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Call to Action Status as of Dec. 5, 2021 Not Started Stalled In Progress Complete 11 27 46 10 11.7% 28.7% 48.9% 10.6% Legacy Calls to Action (1 – 42) Reconciliation Calls to Action (43 – 94) Not Started 26, 34, 42, 51, 52, 64 45, 47, 55, 56, 89 Stalled 2, 3, 6, 8,

Oct. 5, 2021 – The Guardian – “The death of Joyce Echaquan was an “undeniable” example of systematic racism in the province, the Québec coroner Géhane Kamel told reporters… she believed Echaquan would probably be alive today if she were white, adding that “large sections of our society deny such a well-documented reality” that systemic

Calls to Action Status as of Oct. 4, 2021 Not Started Stalled In Progress Complete 11 25 49 9 11.7% 26.6% 52.1% 9.6% Status Change The following Calls to Action (C2A)have changed their status since the last update on Sept. 5, 2021. C2A Description Status Change Why? 58 Papal apology to survivors From STALLED to

If you’re wondering how you can honour the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, consider the following: APTN (The Aboriginal Peoples Television Network) – a full day of Indigenous programming National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation – live broadcast on CBC and APTN beginning at 8:00 PM local time First Nations Child and Family

A lot has happened since June 14, 2021, the last update from Indigenous Watchdog. So far this year, Indigenous Watchdog has documented 362 updates: 171 mostly positive actions by stakeholders across all 94 Calls to Action vs 160 “Current Problems” across those same Calls to Action. What does that mean? 60 of those “Current Problems”

On June 30, 2021 the Canadian Historical Association, “which represents 650 professional historians from across the country, including the main experts on the long history of violence and dispossession Indigenous peoples experienced in what is today Canada recognizes that this history fully warrants our use of the word genocide. The recent confirmation of hundreds of

Since the publication of the Truth and Reconciliation report 6 years ago, we have learned as a country that we need to learn the real history of Canada. Embracing this truth makes us stronger as a nation, unites Canadian society and teaches our kids that we must always do our best, especially when it’s hard. Her

On June 11, 2021, the federal government posted updates to their “Delivering on the Truth and Reconciliation Calls to Action” website as well as an update delivered on June 7, 2021 using the phrase “Date modified”. The problem: Not a single word has changed from the last revision to the site on Sept. 5, 2019!

“Seventy-six of the Report’s 94 Calls to Action fall under the sole or shared responsibility of the Government of Canada.  At this time, working together with provincial/territorial governments and other key partners, eighty percent of these are completed or well underway”. The Honourable Carolyn Bennett, Minister Crown-Indigenous Relations, Dec. 15, 2020 Federal Government = 80% Truth