Indigenous peoples

Canada's first Indigenous Governor General, within months of being appointed to the role, requested government officials outline what departments were doing to allow First Nations to move away from the Indian Act.

"I think that the excellence of our justice system, whether it be criminal or civil, will depend on more use of the technology," said Chief Justice Richard Wagner, specifically citing technology that permits the virtual hearings

The international watchdog is taking Canada to task in a new report over what it says are serious domestic and foreign policy challenges on human rights.

Now he's heading into the first full year of his third mandate faced with what public health experts fear will be the worst wave yet of the pandemic, fuelled by the highly contagious Omicron variant.

The federal government introduced a bill in the House of Commons on Tuesday, December 7, 2021, that would repeal mandatory minimum penalties for drug offences and some gun-related crimes.

The environment minister says the delay is necessary to allow Indigenous Peoples, provinces and other interested parties to weigh in on what the plan should contain.

There’s a fine line between having a seat at the table and being a lap dog, writes Julian NoiseCat.

The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops says 25 to 30 Indigenous people are to meet with Pope Francis at the Vatican in December.

The provincial government announced Tuesday that an independent panel of scientific experts has mapped priority areas and it's asking First Nations to decide within 30 days whether they support the deferrals or require further discussion.

Former prime minister Jean Chrétien says the abuse of Indigenous children that took place in Canadian residential schools while he was minister of Indian affairs was never brought to his attention at the time.

A new course intended to replace Quebec's polarizing, long-standing ethics and religious culture curriculum will teach students how to be proud members of Quebec society, the province's Education Minister said on Sunday, October 24, 2021.

Rachael Cadman’s PhD studies involve supporting the Torngat Wildlife, Plants, & Fisheries Secretariat and other partners to map out and help implement an Inuit community vision of the future of fisheries in Nunatsiavut, a self-governing Inuit region in northern Labrador. 

A new report examining the health impacts of climate change prompts warnings from doctors that we need to do more to adapt to the reality of a warmer planet.

British Columbia's forests minister has introduced a bill to amend the Forest and Range Practices Act, saying it would "reshape" forest management in the province.

Public pressure and lessons learned from Indigenous peoples and the pandemic are keys to tackling the climate emergency, says Severn Cullis-Suzuki, the David Suzuki Foundation’s new executive director.