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 July 4, 2024 indicated that 28 First Nations communities still had 30 long-term drinking water advisories. 145 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”
Environment
B.C.’s vital Indigenous-led auxiliary is expanding
Multi-agency search-and-rescue exercise in Heiltsuk territory on July 7. Photo submitted by the CN-CGA. Listen to article Canada’s National Observer: When the Nathan E. Stewart tugboat ran……
July 15, 2024
Environment
‘Every minute matters’: Experts with first-hand accounts at Victoria Gold mine disclose gravity of problems
The worst is yet to come, warn those working with Na-Cho Nyäk Dun Treated effluent from Eagle mine discharging into nearby Haggart Creek. (Yukon Government) CBC……
July 17, 2024
Environment
First Nations across Canada join Chiefs of Ontario in challenging carbon pricing inequities
NationTalk: Toronto, ON – First Nations from across Canada are standing with the Chiefs of Ontario, passing a resolution calling on the Government of Canada……
July 16, 2024
Environment
First Nation in B.C. issues new wildfire evacuation orders
More than a dozen new fires have started across the province in the last 24 hours The Shetland Creek wildfire near Spences Bridge, B.C., is pictured……
July 17, 2024
Treaties and Land Claims
Chronicling the Tŝilhqot’in Battles in War and the Courts
A book by a retired UBC professor and a Tŝilhqot’in Chief tells the story behind a landmark title case. UBC professor emeritus Lorraine Weir, left,……
July 17, 2024
Treaties and Land Claims
Legal Notice to Beneficiaries of the Robinson Huron Treaty
NationTalk: Atikameksheng Anishnawbek and Garden River First Nation have commenced a court application against the lawyers for the Robinson Huron Treaty Litigation Fund. The application……
July 12, 2024
Housing
Helping build more homes, faster in Paqtnkek Mi’kmaw Nation
NationTalk: To help tackle the housing crisis, we need to change how municipalities let housing get built in communities. By focusing on increasing density and……
July 12, 2024
Environment
Environment Ministers Discuss Priorities for Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience and Explore Carbon Management
NationTalk: Federal, provincial, and territorial environment ministers discussed climate change adaptation and resilience, and carbon management at the annual meeting of the Canadian Council of……
July 11, 2024
Environment
Boreal Conservation in Alberta Moves Forward Through Relationships and Reconciliation
NationTalk: SWAN RIVER, AB – Swan River First Nation (SRFN) and Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) are pleased to announce the signing of a Relationship and……
July 11, 2024
Environment
A First Nation’s geothermal project shows how fossil fuels can power the next seven generations
Tu Deh-Kah facility site owned by Fort Nelson First Nation, which was once an oil reserve before it was depleted. Photo submitted Listen to article Canada’s……
July 15, 2024