UBCIC Demands Action on Historic Human Rights Decision Recognizing First Nations Children’s Right to Equal Funding
Press Release (Coast Salish Territory/Vancouver, B.C. – January 26, 2016) Today the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal issued a landmark decision confirming that First Nations children in Canada have received inequitable…
NAN Welcomes Landmark Human Rights Ruling
Press Release THUNDER BAY, ON (January 26, 2016): Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler welcomes a today’s landmark ruling by the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal that the Government…
First Nations Child Welfare Ruling Sets the Stage for Improved On-Reserve Services
Press Release Jan. 26, 2016 — Coast Salish Territories / West Vancouver – The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal has found the federal government’s underfunding of on-reserve child and family services…
Representative welcomes today’s ruling by Canadian Human Rights Tribunal
Press Release Jan. 26, 2016 Today’s landmark ruling by the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal, formally recognizing that federal provision of First Nations child and family services on-reserve across Canada is…
The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal rules in favor of finally putting an end to inequalities experienced by First Nations children
Press Release WENDAKE, QC, Jan. 26, 2016- It is with great enthusiasm that the First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Health and Social Services Commission (FNQLHSSC) welcomes the decision of…
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…
