Exploring Stakeholder: "Government of Ontario"

What began with optimism and enthusiasm has curdled into exploitation BY MICHELLE CYCAILLUSTRATION BY MARIAH MEAWASIGE / MAKOOSE NationTalk: the Walrus – IN FEBRUARY 2022, a twenty-one-year-old Ojibwe and Métis woman named Christine Paquette was job-hunting online. She clicked on a posting for an entry-level position in customer service at CIBC. The call for applications, which was...

62.4% HAVE EXPERIENCED BIAS WHEN APPLYING FOR JOBS NationTalk: TORONTO – ComIT.org, a registered charity that believes the democratization of education and opportunity is Canada’s best path forward, recently uncovered several startling statistics in a survey to 500 Canadians who identify as Indigenous Canadians. ComIT.org created the survey to take a pulse check of current...

NationTalk: RBC Proof Point Stubborn employment gap between Indigenous & non-Indigenous population persists Unemployment rate, %, prime age population; off-reserve Source: Statistics Canada, RBC Economics Canada’s Indigenous populations grapple with a huge infrastructure gap It is well-known that Canada is one of the most educated countries in the world, with the second highest share of...

Toronto Star: Businesses aren’t exempt from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s calls to address the ongoing, centuries-long oppression of Indigenous Peoples in Canada. The 94 calls to action cover everything from the constant removal of Indigenous children to non-Indigenous households, medical racism and the multi-generational damage done to survivors of the Canadian government’s genocidal residential...

CBC News: About two dozen Lakehead University students in Thunder Bay, Ont. protested outside the Royal Bank campus branch Thursday afternoon — but their concerns had nothing to do with banking fees. Instead, they were calling out the institution for being the country’s biggest funder of the fossil fuel industry, according to a global report called Banking on...

Changes to Mining Act aim to boost production of critical minerals, essential for EV batteries CBC News: Premier Doug Ford’s government will propose on Thursday changes to the laws governing approval of mining projects to boost Ontario’s production of minerals essential to electric vehicle batteries and other technologies, CBC News has learned.  The changes would speed up...

Canadian Press: Pressure sales tactics. Ill-fitted suggestions. Misleading information. Visible minority and Indigenous customers at Canada’s big banks more often received inappropriate treatment from sales staff, part of a wider trend of “concerning” interactions between those institutions and shoppers, a federal consumer watchdog has found. In a mystery shopping review conducted in 2019 by the...

Canadian Association of Aboriginal Business (CCAB) – Released the findings of its latest report, “Promise and Prosperity: The 2020 Ontario Aboriginal Business Survey” provide a longitudinal analysis of Indigenous business successes and challenges, while diving deeper into a crucial topic in today’s economy – improving access and participation for Indigenous businesses within government supply chains…only...