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‘Colonial Patriarchal Masculinity’ Keeps #MeToo Stories Inside Indigenous Communities

August 10, 2020 | News, Releases

Indigenous communities have seen their own influx of stories of sexual assault following the rise of the #MeToo movement. But Lindsay Nixon said these stories were surfacing in Indigenous communities well before that. Nixon, a Cree-Métis-Saulteaux writer, said communities were reading prominent feminist writers and raising the discussion themselves. Click on the link below for the story.

‘See Me’: Indigenous Women Take Stand Against Human Trafficking in London

May 08, 2020 | Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls

With drums, war paint, songs and art, Indigenous women and supporters spoke out Monday against human trafficking in London and stood in solidarity to remember Canada’s missing and murdered indigenous women and girls. Dozens took to the street outside Atlohsa Family Healing Services on Richmond Street Monday afternoon for songs and an otherwise silent demonstration […]

Life and Death in Care

May 08, 2020 | Indigenous Youth, Press

There are more Indigenous kids in the child welfare system today than at the height of residential schools. But no one knows exactly how high the number goes, as not all jurisdictions keep data on the number of kids in care, and while the Trudeau government claims child welfare is a leading cause of suicides […]

Meet the People of Eel Ground First Nation Who are Using Food to Reclaim Culture

October 24, 2018 | Healthy Indigenous Community Projects

There are about 650 people who live on the Eel Ground First Nation, along the Miramichi River, and it’s a safe bet that Freda Simon, 64, has served a meal to just about every one of them. The Mi’kmaq elder started making toast with Cheez Whiz for students at the Natoaganeg School 12 years ago as part of her efforts […]

Montreal All-Girls School Honours Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women with Dress Project

October 24, 2018 | Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, Press

When a group of Grade 7 students in Christianne Loupelle’s science class at Trafalgar School for Girls started the last school year, the majority knew little about the cases of hundreds of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. But today those students at the private anglophone school in Montreal are helping raise awareness among their school’s community […]

‘In Our Bloodline:’ Land-Based Learning Links Curriculum with Indigenous Culture

June 05, 2018 | News

Land-based learning encourages critical thought through interaction with the land A school day for six-year-old Hunter Sasakamoose can start with lighting a fire for breakfast and end with doing math by candlelight.In between, the boy learns life skills such as hunting and fishing as well as first-hand science lessons about how rain soaks into the […]