OP: As if the world needed more proof that my province (Quebec) is a racist cesspool...

Joyce Echaquan death: Canada PM Trudeau decries 'worst form of racism'

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Native Americans look to future amid grim coronavirus numbers

A programme in the Utah Navajo Nation hopes to provide sustainable aid to elders as tribes worry virus could spread.


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OP: There is an update to the story I have posted below: two police officers from the 'Sureté du Québec' or SQ (i.e. the Quebec provincial police) are being charged with sexual assault against indigenous women. However 37 cases were submitted for consideration and only two resulted in charges, so what is said below still stands (i.e. see the ( Read more... )

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Vote of a lifetime: Alaskan town decides whether to stay or go in face of climate change

“What’s special about Shishmaref is that we’re all family,” said Esau Sinnok, an 18-year-old climate activist from Shishmaref, a native village in western Alaska that might have to relocate because of climate change.

“All 650 people there are my family and not ( Read more... )

OP: A bit of background on this issue. In Canada, indigenous women and girls are disproportionately affected by violence, when one compares them to national averages. For instance, according to a 2009 government survey of the ten provinces, Aboriginal women were nearly three times more likely than non-Aboriginal women to report being a victim of a ( Read more... )

The Canadian government abandoned an appeal of a controversial court ruling that let the Catholic Church out of its responsibility to raise millions of dollars for aboriginal healing programs, court documents show ( Read more... )

More aboriginal women allege abuse at hands of Quebec provincial police
Women speak out following allegations and investigation into abuse in Val-d'Or

More aboriginal women across Quebec are speaking out about what they say is physical and sexual abuse at the hands of provincial police officers.

( Trigger warning: violence and sexual assault )

Poverty, inequality fuelling suicide crisis, First Nations leader says
Government must do more than respond to emergencies, says Northern Manitoba grand chief


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The experience of a Saskatchewan teen who wore a shirt with the message "Got Land? Thank an Indian" to her school and found herself in some hot water, is sparking animated discussions on social media about race and Aboriginal relations in Canada.

The original news item about Tenelle Starr on CBC's website garnered close to 100,000 views and ( Read more... )