ALTHOUGH CANADA POST RECENTLY ISSUED FOUR NEW STAMPS to draw attention to the legacy of residential schools, one of the schools depicted, the Île-à-la-Crosse Residential School at a historical Métis community in Saskatchewan. was not included in the 2015 settlement.
INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES, THE PUBLIC, NEIGHBOURS, ALLIES, AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS ARE INVITED to funeral and memorial services for the missing Stó:lō and Indigenous children and unmarked graves and burials of students of the former St. Mary’s Residential School sites in Mission, BC.
CLEBC CONTRIBUTOR JEAN TEILLET HAS BEEN APPOINTED by Prime Minister Trudeau to the eight-person Advisory Board for Supreme Court of Canada Judicial Appointments.
RECENT WORKS BY INDIGENOUS AUTHORS are featured on “FVRL Picks” at the Fraser Valley Regional Library to celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day 2023.
APTN will be broadcasting Indigenous Day Live across Turtle Island on June 17 from The Forks, located on Cree, Oji-Cree, Ojibwe, Dakota and Assiniboine land and the homeland of the Métis Nation (Winnipeg).
A LIMITED-EDITION ORANGE SHIRT in support of Fraser Valley residential school Survivors, designed by acclaimed Stó:lō artist Xémontélót Carrielynn Victor, is available for purchase while supplies last.
JANUARY 4, 2023 IS THE FIRST ANNUAL NATIONAL RIBBON SKIRT DAY in Canada.
THE HONOURABLE STEVEN POINT, OBC RECEIVED A LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD from the Peter A. Allard School of Law on November 15, 2022.
NOVEMBER 8 IS INDIGENOUS VETERANS DAY. Today we honour the strength and service of Indigenous Veterans, past and present, and thank them for their sacrifices.
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE IN CANADA WERE ALMOST THREE TIMES MORE LIKELY to live in a dwelling in need of major repairs (16.4%) than the non-Indigenous population (5.7%) in 2021, according to data collected by Statistics Canada in the 2021 Census.