Tag Archives: indigenous people
Truth, reconciliation, and the government’s assimilationist ethic
By H. Grant Timms Though the release of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s report dominated the news the week of its release, typical of today’s 24 hour (or less) cycle, the talk it generated has all but ceased in the
Harper ignores TRC report in National Aboriginal Day message, NDP promises action
Prime Minister Stephen Harper failed to mention the recently released Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s report in his message marking National Aboriginal Day today, while the opposition New Democratic Party acknowledged the document and vowed to work towards reconciliation. “Our Government
It is not safe to be an indigenous woman or girl in Canada right now
By Leah Gazan Member of Wood Mountain Lakota Nation, and Faculty of Education, University of Winnipeg It has been 44 years since the brutal murder of Helen Betty Osborne, in which the Aboriginal Justice Implementation Commission concluded that racism, sexism,
Bill C-51 seeks to criminalize indigenous activism
By Niki Ashton, MP for Churchill, MB (NDP) As we know, indigenous peoples—first nations, Métis, Inuit, or indigenous peoples in general—have often been at the forefront in fighting for what is important to them and, in many ways, what is