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Author: Anna McKenzie, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
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In photos: Thousands march in Chemainus, BC, to support victims and survivors of Kuper Island School
Penelakut Tribe organized the march as part of the community’s ongoing healing process.
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Snuneymuxw First Nation signs historic MOU with province and feds
The MOU outlines a new commitment to the Treaty of 1854, as well as the gradual transfer of lands back to the First Nation.
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Indigenous youth boxing group ‘Team 700’ fights for support after funding cut
‘This team has impacted my life so much — I can do more than I ever knew,’ says one youth who trains with the Indigenous youth boxing group ‘Team 700.’
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Honouring the hard work of Indigenous high school graduates
Despite systemic barriers, these three Indigenous youth worked hard, showed up and succeeded.
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New online map braids together Indigenous land, language, arts and culture
‘This is about the people who are doing the work for cultural survival,’ says project leader Cathi Charles Wherry.
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Federal government’s arguments reflect ‘same kind of mindset’ in docs about residential schools, says Cindy Blackstock
‘They have zero understanding of the trauma that they’ve inflicted on children,’ she says.
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Afro-Indigenous community calls out Sephora Canada for lacking diverse representation
‘This narrative tells us that proximity to whiteness is our standard of beauty,’ says Mahlikah Awe:ri.
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Cowichan man says he was almost hit by a trailer hitch on Vancouver Island highway
Adrian Sylvester says he believes the hitch was thrown at him deliberately, wants to warn others.
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On love and intergenerational trauma
‘This news is going to change everything, and be the precipice we need to begin real and meaningful truth-sharing’
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How to talk to children about residential schools
Educators share teaching resources from the classroom to assist speaking with children In the aftermath of a tragic discovery in Kamloops