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Montreal | Opening of a first family health clinic for Aboriginal people
(Montreal) The first family health clinic adapted for Indigenous needs in Montreal officially opened its doors Friday morning. Updated yesterday at 3:28 p.m. Katrine Desautels The Canadian Press This project,…
Australia says ‘no’ to referendum on Aboriginal rights
Australians clearly rejected, on Saturday, a reform of Aboriginal rights, submitted by referendum, at the end of an acrimonious campaign which deepened racial divisions in the continental country. After counting…
Australia votes on Aboriginal rights: towards a “no” victory
Australians are expected to vote on Saturday for a historic referendum recognizing Aboriginal rights, but the latest polls suggest a “no” victory, after a tense campaign that reignited divisions in…
Australians start voting on Aboriginal rights
Australians began voting early this week for a historic referendum on Aboriginal rights aimed at giving them a “voice” in Parliament. Voting opened across much of Australia on Tuesday so…
The overrepresentation of Aboriginal people in prison continues
Indigenous people have been overrepresented behind bars for decades, which activists and observers denounce. But the causes of this imbalance are multiple, and the solutions complex. Of all Canadians serving…
Quebecers overestimate their aboriginal origins, according to studies
Obviously, Aboriginal blood runs in the veins of Quebecers, believe many of them. How could the first French immigrants who arrived in Quebec without women have resisted the charm of…
Two Aboriginal people convicted of murder 50 years ago in Manitoba have been acquitted
A judge on Tuesday acquitted two Indigenous people who were convicted 50 years ago of murdering a restaurant worker in Winnipeg. When Court of King’s Bench Chief Justice Glenn Joyal…
33rd Aboriginal Presence | A diversified program and messages to pass on
To highlight Aboriginal artistic and cultural diversity in Montreal, Kwena Bellemare-Boivin and her husband, Owen Mayo, will perform a traditional dance at the Présence Aboriginal festival this summer. This is…
Possible Aboriginal graves discovered near McGill University
Dogs trained to locate human remains have identified the site of a possible Aboriginal burial near McGill University. A canine team was able to locate on June 9 a place…
Two Aboriginal children’s graves will soon be opened on the North Shore
Two Innu families will soon be able to open two graves buried in 1970 in a cemetery in Pessamit, on the North Shore, to finally find out if they contain…
Senate paves way for Aboriginal rights referendum
“Yes” supporters want the approximately 900,000 people who identify as Aboriginal in the country to be represented through an advisory body in parliament. A new step towards more justice? The…
Cannabis industry | Senators deplore the lack of opportunities offered to Aboriginal people
(OTTAWA) A Senate committee says that the current cannabis market and the new legislative framework have prevented Aboriginal people from taking full advantage of the favorable economic opportunities offered by…
The health network will have to take Aboriginal realities into account
Quebec wants employees of the health network to take into account the “cultural and historical realities” of Aboriginal people “in any interaction with them”. The Minister responsible for Relations with…
Quebec will legislate on the cultural safety of Aboriginal people in health
The Legault government will finally table a bill on cultural security in the health network, as it promised to do after the death of Joyce Echaquan at the Joliette hospital…
Wide angle – Aboriginal literature, more than a flavor of the month
Launched last weekend at the Abitibi-Témiscamingue Book Fair (SLAT), the third edition of In June: I Read Indigenous! already seems to have the wind in its sails according to the…
Quebec agrees with an Aboriginal group | Work can resume at the Royal Victoria
After six months of paralysis, the transformation of the former Royal Victoria Hospital will soon be able to resume: the Société québécoise des infrastructures (SQI) has reached an agreement with…
Searching for unmarked Aboriginal child graves at the Royal Victoria Hospital
An unprecedented agreement between six Mohawk citizens, McGill University and seven other government agencies paves the way for archaeological digs to determine if children were buried on the site of…
Law 96, an obstacle to the success of Aboriginal people?
Two organizations representing the First Nations are asking the Superior Court to invalidate large sections of “Bill 96” on the protection of French, since it jeopardizes “the cultural and economic…
A first Aboriginal performing arts festival in Saint-Jérôme
It heralds the return of the bustards, or pre-spring, as the natives call it. Nikak tagocniok – The bustards are coming is the title of the first edition of the…
Purchase of Trans Mountain | Aboriginal group still interested despite rising costs
(Calgary) An aboriginal group is still determined to own the Trans Mountain pipeline, even as cost overruns for the pipeline expansion project continue to mount. Posted at 4:06 p.m. Amanda…