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There Are No More Second Chances – The McGill International Review
Oct 20, 2019 On October 21, the Canadian people will vote in the federal elections to decide on who will represent them in parliament for the next four years. The campaign trail has been full of promises of economic growth, affordable housing, “innovative” climate change combatants, and comprehensive healthcare reform, with each of the different […]
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Man starts hunger strike in Kanesatake over 301-year-old land dispute – CBC
Community’s traditional governing body has called for a moratorium on land development Oct 18, 2019 A First Nations man in Quebec is on the eighth day of a hunger strike to raise awareness of a 301-year-old unresolved land dispute in Kanesatake. Al Harrington, an Ojibway man from Shoal Lake 39 at the Ontario/Manitoba border who […]
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Indigenous women say they’re still afraid of the Sûreté du Québec – CTV News
October 17, 2019 MONTREAL — Four years after the allegations of abuse in Val-d’Or, some Indigenous women say they’re still afraid to leave their homes for fear of running into police officers from the Sûreté du Québec (SQ). Édith Cloutier, executive director of the Val-d’Or Native Friendship Centre, spoke of the women’s fear Thursday as […]
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Indigenous leaders meet key Quebec government officials in wake of Viens report – CBC
Province has promised to follow through on recommendations laid out in landmark report into public services Oct 17, 2019 Indigenous leaders will gather today in a hotel conference room in Quebec City, to meet Quebec government representatives. The goal of that meeting is to ensure Premier François Legault follows through on his pledge to act […]
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Advanced voting in Nunavik nearly complete – Nunatsiaq News
11 October, 2019 Weather delays have kept Elections Canada staff from completing their advanced voting tour in Nunavik by a few days, but it should wrap up this weekend. With clearer skies, advanced voting is planned for Salluit and Ivujivik on Oct. 10, followed by Umiujaq and Kuujjuaraapik in the next two days as long […]
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Elections Canada promising more polls, ballots on First Nations – APTN News
October 11, 2019 Elections Canada says it will have polls on 365 First Nations for an increase of 23 per cent over the 2015 campaign. It will also distribute more ballots for the Oct. 21 general election. “In the last election in 2015 there was a big spike in turnout in reserves and that contributed […]
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I’m angry’: Cree man can’t use trapline, blames debris prospectors left behind – CBC
‘It doesn’t feel right to hunt,’ says John Rupert who hasn’t harvested on his trapline since 2006 Oct 10, 2019 John Rupert hasn’t fished or harvested animals on his trapline near the Cree community of Whapmagoostui since 2006 — the year prospectors set up camp. When those prospectors packed up two years later, they left […]
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Concordia PhD candidate produces a graphic novel on Indigenous education in Quebec – Concordia U News
Emanuelle Dufour’s doctoral research-creation project explores First Nations and Quebec realities through multiple perspectives October 10, 2019 In 2016, PhD student Emanuelle Dufour completed the first chapter of a research-creation project, “J’ai une histoire à raconter: Les mémoires graphiques, outils de subjectivation et de rencontre.” The project was an illustrated graphic novel about the history […]
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Indigenous women in Montreal subjected to random police checks because of ‘systemic bias’: report – APTN News
October 8, 2019 A damning report out of Montreal has revealed that Indigenous women are subject to random police checks at a rate expotentially higher than other minority groups in the city. The report released Monday found evidence that Montreal police show “systemic bias” in conducting street checks with people from certain racialized groups and […]
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Opinion: Scheer comment on Indigenous genocide is harmful – The Charlatan
Earlier this year, Conservative Party leader Andrew Scheer rejected the use of the term ‘genocide’ to describe the violence directed at Indigenous women and girls in Canada. Every life lost is a tragedy, but the ramifications of the word genocide were too profound to be used in this context, said Scheer. The UN defines genocide […]
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