Indigenous peoples
Singh talks with Indigenous leaders at residential school unmarked gravesite
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is reiterating demands for more concrete action after meeting with Indigenous leaders at the site of a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C., that bears unmarked graves.
Tears of pride as Inuit watch Mary Simon become Canada's first Inuk GG
Sitting with her four-year-old daughter on her lap, Crystal Martin-Lepenskie had tears in her eyes as she watched Mary Simon become Canada's 30th Governor General.
First Nation reports more than 160 unmarked graves found at B.C. residential school site
Canadians need to make sure they don't become hardened to news about unmarked graves at residential schools after what's believed to be another discovery of undocumented remains at a Vancouver Island site, an expert and former judge says.
A new way to protect the Amazon — COVID-19 vaccines
How a team of physicians, nurses, and volunteers undertook a three-week journey to vaccinate land protectors in Brazil's rainforests.
Fires, graves and reflections on a new story for Canada
The colonial mindset that claimed a God-given right to steal children, land and resources was the same logic that built an economy based on limitless extraction and consumption, creating the climate catastrophe, writes Avi Lewis, NDP candidate for West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country.
RoseAnne Archibald becomes first woman to lead Assembly of First Nations
RoseAnne Archibald of the Taykwa Tagamou Nation in Ontario has become the first woman to serve as national chief of the Assembly of First Nations.
'I was beaten severely all over my body with a strap… The only reason he quit was that he was too exhausted to continue'
Canadians may think that reconciliation was born of altruism. That the government gifted reconciliation to survivors in an act of contrition. But that’s not true, writes columnist Karyn Pugliese, a.k.a. Pabàmàdiz.
AFN to choose new chief and honour children who perished in residential schools
First Nations chiefs and delegates will gather virtually this week to discuss their communities’ priorities and plans for moving forward — even as they also reflect on a past brought into harsher light with the recent discoveries of unmarked graves at former residential schools.
With the help of the Mounties, the priests piled the children into boats and floated away
For those willing to accept the truth about residential schools, Canada is not the country they thought they knew. But there is an opportunity to change it, writes columnist Karyn Pugliese, a.k.a. Pabàmàdiz.
A new day for Canada
Those who want Canadians to reflect on our shared past as it actually is, rather than some idealized or sanitized version, aren’t trying to “cancel” Canada Day, writes columnist Max Fawcett — they’re trying to infuse it with some actual meaning.
Trudeau says Canada Day should be time of reflection on reconciliation
Instead of fireworks and frothy drinks, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says this Canada Day should be a time of reflection, couching his view in the discovery this week of another unmarked grave site containing Indigenous children's remains.
Canada Day should not be cancelled, says O'Toole
Federal politicians are faced with the country's legacy of residential schools as July 1 approaches, with the Conservative leader railing against calls to cancel Canada Day, while Liberal ministers and the NDP leader say it should be a time of reflection.
Disturbing truths mark this year's Indigenous Peoples Day
As many settler Canadians gain greater awareness of the dark and disturbing truths about the country's mistreatment of Indigenous populations, political leaders struck conciliatory tones in recognizing National Indigenous People's Day on Monday, June 21, 2021.
Environmental racism bill one step closer to becoming law
A private member’s bill aiming to address environmental racism successfully passed through committee Monday and will be reported to the House of Commons this week.