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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...
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Cindy Blackstock
What HappenedAfter Blackstock’s organization filed a discrimination complaint against Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, she was excluded from important meetings, and claims that government employees...
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Missing and Murdered Women Inquiry
What HappenedThe Commission’s work has been severely hampered. Key groups have been denied funds for lawyers. Participating groups have withdrawn from the process because they believe that the...
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Sisters in Spirit
What HappenedIn 2010, the Sisters in Spirit database project was cut by the federal government, and new initiatives were announced, including another database on missing persons run by the RCMP. Native...
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National Aboriginal Health Organization
What HappenedSince its inception in 2000, the National Aboriginal Health Organization (NAHO) received its core funding of nearly $5 million per year from Health Canada; however, this funding was...
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First Nations Statistical Institute
What HappenedIn its March 2012 budget, Canada’s federal government announced that it was cutting all funding for the First Nations Statistical Institute (FNSI). According to the budget, the FNSI will...
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Aboriginal Healing Foundation
What HappenedIn the 2010 Federal Budget, the government of Canada decided not to renew funding for the Aboriginal Healing Foundation. The organization had to terminate partnership with over 120...
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Aboriginal 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...
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Canadian Charities and the Canada Revenue Agency
Charities are an important part of civil society. They often have “in the field” expertise on social issues and give voice to concerns and policy ideas that often would not otherwise be considered....
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Bill 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...
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Quebec 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...
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Pamela 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...
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Native 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...
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National 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,...
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Canadian 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...
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Criminalization 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...
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Aboriginal 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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