News in Aboriginal Issues
Number of women in federal prisons is up, and advocates think they know why
When community services lag, more women turn to crime, according to Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies.
Ottawa announces $800M settlement with Indigenous survivors of Sixties Scoop
Crown-Indigenous Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett said the move will "begin to right the wrongs" caused by forcibly removing Indigenous children from their birth families.
Clansmothers to Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources: 'Stop spraying the land.'
Clansmothers, grandmothers, and municipal townships of Treaty 3 and 9 traditional territories are standing up against the aerial spraying of their land.
Posted:
September 28, 2017
Article source:
Hamilton Community Legal Clinic / Clinique juridique communautaire de Hamilton
Preserve Indigenous residential schools as sites of conscience, MPs urged
"That's why we hang onto concentration camps. That's why when you visit Cambodia, the Killing Fields are preserved," Moran told CBC News.
Ontario police watchdog to host public meeting in Thunder Bay, Ont., Monday
OIPRD is investigating allegations of systemic racism in Thunder Bay's police services.
Hamilton politicians approve 'ground-breaking' poverty reduction spending
Hamilton will spend $50 million to repair affordable housing at CityHousing Hamilton, building new affordable residential units, and addressing Indigenous poverty needs over the next decade.
Toronto legal clinic launches challenge to mandatory minimum sentence
Toronto's Aboriginal Legal Services (ALS) argues the sentence for a First Nations woman who pleaded guilty to importing cocaine violates protections against cruel and unusual punishment.
Gaps between Indigenous and non-Indigenous inmates growing, latest statistics show
Ministers of justice and public safety say the government is not turning a "blind eye" to the issue.
First Nations students face continued funding shortfalls, advocate says
In 2016, the Parliamentary Budget Officer reported the gap between funding for on-reserve schools and funding for provincially run public schools was as much as $665M.
ISAC's Media & Policy News: 25 August 2017
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