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TRC report: 5 stories of residential school escapees who died – CBC
Accounts of ill-fated escapes contained in final report of TRC Dec 14, 2015 The final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada was released Monday and reveals in chilling detail the horrors of the residential school system. Within its over 3,700 pages are stories of children forcibly separated from their families, communities, language […]
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Truth and Reconciliation Commission makes 94 recommendations – CBC
Dec 14, 2015 Commission urges all levels of government to work together to implement recommendations The Truth and Reconciliation Commission is making public on Tuesday its final report into the history and legacy of Canada’s residential school system. The final report, obtained by CBC News a day before its official release, is a detailed account […]
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Some statistics on indigenous Canadians – Ottawa Citzen
December 14, 2015 The Truth and Reconciliation final report includes statistics comparing Canada’s Aboriginal people to the general population in five key areas: Child welfare – A 2013 Statistics Canada survey found 14,225 aboriginal children under the age of 14 were in foster care, representing 3.6 per cent of all aboriginal children under the age […]
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Truth and Reconciliation Commission final report points to ‘growing crisis’ for indigenous youth – CBC
Dec 14, 2015 Indigenous youth are overrepresented in Canada’s prisons and child-welfare system The Truth and Reconciliation Commission will make public on Tuesday its final report documenting the history and legacy of Canada’s residential school system, raising serious concerns for current and future generations of First Nations, Inuit and Métis children. The final report, titled […]
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Residential schools to blame for problems plaguing aboriginals: Truth and Reconciliation Commission – National Post
December 14, 2015 Modern-day Canada is perpetuating the mistakes that led to the creation of the often-abusive aboriginal residential schools more than a century ago by policies that still harm indigenous people, an exhaustive new report has concluded. The warning comes in the final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, to be released Tuesday. […]
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Ceremony commemorates Acadian expulsion – Journal Pioneer
December 14, 2015 It was the greatest tragedy in the history of Prince Edward Island. That’s how Island historian Georges Arsenault described the 1758 Acadian expulsion, which tore families apart and resulted in the deaths of about half of the 3,000 deported, during an Acadian Remembrance Day ceremony on Sunday. The most tragic day of […]
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Inquiry spreads hope at centre – Vernon Morning Star
Dec 13, 2015 A local organization is hopeful about the outcome of an inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women and girls. The federal government has initiated an inquiry into the high number of First Nations women who have been murdered or are missing. “There is hope for meaningful change with Justin Trudeau’s government. This […]
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Parenting support program in Cape Breton adds aboriginal component – CBC
Dec 11, 2015 Program works with Mi’kmaq families living off-reserve anywhere on the island A provincial program that supports families in difficulty will have an aboriginal component in Cape Breton. The Parenting Journey program is offered across Nova Scotia, but money announced last week by the Nova Scotia Department of Community Services will supplement it […]
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Aboriginal Law Report for the week ending December 13, 2015 – First People’s Law
December 13, 2015. The federal government announced its plans to hold an inquiry into murdered and missing Indigenous women and girls. Liberals to unveil consultation process for inquiry into indigenous women Alberta families welcome inquiry into murdered indigenous women Ontario released its mining development strategy. Province’s 10-year plan to put Ontario mining on top Ontario’s […]
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A Royal Commission, the Minister of Indigenous Affairs and the Energy East pipeline on the Dec 10 edition of N2N – APTN
December 11, 2015 After years of hearing calls from parents and loved ones, the federal government called for a Royal Commission into the numbers of missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada. The call came Tuesday in the foyer of the House of Commons. Bev Jacobs was the president of the Native Women’s Association of […]
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