Canadian Human Rights Tribunal decision is an opportunity to end inequality facing First Nations in child welfare, says Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth
Press Release Toronto, Ontario (January 26, 2016) – Ontario’s Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth applauds the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal’s ruling that Canada’s funding practices towards First Nations child…
Landmark Human Rights Tribunal decision a victory for First Nations children and for the Canadian human rights system
January 26, 2016 Amnesty International welcomes today’s ruling by the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal which has ordered the federal government to take immediate action to end the discriminatory underfunding of…
Canadian Human Rights Tribunal Ruling Announcement
Press Release On January 26, 2016 the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal will release its ruling on the First Nations child welfare discrimination case. The Caring Society and the Assembly of…
Province seeks input as part of Child Protection Act review
Press Release January 25, 2016 The newly-appointed Child Protection Act Review Advisory Committee will begin consultations later this month, says Minister of Family and Human Services Tina Mundy.“This review of…
BCGEU: Statement on First Nations Supreme Court ruling
January 21, 2016 The BCGEU enthusiastically supports the January 13 B.C. Supreme Court decision in favour of the Gitga’at First Nation and Coastal First Nations. This decision ruled that the…
Ontario Sixties Scoop Claim
Press Release January 19, 2016 The Mohawk Council of Akwesasne would like to inform the community about the Ontario Sixties Scoop Claim. The term Sixties Scoop refers to the Canadian…
The OHRC responds to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s call for action on Indigenous children in the child welfare system
Press Release December 16, 2015 Page content Today, the Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) is responding to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s (TRC) calls to action, and to…
A statement from the Government of Yukon regarding the Peel regional land use planning court case
Press Release December 15, 2015 WHITEHORSE—The Government of Yukon is disappointed that the First Nation of Nacho Nyäk Dun, Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in, Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation, Yukon Conservation Society, and Canadian…
FNCFCS Tribunal decision update
Tribunal decision update on the occasion of the tragic passing of Tribunal member Bélanger. In memory of Tribunal Member Bélanger. We are forever grateful to you for your service. Letter…
NAN Honours Order of Canada Recipient Garnet Angeconeb
Press Release THUNDER BAY, ON: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler, on behalf of the Executive Council, congratulates Indian Residential School survivor and advocate Garnet Angeconeb, who was…
