Ontario Strengthening Child Welfare, Improving Outcomes for Youth
Press Release Province Increasing Accountability and Child-Centred Care December 8, 2016 Ontario is working to help children and youth across the province reach their full potential by introducing legislation to…
Statements from Attawapiskat First Nation, NAN on Environmental Lawsuit
Press Release December 7, 2016 GATINEAU, QC: Attawapiskat First Nation Chief Ignace Gull and Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler have issued the following statements following legal action…
Religious freedom must include protection for Indigenous peoples’ sacred sites: Case before the Supreme Court of Canada could mark important turning point in Canadian law
Press Release December 01, 2016 A case before the Supreme Court today provides a crucial opportunity to bring Canadian law into line with international human rights standards and global precedents…
Supreme Court Hears First Indigenous Religious Freedom Claim Tomorrow
Press Release November 30, 2016 OTTAWA, ON – For the first time, the Supreme Court of Canada is set to determine the merits of an Indigenous religious freedom claim under…
Ktunaxa Nation Heads to Supreme Court of Canada
Press Release November 29, 2016 Cranbrook/ʔa·kisk ̓aqǂiʔit – The Ktunaxa Nation is heading to the highest court in Canada in its ongoing efforts to reaffirm the right of Aboriginal Canadians…
Advocate for Children and Youth Releases Investigative Report: A Stolen Life
Press Release November 30, 2016 Good Morning: I will be giving a prepared statement, after which I will be happy to take questions; however, at this time, it is important…
Qikiqtani Inuit Association supports Clyde River at seismic testing appeal
Press Release (November 30, 2016 – Iqaluit, Nu) – The Qikiqtani Inuit Association president P.J. Akeeagok, representing Inuit in the Qikiqtani region (Baffin region), is in Ottawa today at the…
Supreme Court to hear historic Indigenous rights case tomorrow
Press Release November 29, 2016 (Ottawa) – Canada’s highest court will hear a defining case on Indigenous rights tomorrow when the Inuit community of Clyde River argues against the controversial approval…
IRC intervenes in the Clyde River Supreme Court of Canada appeal
Press Release INUVIK, NT, Nov. 30, 2016 – The Inuvialuit Regional Corporation (IRC) is delivering oral arguments today before the Supreme Court of Canada in the appeal of Hamlet of Clyde…
BC Coroners Service confirms identity of deceased male
Press Release November 24, 2016 PRINCE GEORGE – The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a man who died in the RCMP cells in Prince George on Nov.…
