A New Democrat member of Parliament said on Tuesday, August 2, 2022, she hopes all of her colleagues will recognize the residential schools system as genocide, now that Pope Francis has used the term.
The federal government must ensure $2.2 billion earmarked to address violence against Indigenous women and girls goes to organizations in remote areas, not just major cities, witnesses told the Standing Committee on the Status of Women on Friday.
Canada's new minister of Indigenous services says she's considering what the new timeline should be to lift remaining long-term drinking-water advisories on First Nations.
Canada’s National Observer spoke with Lorelei Williams, an advocate for missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls (MMIWG) and their families, ahead of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
It's our responsibility to make sure teachers are equipped to teach the truth and acknowledge the important role schools play in reconciliation, write Linda Isaac and John Estabillo.