Southern Chiefs’ Organization Stands with First Nations: Clean Drinking Water is a Human Right, Federal Government Needs to Step Up
Press Release October 10, 2024 ANISHINAABE AND DAKOTA TERRITORY, MB — The Southern Chiefs’ Organization is profoundly disappointed at the Government of Canada’s stance in court when faced with the…
SCO Responds to Provincial Apology on Children’s Special Allowance
Press Release October 8, 2024 ANISHINAABE AND DAKOTA TERRITORY, MB —The Southern Chiefs’ Organization (SCO) welcomes an apology from Minister of Families, Nahanni Fontaine, for the province’s unconstitutional and discriminatory…
Responds to Government Apology for Wrongful Seizure of Children’s Special Allowance
Press Release October 8, 2024 Treaty One Territory, Manitoba – The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (AMC) First Nations Family Advocate Office (FNFAO) acknowledges the formal apology issued by Families Minister…
Newly Signed Settlement Agreement will Expand Service Eligibility for First Nations Children Living on Reserve
Press Release October 8, 2024 The Manitoba government has reached a settlement agreement with the Manitoba Human Rights Commission (MHRC) and the family of Alfred (Dewey) Pruden to mark the…
Statement from AMC Acting Grand Chief Betsy Kennedy on the Historic Human Rights Settlement
Press Release October 8, 2024 Treaty One Territory, Manitoba – On behalf of the AMC, I recognize the historic human rights settlement agreement signed on October 7, 2024, between the…
Manitoba Government Apologizes to Children in Care Denied Children’s Special Allowance
Press Release October 8, 2024 On behalf of the Manitoba government and the people of Manitoba, Families Minister Nahanni Fontaine made a formal statement of apology today in the Manitoba…
OHRC releases the Right to Read two-year anniversary update report
Press Release September 5, 2024 TORONTO – The Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) released a two-year update on the Right to Read Inquiry report (R2R/Inquiry report), in collaboration with Dyslexia Canada.…
Wet’suwet’en Chief Dsta’hyl declared first Amnesty International prisoner of conscience held in Canada
Press Release Amnesty International has made the unprecedented decision to designate Likhts’amisyu Clan Wing Chief Dsta’hyl of the Wet’suwet’en Nation as the first-ever designated Amnesty International prisoner of conscience in…
