Indigenous peoples

Canada’s draft Ocean Noise Strategy lacks the urgency, clarity and specificity needed to protect the Arctic’s soundscape.

While nation-states continue to negotiate at the international biodiversity talks, Indigenous Peoples continue to push for greater inclusion.

As millions in federal funding flow into a Labrador group whose claims of Inuit identity have been rejected by Indigenous organizations across Canada, a national Inuit leader worries the Liberal government is putting the rights of Indigenous Peoples at risk.

The debate on Vancouver station CKNW brought NDP Leader David Eby, B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad and Green Party Leader Sonia Furstenau into the same room for the first time on the campaign trail ahead of the Oct. 19 vote.

Lomiko Metals Inc., a mining company based in Surrey, B.C., wants to mine graphite — one of the world's most sought-after minerals — at a site near Duhamel, Que. Initially, residents' main fear was about the potential harm to the environment.

The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs says Adler's past comments toward Indigenous Peoples are "grossly offensive" and perpetuate stereotypes.

A groundbreaking, global survey of more than 700 reporters and editors from 102 countries shows that nearly 40 per cent have faced threats for their work, while more than one in ten have been confronted with physical violence.

A momentary snapshot can send the public a strong signal about what a politician's fate could be. It can seem to seal that fate.

The world's largest financial institutions remain among the leading investors in the fossil fuel sector, years after many vowed to reduce emissions through the Net Zero Banking Alliance — and their investments are scuttling any hope nations might have of meeting their Paris Agreement targets, report finds.

Indigenous leaders at a summit on what they call Indigenous identify fraud have passed a resolution specifically targeting the Métis Nation of Ontario.

The federal government is planning to create a new agent of Parliament to oversee modern treaty implementation, which Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says will ensure Ottawa is held to account no matter who is in power.

COP29 could make carbon markets permanent. Indigenous leaders are calling for a moratorium before it's too late.

That’s according to Kimberly Yazzie, a Diné researcher in ecology at Stanford University, who has seen how Indigenous communities have been harmed in the race to establish wind, solar, and mining projects.

“If you’re going to develop energy in the U.S., you’ve got to do it with the support of tribal communities."

The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations Cindy Woodhouse is trying to make inroads with Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, hoping to forestall the tensions and angst that marked the party's last time in power.