Exploring Stakeholder: "Government of Québec"

Language barrier, lack of culturally appropriate services kept people from accessing provincial help CBC Indigenous: Ionkwatahónhsate means “we are all listening” in Kanien’kéha, or the Mohawk language, and is at the heart of a new service in Kahnawà:ke to help victims of crime. The Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) community south of Montreal recently launched Ionkwatahónhsate Victims Services to provide culturally appropriate...

‘It’s culturally adapted to the First Nation,’ said Huron-Wendat grand chief CBC Indigenous: Quebec’s Crimes Victims Assistance Centre (CAVAC) has unveiled a new guide for its workers to offer culturally safe services to Indigenous victims as they navigate the justice system. The tool, developed in partnership with First Nations and Inuit people in Quebec, is...

As part of the government’s response to the Viens Commission, the MMIWG Inquiry and the Report on Racism, funding for hiring additional Indigenous workers responsible for providing crime victims assistance services ($7.7 million): These workers will be deployed in the Crime Victims Assistance Centres (CAVAC) network and in Indigenous organizations that have established victim assistance...