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Across Canada, massive fires and hazardous smoke have forced tens of thousands of people to evacuate from northern and remote communities to shelters and hotels in large cities. For many, …
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Cultural burning is an Indigenous community-based practice where controlled fire is used to manage landscapes like forests. These work by reducing dried, flammable vegetation in a manageable way. There’s a …
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Toronto/CMEDIA: June has reportedly been proclaimed as an Indigenous Peoples Month in Toronto by Mayor Olivia Chow and provides an opportunity to learn, reflect on and celebrate First Nations, Métis …
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As firefighters strive to contain the blaze threatening to consume homes in Malibu, California, other wildfires burn in Texas, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and Virginia. Forest fires are natural phenomena, yet studies …
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An announcement today by Chief Sidney Ballantyne reportedly said that a memorandum of understanding is being signed this week by the Manitoba government through a collaborative effort, by the Manitoba …
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CMEDIA/More than a dozen residential school survivors from First Nations across the country are reportedly holding two days of talks in Winnipeg before meeting with Canadian bishops on Wednesday. With a …
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Ottawa/CMEDIA: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census of Population included for the first time a question on gender at birth, allowing all cisgender, transgender, and non-binary individuals to report their gender. Canada is …
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New York/Cmedia: The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) called on Thursday, for Canada to fully address long-standing gender-based discrimination in its Indian Act, which continues …
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Vancouver (BC)/CMEDIA: 31st Women’s Memorial March in honor of murdered and missing women and girls is reportedly being observed today with thousands of people gathered in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. #Canada; #BC; …
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#Canada; #BC; #SupportFirstNationResearch; #FormerResidentialSchoolSites Vancouver (B.C.)/CMEDIA: A funding totalling $2,027,520 to support Stó:lō Nation research and commemoration activities around former residential school sites was announced today by David Jimmie, Chief …
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