Invitation to a Meeting with Ministers to design an Inquiry on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls

 

Invitation to a Meeting with Ministers to design an Inquiry on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls

January 5 and 6, 2016 - Thunder Bay, Ontario

Dear Survivors, Families and Loved Ones;

On December 8 2015, the Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada, Carolyn Bennett, the Minister of the Status of Women, Patty Hajdu, and the Minister of Justice, Jody Wilson-Raybould, announced the launch of a National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.

6,000 aboriginal children died in residential school system, final TRC report finds

From CBC.ca

6,000 aboriginal children died in residential school system, report finds

Final report from Truth and Reconciliation Commission to be released June 2

By John Paul Tasker, CBC News Posted: May 29, 2015 

Justice Murray Sinclair interview 9:03

Canada ignoring the health of Aboriginal peoples

From theGlobeandMail.com

Why is Canada ignoring the health of aboriginal peoples?

JEFF READING AND BERNIE FARBER

Contributed to The Globe and Mail - Apr. 09 2015

Professor Jeff Reading is the interim director of the Waakebiness-Bryce Institute for Indigenous Health at the University of Toronto; Bernie Farber works on First Nations issues with Dr. Michael Dan, who endowed the Institute

E-community: Online learning and sharing together in remote First Nations in northwestern Ontario thesis defense

Brian Beaton will be defending his thesis today starting at 2 pm (Atlantic), 1 pm (Eastern), 12 pm (Central) and 10 pm (Pacific). Everyone is invited to watch his presentation and responses to the questions afterwards on the live webstream being hosted by KO-KNET at mms://66.165.220.196:1800 

NOTICE OF ORAL EXAMINATION

 

Noront purchases Cliffs mining claims in the Ring of Fire increasing its share to 65% of the region

From HuffingtonPost.com

Ontario's Ring Of Fire, Formerly 'The Next Oilsands,' Sold For Peanuts

Sunny Freeman Posted: 03/23/2015 

A junior miner will soon be the biggest player in Ontario's fledgling Ring of Fire mining development, after agreeing to pay US$20 million for the properties of Cliffs Natural Resources, a U.S. mining giant who has abandoned hope of developing the area.

Educators recognize the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and racism

Press release

Addressing the legacy of racism against Aboriginal people an imperative for educators, government

TORONTO, March 20, 2015 /CNW/ - This year's theme for the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on March 21st is "Learning from historical tragedies to combat racism today". Canadians have much work to do through education and government action to address the ongoing legacy of racism against Aboriginal people.

Urban reserves bringing prosperity to First Nations and urban centres

From CBC.ca

Urban reserves bringing prosperity to First Nations & neighbours

How an urban reserve is helping one First Nation rejuvenate itself - and why they say we should embrace them

By Tim Fontaine, CBC News Posted: Mar 13, 2015