Company’s Board of Directors. Mr. Fontaine is the […]
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Kent Monkman’s latest exhibit inspires resilience – McGill Tribune
February 19, 2019 Canadian artist Kent Monkman’s solo exhibition, Shame and Prejudice: a Story of Resilience, on display at the McCord Museum until May 5, offers a selection of the artist’s re-appropriated paintings and sculptural works focusing on indigenous experience, including well known pieces such as The Scream. Monkman is one of Canada’s prevailing contemporary artists […]
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Boralex: Dividend Declaration
Montréal, Québec, February 15, 2019 – The Board of Directors of Boralex Inc. (TSX: BLX) (“Boralex” or the “Corporation”) has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.165 per common share. This dividend will be paid on March 15, 2019 to shareholders of record at the close of business on February 28, 2019. Boralex has designated this […]
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Indigenous Women Say Canada’s Legislative is Discriminatory – The Link
February 18, 2019 When Mary Hannaburg’s mother married a non-Indigenous man, she lost her Indigenous status, her voice, and her land. This was due to laws imposed oh her by the Indian Act—enacted in 1876. “This discrimination of the Indian Act has to cease, to stop impacting women in their communities, in every aspect of […]
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AFNQL Media Advisory: Important Announcement Regarding the Indigenous Music Industry and ADISQ
Wendake, February 18, 2019 – The Chief of the Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador (AFNQL), Ghislain Picard, will make an important announcement regarding the Indigenous music industry and the Association québécoise de l’industrie du disque, du spectacle et de la vidéo (ADISQ). This announcement will take place at the symposium “The Network and its Challenges” […]
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