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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, …

Indigenous Peoples Day observed across Canada with hundreds of events

June 21, 2025June 21, 2025 - by cmedia

Toronto/CMEDIA: National Indigenous Peoples Day has been marked by Sunrise ceremonies and celebrations across Canada. In recognition of reportedly the First Nations, Inuit and Métis cultures and traditions, hundreds of …

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Toronto observes June as Indigenous Peoples Month with events, opportunities for connection

June 11, 2025June 11, 2025 - by cmedia

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 fewer people speak Indigenous languages, their Long-term extinction prevails

March 8, 2025March 8, 2025 - by cmedia

by Catherine Couturier, University of Montreal On average, every month across the globe, two Indigenous languages disappear, according to the United Nations. And 40% of the world’s languages, mostly Indigenous, are …

Canada / Indigenous

A woman from Haida Gwaii helps break world storytelling record at MISF

February 1, 2025February 1, 2025 - by cmedia

Vancouver/CMEDIA: A new world record in storytelling was facilitated by an indigenous storyteller from Haida Gwaii, an archipelago off B.C.’s north coast. Participating in the event, Kung Jadee was present at …

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Ontario First Nation challenges court in selection of underground nuclear waste site

December 24, 2024December 24, 2024 - by cmedia

Ottawa/CMEDIA: Choice of a nearby region as the site of an underground repository to hold Canada’s nuclear waste has been challenged in court by a First Nation in northern Ontario. Eagle Lake …

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Manitoba Government trying to keep Brandon’s Indigenous women safe

December 16, 2024December 17, 2024 - by cmedia

indigenous women. Image credit: Unsplash/Samir Chhibber Brandon/CMEDIA: Families Minister Nahanni Fontaine, minister responsible for women and gender equity, reportedly has announced here that a new 24-7 safe space is being provided …

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Manitoba Govt unveils new provincial strategy to empower Indigenous women, girls, two-spirited, gender-diverse people

November 23, 2024November 23, 2024 - by cmedia

Indigenous People. Representational image by Ian Macharia on unsplash Winnipeg/CMEDIA: A new $20 million provincial strategy has been launched by the Manitoba government to empower Indigenous women, girls, two-spirit and gender-diverse …

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Tech giant Google adds Canada’s first Indigenous language to its translation service

October 18, 2024October 18, 2024 - by cmedia

CMEDIA: Tech giant, Google has reportedly for the first time added Canada’s most widely spoken Indigenous language to its translation service. Google Translate, which translates text, documents and websites from one …

Canada / Indigenous

City of Toronto presents Access Plan for Two-Spirit, Trans and Non-Binary Youth

October 15, 2024October 16, 2024 - by cmedia

Toronto/CMEDIA: The first coordinated initiative reportedly to improve health and social outcomes for gender-diverse youth in Toronto to the Two-Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Advisory Committee was presented …