Protest targets former residential school supervisor facing indecent assault charges
About a hundred people took part in a protest in Battleford, Sask., this week.
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Human rights tribunal resumes hearings on First Nations child and family services funding
The human rights case against the federal government resumed this week with a history lesson on Indian Residential Schools.
Leaving alcohol behind in First Nations communities
Whether Metis, First Nation, or Inuit–our peoples struggle with addictions.
The causes are well known: Residential schools, intergenerational trauma and racism all play a part.
UN's Anaya calls on Harper government to change course on First Nation education, missing women's inquiry and TRC
The UN special rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous peoples called on the Harper government to reverse course on three major fronts in order to avoid a “rocky road” in its relationship with the country’s First Nation population.
Residential schools survivors honoured in Yellowknife march
Yellowknife residents and former residential school survivors marched through the territorial capital’s downtown.
Raw video: Survivors testimony at TRC national event in Vancouver
Survivor statements are at the heart of the TRC event.
TRC aims to educate Canadian public
One of the mandates of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission is to educate Canadians about the history and legacy of residential schools.
Brazeau "experiment gone wrong" comment likely revealed true intentions behind appointment: Senator
Conservative Senator Marjory LeBreton needs to clarify what she meant when she said that embattled Algonquin Senator Patrick Brazeau was “an experiment gone wrong” given recent revelations the Canadian government experimented on First Nation people during the Indian residential school era, according to a Liberal First Nation Senator.
Alberta law society investigating David Blott
The work Calgary lawyer David Blott did with Indian Residential School survivors is being reviewed by his peers.
