Exploring Theme: "Thunder Bay Inquest"

Feb. 15, 2022: CBC – A lawyer representing three of the nine First Nations families involved in the Broken Trust reinvestigations has serious concerns about the process just as it begins to wrap up, with Ontario’s chief coroner saying a final report is expected “within weeks.” While the reinvestigations were supposed to put families first, said Aboriginal Legal...

Aboriginal Legal Services Progress Report on the Recommendations of the First Nations Youth Inquest: 2017 – 2020 Agency 2017 Score 2018 Score 2019 Score 2020 Score 2021 Score Government of Canada D C+ B+ C+ B- Province of Ontario C+ B- B+ B- B- City of Thunder Bay C+ A- A B A- Nishnawbe Aski...

First Nations Youth Inquest Over-all Score Year Complete In Progress Nothing Done 2017 15% (22) 61% (88) 24% (35) 2018 49% (71) 44% (64) 7% (10) 2019 57% (82) 36% (52) 7% (10) 2020 61% (88) 33% (48) 6% (9) 2021 64% (93) 31% (45) 5% (7)...

For complete details on how each of the stakeholders have scored on the Report Card, see the attached link: Government Of Canada Province of Ontario City of Thunder Bay Nishnawbe Aski Nation Matawa Learning Centre Northern Nishnawbe Ed. Council & Dennis Fraanklin FNHS Keewaytinook Okimakanak https://aboriginallegal.ca/resources/first-nations-youth-inquest...

Office of the Independent Police Review Director The OIPRD is an independent arm’s length agency of the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General. The OIPRD receives, manages and oversees public complaints about Ontario’s municipal, regional and provincial police. The Police Services Act gives the Independent Police Review Director the power to conduct systemic reviews. The...

Office of the Independent Police Review Director Indigenous leaders and community members told me that TBPS investigations of Indigenous deaths and other interactions with police devalued Indigenous lives, reflected differential treatment and were based on racist attitudes and stereotypical preconceptions about Indigenous people. On November 3, 2016, I initiated this systemic review to investigate and...

The Thunder Bay Police Services Investigation Final Report The OCPC investigation was conducted in response to concerns raised by First Nations leaders from Nishnawbe Aski Nation, Grand Council Treaty 3 and the Rainy River First Nation regarding the Thunder Bay Police Services Board’s oversight of police services following a series of deaths and race-based violence...