The Val-d’Or Native Friendship centre profoundly troubled by the DPCP’s ruling affecting Aboriginal women who were victims of sexual assault by Sûreté du Québec agents
Press Release VAL-D’OR, QC, Nov. 17, 2016 – The Val-d’Or Native Friendship Centre was deeply disappointed to learn the decision of Crown persecutors not to charge Val-d’Or police officers in…
Declaration of the Aboriginal Women of Val-d’Or
MONTREAL, Nov. 17, 2016 – It is with bitter disappointment and deep concern that we learned that the Director of Criminal and Penal Prosecutions of Quebec (DCPP) will lay no…
Failure of Authorities to Press Charges Against Officers Accused of Sexual Abuse in Val-d’Or Exemplifies Systemic Violence Inflicted Upon Indigenous Women
Press Release November 16, 2016 (Ottawa, ON) – After voicing their support of the brave Indigenous women of the Val d’Or region who came forward with their disturbing stories of abuse by…
AFN Calls for Explanation for Apparent Lack of Charges Following Val-d’Or Investigation
AFN Calls for Explanation for Apparent Lack of Charges Following Val-d’Or Investigation November 16, 2016 (Ottawa, ON and Wendake, QC)― The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) today called for an…
AFNQL Supports the First Nation Women Who Dared to Break the Silence and Report Abuse by Police Officers
Press Release WENDAKE, QC, Nov. 16, 2016 – Regardless of the conclusions of the Director of Criminal and Penal Prosecutions of Quebec following the SPVM investigation, in connection with First…
Quebec Native Women: Nānīawig Māmawe Nīnawind. Stand With Us. Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women in Quebec
Press Release November 15, 2016 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Quebec Native Women would like to thank the Mohawk Nation for each day allowing us to work on its unceded traditional territory. Quebec Native…
Child and Youth Advocate releases two investigative reviews involving two deaths
Press Release November 15, 2016 Edmonton…The Office of the Child and Youth Advocate has completed two Investigative Reviews involving the deaths of two young children and is publicly releasing the…
Rally for Indigenous Rights at the Supreme Court
Press Release Join Amnesty International at an important rally for indigenous rights outside the Supreme Court. On November 30th, Clyde River Inuit and the Chippewas of the Thames First Nation…
B.C. supports National Inquiry, family liaison unit for families
Press Release November 14, 2016 VICTORIA – The B.C. government has passed an order in council that gives the commissioners of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered indigenous Women…
Qalipu FN: Caribou Legs Makes his Way Through Qalipu (Caribou) Territory
Press Release November 9, 2016 Brad Firth, AKA Caribou Legs, has been making his way through Qalipu territory since arriving in Newfoundland on November 5th. A large crowd came out…
