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Education administrators concerned over disparities in COVID-19 funding for First Nations students
$112 million in federal funds distributed to First Nations schools is inaccessible to the approximately 9,000 First Nations students who go to school off-reserve in B.C.
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‘No justice, no peace,’ Indigenous women lead ceremony near farm where Traci Genereaux’s body was found
Nearly 100 people showed up to support of the families who have daughters, sisters, aunts, mothers, and friends missing in the Salmon River Road area
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Federal Government announces $120 million in COVID-19 funding for Indigenous kids
$200 million federal COVID-19 funding announced for Indigenous communities, with the majority of money dedicated to education and childcare.
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Virtual mental health service improves access to critical support
At the intersection of COVID-19 and the overdose crisis, the First Nation Health Authority finds new ways to offer substance use and psychiatric supports.
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‘Igniting their spirit:’ Lise Haddock fights for Indigenous youth in Cowichan Valley
Haddock is the first Indigenous executive director of the Canadian Mental Health Association’s Cowichan Valley branch.
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Teaching and learning how to interrupt anti-Indigenous racism
Training team combines Indigenous and non-Indigenous experiences to combat anti-Indigenous racism.
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Carver honoured for emerging skill learned from Kwakwaka’wakw masters
Cole Speck is mastering the art of carving in the tradition of cultural teachings.
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Tsilhqot’in National Government calls on RCMP to suspend officers involved in arrest
Joe Alphonse, TNG Tribal Chair says Williams Lake RCMP need to end the violence against Indigenous Peoples.
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Happy Truth and Reconciliation Day? Bill proposing national TRC holiday moves to second reading
Parliament continues to discuss potential stat holiday to honour residential school survivors.
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Challenges of the Mi’kmaw harvesters ‘mirror’ those of several west coast First Nations, says Tsawout chief
Chief Nicholas XEMŦOLTW̱ Claxton ‘frustrated’ by the Canadian treaty violations he’s seeing in the Mi’kmaw territory.