Racism

A mother of three foster children says she wasn’t told their personal information could be at risk until a week after a cyberattack on the child welfare authority responsible for them. The Southern First Nations Network of Care was the victim of a Nov. 21 cyberattack, which has rendered its entire internal …

The Nechi Institute will have to find a new home since the Alberta government is terminating its lease at Poundmaker’s Lodge as of March 31, 2020. A letter from Alberta Infrastructure states the government is terminating its lease with the Nechi Institute as of March 21, 2020. (Google) The Nechi …

Multiple Manitoba Indigenous communities are mulling a move to take authority over their child welfare systems when a federal law takes effect next month, even as leaders voice concerns about uncertainty surrounding the process.  ‘There’s lots of hypotheticals’ surrounding Bill C-92, says Southern Chiefs’ Organization Grand Chief Jerry Daniels. The …

Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says the government has started to lay the groundwork for compensating First Nations children harmed by the on-reserve child welfare system. Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller speaks at the AFN Special Chiefs Assembly in Ottawa on Tuesday. He told the assembly that Ottawa is moving …

Despite its gushing declarations of support for Indigenous people, the government is defying an order to compensate thousands of families for discrimination. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to supporters as Marc Miller, now the Minister of Indigenous Services, looks on during a Liberal Party fundraising event in June. The government …

North Former commissioners, Indigenous elders, and land claim negotiators will be among the first recipients of the Order of Yukon. Former commissioners, First Nations chiefs among the 10 named to territory’s highest honour CBC News · Posted: Dec 02, 2019 8:00 AM CT | Last Updated: December 2 Rolf Hougen, Judy …

Canada’s former top federal public servant says uncertainty over Indigenous land title in the West is holding back the regional economy — and is calling on three regional premiers to commit to settling the issue within five years. Michael Wernick, who retired in April as clerk of the Privy Council amid …

Chief Ronald Mitsuing is calling on the federal and provincial government to put aside their differences and work together to address and implement a suicide strategy in the province. From left to right: Makwa Sahgaiechan band councillor Tommy Littlespruce, David Pratt with the FSIN, Chief Ronald Mitsuing and Fond du …

An authority responsible for the care of thousands of foster children in southern Manitoba left itself open to hackers and ignored warnings that its internal information technology network was at risk, according to the head of one foster care provider. Richard De La Ronde, the executive director of Sandy Bay …

Lawyers who are leading a class action lawsuit against the Government of Canada and other governing bodies say it’s ‘shocking’ how many women have come forward with allegations of coerced sterilization. A child waves a flag ahead of a rally calling for an immediate end to coerced sterilization in Canada …