Trudeau government gets failing grade for lack of action plan on MMIWG
It was Sonya Nadine Mae Cywink's 31st birthday when she went missing in Ontario in mid-August of 1994.
Indigenous women
Indigenous women facing barrage of online threats and racism
Michele Audette feels disappointed when she looks online and sees a barrage of violent threats towards Indigenous women.
Poems by man who killed Indigenous woman removed from parliamentary website
Two poems written by a man who killed an Indigenous woman have been removed from the parliamentary poet laureate website.
Anger over upcoming talk by poet who worked with Indigenous woman's killer
The University of Regina is being urged to cancel a lecture by a celebrated Canadian poet who has worked with an Indigenous woman's killer, but the school says doing so would go against its principles.
UN report calls out Canada on 'abhorrent' housing conditions
A United Nations report is highlighting the role "abhorrent" housing conditions play in the poverty and exploitation that Indigenous people face in Canada and around the world.
Montreal cops promise action after report finds systemic bias against minorities
An independent report released on Monday, October 7, 2019, has found evidence that Montreal police show "systemic bias" in conducting street checks, with people from certain racialized groups much more likely than others to be stopped.
Indigenous shelter users leave sooner, return more often, federal study finds
Indigenous people are spending fewer nights in homeless shelters than non-Indigenous users, a finding from federal researchers who warn in internal documents that the result points to more problematic — or even insidious — issues in the country's housing system.
RCMP seeks names of potential victims of coerced sterilization, Lucki says
The RCMP is seeking the names of potential victims of coerced sterilization procedures and wants lawyers to help in the process, RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki said on Tuesday,June 18, 2019
.
Canada's treatment of Indigenous women not a 'genocide': Andrew Scheer
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says "genocide" isn't the right word to describe what's been done to generations of Indigenous women and girls in Canada.
World has 'positive lesson to learn' after MMIWG inquiry: Trudeau
The world has a lesson to learn from Canada in the release of findings from a federally funded commission on missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday, June 6, 2019.
Trudeau accepts inquiry finding of genocide, but says focus must be on response
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Tuesday, June 4, 2019, he accepts the finding that Canada's treatment of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls amounts to genocide.
Changes to solitary-confinement bill could address key MMIWG inquiry findings
Changes the Senate wants to make to a bill on solitary confinement in Canadian prisons are in keeping with recommendations from the inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, says the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies.
Hatred of women creeping into public debate, Trudeau tells equality conference
Gender equality is under attack and, in the age of social media, it's never been easier to taunt and spread abhorrent views, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told a global conference on the issue on Monday, June 3, 2019.
Canada announces new funding model to support women's equality globally
Canada's minister of gender equality has announced a new initiative aimed at creating a sustainable model to fund women's rights organizations in developing countries and at home.