New Funding: Reintegration Support and Incarceration Alternatives for Indigenous Offenders
Press Release October 16, 2017 Ottawa, Ontario Public Safety Canada To help reverse the trend of Indigenous over-representation in Canada’s criminal justice system, and to help previously incarcerated Indigenous Peoples…
GCC: Day Scholars Memorandum of Understanding Signed Between The Canadian Government and the First Nations’ Plaintiffs
Press Release A significant step forward in the Day Scholars litigation has occurred with the signing of a “Memorandum of Understanding” between the Canadian Government and the First Nations’ Plaintiffs.…
Québec Native Women reacts to the enactment of Bill 99
Press Release Kahnawake, October 6 2017 – Québec Native Women is greatly pleased with the enactment of Bill 99: An Act to amend the Youth Protection Act and other provisions, and wishes to congratulate the collaborative…
NWAC Continues to Support the National Inquiry into MMIWG2S
Press Release October 10, 2017 (Ottawa, ON) – The Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) continues to support the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two-Spirit people…
NAN Acknowledges Compensation for Sixties Scoop Victims
Press Release October 06, 2017 THUNDER BAY, ON: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Deputy Grand Chief Anna Betty Achneepineskum acknowledged the Government of Canada’s $800 million settlement for claims by Indigenous…
Federal Government Supporting Manitoba First Nations’ Plans that Focus on Family Restoration
Press Release October 10, 2017 Winnipeg, MB Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada The Government of Canada is continuing to take concrete steps to transform how services are provided to First Nations children and…
Sixties Scoop survivors’ decade-long journey for justice culminates in historic pan-Canadian agreement
Press Release Marcia Brown Martel joins Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations to announce a pan-Canadian resolution for children of the Sixties Scoop OTTAWA, Oct. 6, 2017 – Today, surrounded by fellow…
Serenity case: Minister Ganley responds to charges
Press Release October 06, 2017 Kathleen Ganley, Minister of Justice and Solicitor General, issued the following statement after charges were announced in the Serenity case: “Albertans were heartbroken when they…
Koskie Minsky LLP: Sixties Scoop Class Actions Settle
Press Release TORONTO, Oct. 5, 2017 – Koskie Minsky LLP in Toronto announces that survivors of the Sixties Scoop have entered into a pan-Canadian settlement with the Government of Canada. The term “Sixties Scoop”…
AFN National Chief Perry Bellegarde Says The Sixties Scoop Survivors Deserve Justice, Healing and Compensation
October 6, 2017 AFN National Chief Perry Bellegarde Says The Sixties Scoop Survivors Deserve Justice, Healing and Compensation Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Perry Bellegarde says Canada’s agreement in…
