Actions and Commitments: Call to Action # 21

Exploring Stakeholder: "Government of Canada"

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March 12, 2024


Ottawa invests $13M in Indigenous health centre set for east Hamilton

Health services within the new Biindigen Well-Being Centre will have ‘profound impact,’ says DAHC board chair CBC Indigenous: Federal funding announcements aren’t always as emotional as the one Monday morning in Hamilton’s east end. People teared up, hugged and expressed their appreciation for one another’s work on a long-term Indigenous health and housing project.  “To see a...

August 14, 2023


Tundra Turning Celebrates Historic $83.7M Investment to Build Aqqusariaq (formerly the Nunavut Recovery Centre) in Iqaluit

NationTalk: Iqaluit, Nunavut – Colonial trauma is deep-rooted and complex, affecting many generations. By bringing treatment closer to home with a centre that is founded on Inuit traditions and practices, healing can begin amongst community, families, friends and loved ones. Today, Vice President of Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated (NTI), Paul Irngaut, Minister of Indigenous Services Patty...

June 19, 2023


New lodge in Gagetown to offer land-based healing for Indigenous women

Wabanaki Resilency Lodge expected to open by August, will have 10 beds  CBC News: A new lodge “for Indigenous women, by Indigenous women,” plans to offer traditional, land-based healing in Gagetown, around 60 kilometres southeast of Fredericton. Lynne Groulx, executive director of the Native Women’s Association of Canada, the group behind the lodge, said the concept was developed...

March 23, 2023


Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc to receive $12.5M in funding for new healing centre

Architect already chosen to consult with community and lead design, nation says WARNING: This story contains distressing details. CBC News: The Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation will receive $12.5 million in federal funding toward the construction of a new healing centre for the community, nearly two years after suspected grave sites were discovered at a former residential...

February 15, 2023


Nunavut Recovery Centre expected to be completed 2025

Nunavut News: The Nunavut Recovery Centre, to be built in Iqaluit is expected to be completed in two years, by Jan. 2025, and expects to have occupancy by the following spring, according to Nunavut’s department of health. The federal government announced funding for the Nunavut Recovery Centre in August 2021, with construction expected to start...

February 15, 2023


Canada invests in a new men’s shelter and wellness centre in Pond Inlet

NationTalk: Hamlet of Pond Inlet, Nunavut — Today, the Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Infrastructure and Communities, and David Stockley, Chief Administrative Officer, Hamlet of Pond Inlet, announced more than $2 million in federal funding towards a new men’s shelter and a wellness centre for the community. These facilities will be housed in two existing...

December 13, 2022


Canada and the Witset First Nation partner to launch the Witset Youth Healing Lodge Project

Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada: Today, Chief Barry Nikal from the Witset First Nation and the Honourable Marc Miller, Minister of Crown−Indigenous Relations, announced the launch of the Witset Youth Healing Lodge Project. The Government of Canada will provide $3,826,659 through the Cultural Spaces in Indigenous Communities Program (CSICP) towards this project. The Witset...

November 28, 2022


Trudeau commits $62.5M to Indigenous safety, healing projects in James Smith Cree Nation

Global News: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government will invest over $20 million toward Indigenous-led community safety projects in First Nations across the country, while promising continued work toward making Indigenous policing an essential service in Canada. The money is part of $62.5 million in federal funding Trudeau announced Monday while visiting James Smith Cree Nation in Saskatchewan,...

2010


Aboriginal Healing Foundation

In the 2010 Federal Budget under Stephen Harper, the government decided not to renew funding for the Aboriginal Healing Foundation. The organization had to terminate partnership with over 120 community services that aid large populations of Aboriginal peoples who have suffered through traumas from the Indian Residential School System. The Aboriginal Healing Foundation (AHF) was...

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