MPs to hold cross-country hearings on violence against Aboriginal women
A Parliamentary committee plans to hold hearings later this month in several provinces as part of a study on violence against Aboriginal women.
Sisters in Spirit
December 10th episode PART 1
APTN InFocus presents a new feature. We’ve assembled some of the country’s most prominent thinkers…
December 10th episode PART 2
APTN InFocus presents a new feature. We’ve assembled some of the country’s most prominent thinkers…
Liberals renew calls for public inquiry into missing, murdered women
APTN National News The issue of missing and murdered Aboriginal women won’t go away. The…
Need for ‘action’ behind funding cut to Sisters in Spirit: cabinet ministers’ letter
The Conservative government justifies its decision to no longer fund the research project responsible for raising hundreds of murdered and missing Aboriginal women cases out of the shadows by saying it is now time for “action,” in a letter signed by two cabinet ministers and released to APTN National News.
‘Internal politics’ behind NWAC’s Sisters in Spirit shift: Brazeau
The country’s most prominent First Nations women’s organization was motivated by “internal politics” in their decision to water-down their initial support of the government’s $10 million strategy to deal with the hundreds of cases of murdered and missing Aboriginal women, says Conservative Senator Patrick Brazeau
Moon setting on Sisters in Spirit?
The Conservative government is opposing the use of the name Sisters in Spirit and any work on a groundbreaking database on murdered and missing Aboriginal women cases if the Native Women’s Association of Canada expects to receive any funding for new projects on the issue, sources say.
Conservatives vague on ‘Sisters in Spirit’ promise
Justice Minister Rob Nicholson remained vague Tuesday on his government’s plans to deliver on a promise to create a $10 million strategy to deal with the “disturbing number” of murdered and missing First Nations, Metis and Inuit women across the country.
‘I wish you were still here’
Holding large portrait photographs, the families of missing and murdered First Nations, Metis and Inuit women called out to the rest of the country to help preserve the memories of their loved ones and join their fight for justice.