Ignore debaters and denialists, Canada’s treatment of Indigenous Peoples fits the definition of genocide

By Sean Carleton, Assistant Professor, Departments of History and Indigenous Studies, University of Manitoba and Andrew Woolford, Professor, Sociology & Criminology, University of Manitoba  …

Ontario university sports are overwhelmingly white, report finds

University athletics in Ontario are overwhelmingly white, from student athletes to coaches to administrators, according to a new report that found rampant systemic racism in…

Supreme Court orders new trial in shooting death of Indigenous man

OTTAWA — An Ontario homeowner who was acquitted after shooting and killing an Indigenous man in 2016 is headed back to trial, the Supreme Court…

Labrador group says Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami can’t ‘unilaterally’ decide who is Inuit

HAPPY VALLEY-GOOSE BAY, N.L. — Labrador’s NunatuKavut Community Council is pushing back against the group representing Inuit in Canada after its president asked Ottawa to…

N.B. chiefs call on commissioner to denounce gag order on land acknowledgments

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick’s six Wolastoqey chiefs called on the province’s new commissioner on systemic racism on Monday to take a stand against the provincial…

City of Vernon transfers copyright to legendary Ogopogo to B.C. Indigenous nations

VERNON, B.C. — The legal rights to the legendary creature in a British Columbia lake have been transferred to an alliance of Indigenous nations who…

Tk’emlups leaders’ open letter set steps for PM to prove commitment to reconciliation

KAMLOOPS, B.C. — Senior members of a British Columbia First Nation have issued an open letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that offers seven immediate…

Biden is first president to mark Indigenous Peoples’ Day

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Friday issued the first-ever presidential proclamation of Indigenous Peoples’ Day, lending the most significant boost yet to efforts to…

Pre Hispanic woman sculpture replaces Columbus in Mexico

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A replica of a mysterious pre-Hispanic sculpture of an Indigenous woman was chosen Tuesday to replace a statue of Christopher Columbus…

Chief of Joyce Echaquan’s community says trust in Quebec health care system returning

JOLIETTE, Que. — Members of an Atikamekw community northeast of Montreal are slowly regaining their trust in Quebec’s health-care system, a year after Joyce Echaquan…

Truth and Reconciliation marked across southern Ontario

Indigenous people and allies came out in large numbers to mark the first-ever national Truth and Reconciliation at various events across Southern Ontario last week.…

‘Reconciliation demands honesty and transparency,’ says chief of B.C.

KAMLOOPS, BC — Indigenous people have had enough apologies and want action from the Catholic Church and federal government, says the chief of the Tk’emlups…

No need for federal involvement in Alberta coal mine review, First Nations say

CALGARY — Two Alberta First Nations say they’re not convinced the federal government needs to be part of an environmental review for a large thermal…

‘Put down your sword’: Federal Court dismisses feds’ Indigenous child welfare appeals

OTTAWA — A prominent child-welfare advocate wants Canadians to ask their MPs to urge Ottawa to cease its court battles around services and compensation for…

Systemic racism that led to death of Joyce Echaquan ‘well documented’: Quebec coroner

TROIS-RIVIERES — The existence of systemic racism in the way Joyce Echaquan was treated in a Quebec hospital is undeniable, coroner Gehane Kamel said Tuesday,…