Urban Indigenous populations continue to grow: 2021 census
The urban Indigenous population continues to grow in large urban centres, and they sometimes outpace census numbers, Ontario-based Tungasuvvingat Inuit says.
Elmer St. Pierre
Congress of Aboriginal Peoples’ urgent message to environment ministers: include the grassroots
To correct mistakes from the past regarding the climate crisis, Elders must be consulted, says National Chief of the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples Elmer St. Pierre.
Indigenous people react to Pope's apology
Pope Francis delivered on Monday, July 25, 2022, an apology for the Roman Catholic Church's role in residential schools, saying many Christians supported the colonization of Indigenous people. He made the remarks at the former site of the Ermineskin Indian Residential School in community of Maskwacis, south of Edmonton.
Translation project introduces new Canadians to reconciliation with Indigenous peoples
Mandarin and Cantonese translations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission report have been published, providing a new model for immigrant communities to walk alongside Indigenous communities on the journey to reconciliation.
Five years after call to add Indigenous rights to citizenship guide, nothing
More than five years after the Truth and Reconciliation Commission called on the federal government to revise the Canadian citizenship oath and exam guide, newcomers still study a book that contains a single paragraph on residential schools and they take an oath that doesn't refer to treaties with Indigenous Peoples.
It's time for an Indigenous governor general: Bellegarde
With a growing sentiment that Julie Payette's abrupt departure from Rideau Hall provides an opportunity for Canada to have its first Indigenous governor general, Perry Bellegarde laughs when asked if he's been taking French lessons.