Every year women from Fort St. John travel to Ottawa with a banner listing the missing and murdered women and girls in their community—and every year the banner includes more names
. This is why Amnesty International is currently carrying out a Fact-Finding mission to northeastern British Columbia from April 27-May 8.
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The Grand Council of Crees webiste provides a timeline of key events in the development of the James Bay Project.
Prepared by Treaty 2 and Treaty 8 First Nations, March 13, 2014
Canada's Federal Budget 2014 and the New First Nations Education Act: A Four Arrows Summary of What's Happening
From the website: Feathers of Hope is a youth-led initiative to facilitate a dialogue between youth, First Nations leadership and government. It provides a safe space where youth from First Nations communities in northern Ontario can speak out on matters of importance to them and engage with decision-makers to create meaningful change. Feathers of Hope has grown into a powerful youth movement drawing thousands of First Nations young people from across Ontario and Canada together.
In March of 2013, youth from across Northern Ontario travelled to Thunder Bay to attend a three-day forum where they addressed different issues impacting their communities. Over the course of these three days, the youth created presentations that were then delivered to officials from all three levels of Canadian government as well as representatives from municipal and provincial police. These presentations included a contextualization of their different realities, as well as recommendations for government and police on how to approach partnerships and facilitate healing with First Nations people. Out of the dialogue that played out throughout the forum, came the youth-written action plan.
Click Here to view the Feathers of Hope Youth Forum 2013 Documentary.
"This guide is designed to bring issues affecting Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people into the classroom in a manner that speaks directly to youth. It provides interactive exercises that help us gain a better understanding of Canadian history and begin to overcome misunderstandings, prejudices and fears that adversely affect all Canadians. Promoting the principle of peer education, this guide encourages youth to actively listen to and learn from each other."
From the website, "[...] many Canadians are supportive of a principled movement lead by Indigenous Peoples that addresses the protection of the land and the environmental, social, economic, and political issues facing Indigenous communities. If the resurgence of Indigenous political traditions is widely seen as the next step in decolonizing our relationship with Canada, it is critical that we understand and recognize the contemporary resilience and manifestations of Indigenous diplomacy. This kind of peacemaking is diplomacy based on love – the love of land and the love of our people – and this alone has the power to transform Indigenous-state relations into a relationship based on justice, respect, and responsibility."
From the website: The David Suzuki Foundation assessed progress toward ending long-term DWAs in nine First Nations in Ontario. Data were compiled from interviews, meetings, conferences, reports and media releases, to assess the progress and challenges First Nations face in attaining clean and safe drinking water.
From the website: Autumn Peltier, a 13-year-old Anishinaabe girl from Wikwemikong First Nation, addresses world leaders at the United Nations about protecting water.
A website for Indigenous hip hop and rap artists.
From the website: "For generations, the relationship between Aboriginal people and the rest of Canada has been damaged. Can water be the common ground that begins to reconcile this relationship?" Site contains videos and curriculum resources to teach about water from Aboriginal perspectives.
