Additional Themes from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission Calls to Action are comprehensive and detailed, focused as they are on what needs to be done to resolve long-standing issues negatively impacting Indigenous lives. Within the Calls to Action are specific areas that are mentioned in various contexts but that need more in-depth coverage.
Select each of the following to find details information of each of the various themes: Current Reality, Background information
Drinking Water Advisories
Current Reality The previous update on Dec. 20, 2023 indicated that 27 First Nations communities still had 29 long-term drinking water advisories. 143 had been……
Read MoreEnvironment
Current Reality From the devastating impacts of climate change to the devastation caused by rapacious resource extraction projects on Indigenous territory, the environment suffers the……
Read MoreFood Insecurity
Current Reality Food insecurity has reached crisis levels in all four Inuit regions. In one Inuit region, 70% of Inuit adults were found to be……
Read MoreHousing
Current Reality April 16, 2024: Budget 2024 invests $918M over 5 years to accelerate work in narrowing First Nations, Inuit, and Métis housing and infrastructure……
Read MoreSuicide Prevention
Current Reality “Canada is one of the few developed countries that does not have a national suicide prevention strategy.” Resilience in Life. Executive Summary. January……
Read MoreTreaties and Land Claims
Current Reality As the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples affirms in Article 28: Indigenous peoples have the right to redress, by……
Read MoreUrban Commitments to Reconciliation
Current Reality The 2021 census counted 1.8 million Indigenous people in Canada or 5.0% of the total population. About half (44%) of the Indigenous population—representing 801,045 First Nations people, Métis……
Read MoreFeatured Updates from “Other Issues”
Treaties and Land Claims
Sask. chief files class-action lawsuit over $5 annuity payments signed 150 years ago
The suit alleges Ottawa has not kept its end of the bargain over annuity payments after signing Treaty 4 A teepee is seen on Parliament……
February 11, 2024
Treaties and Land Claims
When First Nations push back against mining
Chief Chris Moonias of Neskantaga First Nation speaks during a rally raising concerns about mining in the Ring of Fire region in northern Ontario. Photo……
February 13, 2024
Treaties and Land Claims
Judge rules in favour of big timber companies in Aboriginal title claim
First Peoples Law Report: The Penticton Herald – The owners of New Brunswick’s big timber companies are likely breathing a sigh of relief after a……
February 8, 2024
Drinking Water Advisories
Piapot First Nation demands MP apologize, retract ‘baseless’ water plant burning remark
MP Kevin Waugh’s claim ‘misleading, grossly disrespectful and entirely unfounded,’ says Piapot leadership Conservative MP Kevin Waugh rises during question period in the House of……
February 12, 2024
Food Insecurity
Charity in Iqaluit has big plans to fight food insecurity in the city
https://player.vimeo.com/video/912414144?badge=0&autopause=0&player_id=0&app_id=58479 APTN News: The Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre in Iqaluit looking to increase access to country food by establishing a processing centre and store. This will be……
February 13, 2024
Environment
First Nations urge Environment Minister not to green light Chalk River nuclear waste dump
People participate in a rally against the Near Surface Disposal Facility (NSDF) project at the Canadian Nuclear Laboratories Chalk River site, on Parliament Hill in……
February 14, 2024
Housing
Federal housing advocate says Indigenous people grossly overrepresented in Canada’s homeless population
https://player.vimeo.com/video/913527795?badge=0&autopause=0&player_id=0&app_id=58479 APTN News: Canada’s housing advocate says a staggering number of Indigenous people are part of the country’s growing homeless population. “Manitoba reported that in……
February 15, 2024
Housing
Alberta investing $4M to redevelop Indigenous-led homeless shelter in Lethbridge
The provincial government, City of Lethbridge, and Blood Tribe Department of Health announced plans to redevelop and expand the homeless shelter in Lethbridge APTN News:……
February 16, 2024
Housing
Recovering from years of federal intervention, Kehewin First Nation rebuilds
The Accounting for Colonialism journalism consortium found that First Nations under imposed financial intervention were more likely to experience problems with crowded housing as compared……
February 14, 2024
Environment
PM dismisses Algonquin concerns over Chalk River nuclear waste dump
Trudeau touts nuclear safety commission’s expertise as Bloc leader allies with First Nations Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg Chief Dylan Whiteduck participates in a rally against the……
February 14, 2024