Self-determination key plank in Gabriel’s campaign
Decades after being chosen to represent her people in the 1990 Kanehsatà:ke standoff, Ellen Gabriel at is back in the spotlight as a candidate for National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations.
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Conservatives’ Refugee Health Cuts Rile Doctors
‘Groundswell’ of anger by MDs, other health providers, against hit to Interim Federal Health Program.
Grand Chief Stewart Phillip on Bill C-38: It’s time to ‘take this to the streets’
In the wake of the omnibus budget bill’s passage, a B.C. indigenous leader calls C-38 an “absolute attack on democracy” – warning that resistance will “play out on the streets and at the barricades.”
Budget bill will have ‘direct impact on our rights,’ says Atleo
Aboriginal leaders are increasingly turning their sights on the federal government’s Budget Implementation Bill, Bill C-38.
Organization of American States Joins International Scrutiny of Canada’s Missing Aboriginal Women
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) is scrutinizing the disappearance of more than 600 aboriginal women in Canada, only months after the United Nations announced its own investigation.
Inquiry’s failure succeeds in pulling together groups
A coalition of interested groups have rejected pleas to rejoin BC’s missing women inquiry, saying they will instead focus on a United Nations investigation and proposed royal commission.
Pickton inquiry: ‘Erin Brockovich of Downtown Eastside’ refuses to stay silent on missing women
Last April, as lawyers prepared for an inquiry into the Pickton investigation, retired street nurse Bonnie Fournier was told to expect a call. Nine days remain, and she’s still waiting.
Canada’s Missing Women Inquiry Faces Renewed Community Boycott
In the wake of an Aboriginal lawyer’s resignation from hearings into why police failed to catch serial killer Robert Pickton sooner, 15 groups rejected pleas to rejoin proceedings.
Lawyer quits Missing Women Inquiry: Indian Country Today photograph
Lawyer Robyn Gervais resigns from Missing Women Commission of Inquiry.
Canadian Women’s Foundation fights poverty, violence against women, and ‘sexual slavery’
Beverley Wybrow, president and CEO of the Canadian Women’s Foundation, hopes to empower women to overcome barriers. Photo by David P. Ball
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