In mid-July, after years of Human Rights Tribunal Rulings, litigation and negotiation, the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) announced an agreement with Canada aiming to end discrimination against First Nation children in the child welfare system. AFN National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak hailed the agreement as a turning point and thanked the “Government for coming …
Last week the Federal Government released the 2024-2025 budget, with new funding allocations for Indigenous communities. While these allocations are significant and there are even new policy approaches to be found in the budget, chronic shortfalls and the historically paternalistic Crown-Indigenous financial relationship remain.
Hayden King addresses the draft action plan for the United Nations Declaration Act. What possibilities and challenges does this new list of actions present?
2022 was a year of tremendous change for Indigenous child welfare in law and policy. But there is still so much to do. How can we hold Canada accountable for ongoing challenges? Naiomi Metallic proposes a new path forward.
Recently, the law firm Fasken, known for battling against First Nations in court, announced that former AFN National Chief Perry Bellegarde would be joining the firm. What does this mean for Indigenous communities who have experienced the negative effects from the firm’s poor reconciliatory record?
Kelsi Balaban and Hayden King Interview the Callers of Action, Eva Jewell and Douglas Sinclair. who have produced the two most rigorous approaches to tracking progress on the TRC calls. Learn about their findings and process.
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