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Aboriginal title can be declared over privately-owned land
Friday, November 15, 2024
The six Wolastoqey Nations in New Brunswick recently received a precedent-setting decision in their Aboriginal title claim. In Wolastoqey Nations v New Brunswick…
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Ontario Announces Historic Investment in Aboriginal Postsecondary Education
On Wednesday afternoon at FNTI’s (First Nations Technical Institute) Aviation campus in Tyendinaga (Mohawk Territory), the Honourable Deb Matthews, Minister of Advanced Education & Skills Development (MAESD), surrounded by a…
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OKT Hosts UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights
On May 25, 2017, OKT hosted the UN Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises (the “Working Group”). The Working Group was…
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The federal government needs to hear from First Nations about criminal justice reforms. Here's some background.
In a statement at year’s end in 2016, the Minister of Justice Jody Wilson-Raybould reviewed some of her priorities including the following work:
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Canada still discriminating; Tribunal tells Canada to stop it, immediately, again
Read More...…nearly one year since the April 2016 ruling and over a year since the Decision, Canada continues to restrict the full meaning and intent of Jordan’s principle. The Panel…
NEB "modernization" report falls short for Indigenous peoples
On Monday, the Expert Panel on the Modernization of the National Energy Board (NEB) released its report, Forward, Together: Enabling Canada’s clean, safe, and secure…
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Racial profiling in Ontario is "widespread" and "particularly damaging" according to new Human Rights Commission report
On May 3rd, the Ontario Human Rights Commission released its report on Racial Profiling in Ontario. A year in the making, this report is the first time in nearly…
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