First Nations Child and Family Caring Society
What HappenedChronic underfunding of child and family services for Aboriginal children prompted the NGO called First Nations Child and Family Caring Society (the Society) to file a discrimination...
View ArticleAboriginal communities and environmental groups
What HappenedSince 2006, according to documents obtained through the Access to Information Act, Aboriginal communities and environmental groups have been under a special program of government...
View ArticleBill C-51: Anti-Terrorism Act, 2015
Not applicableDemocracy and Equality: Muslim communities in Canada feel that the new amendments are targeting them as purveyors of terrorism or terrorist ideas. The implementation of the amendments has...
View ArticleQuebec Native Women
"About QNW," QNW, undated. Accessed online 22 May 2015"Quebec Native Women Association faces closure after $175K in cuts," CBC News, 15 May 2015"Quebec Native Women’s Association struggling to...
View ArticlePamela Palmater
Transparency: CSIS has refused to confirm or deny whether an investigational record on Palmater exists. The RCMP failed to respond to her in writing, although officers on the ground make it clear to...
View ArticleNative Women's Association of Canada
NWAC is the leading civil society organization for Indigenous women in Canada. It draws on Indigenous cultural practices and feminist insights into oppression to mount a significant challenge to...
View ArticleNational Energy Board
The 2012 changes to the NEB Act should not have limited the scope of the project reviews and public participation opportunities. These changes, along with the NEB’s narrow implementation of them,...
View ArticleCanadian Museum for Human Rights
The Canadian Museum for Human Rights is the first national museum outside the Ottawa National Capital Region and the first to be dedicated to human rights. CMHR aims to be a national hub for human...
View ArticleCriminalization of Indigenous Communities
Indigenous communities that have been targeted by the government and placed under surveillance include: Tobique First Nation, Tsartlip First Nation, the Algonquins of Barriere Lake, Teztan Biny (Fish...
View ArticleAboriginal Healing Foundation
The Aboriginal Healing Foundation (AHF) is an Ottawa-based national, non-profit corporation established in 1998 with a $350 million fund to support community-based healing initiatives that address the...
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