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Missing Indigenous children: a second report since the Law’s enacting
QUÉBEC, April 20, 2023 – Today at the National Assembly, the Minister responsible for Relations with First Nations and the Inuit, Mr. Ian Lafrenière, tabled the second annual report on the application of the Act to authorize the communication of personal information to the families of Indigenous children who went missing or died after being […]
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Federal Support for Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) Efforts at Sites of Former Fort George Residential Schools
July 20, 2022 – A total of $225,655 from Crown- Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC) will fund ground search efforts at the sites of residential schools in Fort George, Eeyou Istchee, Minister Marc Miller announced today on behalf of the Government of Canada, alongside Chief Daisy House from the Cree Nation of Chisasibi […]
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Nunavik Takes Important Step Towards Self-Determination in Research Governance
Kuujjuaq, July 05, 2022 – With the official support of organizations involved in research in Nunavik and the Nunavik Marine Region, Nunavik officially entered the establishment phase for its new research approval and oversight organization. This entity will respond to the critical need of Nunavik communities and organizations to play a more meaningful role in […]
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Ambitious project at the crossroads of Indigenous and scientific knowledge receives $2.5M from SSHRC
Jun 28, 2022 A partnership spearheaded by the INRS will support the acquisition, transmission, and mobilization of indigenous knowledge. MONTREAL, June 28, 2022 – A team led by Professor Carole Lévesque of the Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) has been awarded a major $2.5 million grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research […]
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Support to the Cree Nation of Chisasibi as efforts to uncover truths on Fort George Island residential schools begins
A year after the grim truth of 215 Indigenous children buried in unmarked graves in Kamloops, BC was uncovered for all to witness, many communities across the country have been reeling from this news. Although this was a known fact exposed by many former residential students, as well as families of those who never returned, […]
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Cree of Chisasibi to search for graves at residential school sites in northern Quebec – CityNews
MONTREAL — The Cree Nation of Chisasibi said Tuesday it will search for unmarked graves at the sites of five residential schools that operated on Fort George Island, in northern Quebec. The nation said it decided to “seek its lost children” with the use of ground-penetrating radar after extensive consultation with the community, including elders […]
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Nunavik Sentinels preparing for insect research season – Nunatsiaq News
Apr 29, 2022 Participation of locally employed researchers helps understand northern biodiversity, program co-ordinator says Discovering insects in places where they don’t usually live is what has the Nunavik Sentinels eager to return to northern Quebec, program co-ordinator Amélie Grégoire Taillefer says. On previous trips, researchers discovered a population of butterflies known as chequered skippers […]
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Parks Canada returns to the Franklin Expedition sites after a two-year postponement
From: Parks Canada Research plans include mapping and assessing the current site conditions of the HMS Erebus and HMS Terror wrecks April 28, 2022 Gatineau, Quebec Parks Canada Agency The discovery of the Franklin Expedition wrecks tells a compelling story about the past. Research and conservation work […]
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Quebec Project Removes Barriers to Health Care for Racialized and Migrant Populations Who Are LGBTQI+
Montreal, Quebec, April 12, 2022 – Université de Montréal and the Centre de Recherche en Santé Publique (CReSP), supported by MAP and Staples Canada/Bureau en Gros through their Even the Odds initiative, is launching a research project to study an innovative health clinic specifically designed to meet the needs of racialized and migrant communities who […]
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Federal government announces 17 Canada Research Chairs for McGill
$295 million science investment includes McGill’s cohort of nine new and eight renewed Canada Research Chairs Plastics, textiles, and electronics have revolutionized our modern world, but their massive production has led to the accumulation of non-biodegradable and toxic wastes. This is a problem McGill researcher Noémie-Manuelle Dorval Courchesne hopes to have a hand in solving. […]
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