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…
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…
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,…
TROIS-RIVIERES — Joyce Echaquan’s family said Tuesday it would launch legal action against the hospital where she died, hours after a Quebec coroner said a…
By Shauna MacKinnon, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Urban and Inner-City Studies, University of Winnipeg and Kathy Mallett, Indigenous activist and community research partner…
TORONTO — Ontario health units are developing plans for the vaccination of children aged five to 11 once COVID-19 shots are approved for them. Toronto…
By Lisa Howell, PhD Candidate, part-time professor, Faculty of Education, L’Universite d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa; Kiera Brant-Birioukov, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education, York University, Canada, and…
By Lisa Korteweg, Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, Lakehead University; Pauline Tennent, Manager, Centre for Human Rights Research, University of Manitoba, and Tesa Fiddler, Indigenous…
VANCOUVER — Colette Trudeau learned the truth about her family’s heritage at age eight, and that’s when she began to understand that pretending to be…
A leader in Canada’s national assembly of Catholic bishops says he hopes an apology for the harms endured at residential schools could mark a turning…
OTTAWA — The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops is pledging to fundraise $30 million for projects to help residential school survivors heal from their trauma.…
ALBUQUERQUE — Albuquerque city officials plan to use ground-penetrating radar as they research the history of a site where dozens of Native American boarding school…
As the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation approaches, Alana Hogstead has decided as a small-business owner to close up her shop in honour…
OTTAWA — Catholic bishops in Canada are apologizing “unequivocally” to Indigenous Peoples for the suffering endured in residential schools, just as Pope Francis prepares to…
For the past six years, Geraldine Shingoose has been sharing her truths as a residential school survivor — or warrior as she prefers to be…