Some Indigenous governments in Fort Smith, N.W.T., are taking the lead on building housing for the community so it has room to grow. For projects led by the Salt River First Nation and the Fort Smith Métis Council, construction is already underway. “We work together as a community, and we’ll expand as a community so […]

An international tribunal has ruled that the Government of Canada’s current policies constitute an ongoing genocide against Indigenous Peoples, following a gruelling week of hearings on intergenerational trauma. Seven judges of the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal — an international court of opinion which investigates human rights violations — issued the interim ruling on Friday. The tribunal

A new shelter primarily for Indigenous women and two-spirit people who are escaping violent home situations is slated to open next month in Cornwall. Geggunas’g House will be run by the Native Council of Prince Edward Island, which plans to open the shelter in June. Geggunas’g means “held for safe keeping” in Mi’kmaw. The shelter

Yellowknife city council has accepted a set of recommendations for how to handle homeless encampments — including one to ban camping on municipal land and to “encourage” encampment residents to relocate to territorial land. Mayor Ben Hendriksen says shifting responsibility by moving residents to Commissioner’s Land is a good thing. “When it comes to issues

An organization that helps families find Indigenous children that went missing in the health care system is looking to extend its services to Nunavik. Françoise Ruperthouse, Awacak’s director, and consultant Anna Panasuk were in the region this week and took to the airwaves to share the organization’s mission. Awacak was founded in 2021 after Quebec

The New Brunswick government is changing course on holding a public inquiry into systemic racism against Indigenous people in the justice system. “We are fully supportive of an Indigenous-led inquiry on systemic racism,” Keith Chiasson, the province’s Indigenous Affairs minister, told reporters at the legislature Wednesday. That’s a change since the previous Progressive Conservative government,

Windsor Ward 3 Coun. Renaldo Agostino says he would like to see a community for homeless people in Windsor similar to the Avivo Village in Minneapolis, Minn. Agostino and Mayor Drew Dilkens visited the city in April and toured the facility that features 100 secure tiny homes inside a large building that also houses wrap-around

DIY Community Health Timmins is raising awareness about the challenges Indigenous youth face when they leave their home communities to attend school in larger centres. For the past three days, Patrick Etherington and volunteers with the organization have been walking from the Mutual Aid site to Gillies Lake. Organizers said the walks will continue throughout

Canadian National Railway says homelessness is a growing problem along its North American rail network and has pledged $100 million over ten years to fund community groups and shelters that offer services to the unhoused. Non-profits in Canada and the United States, including groups running research projects on homelessness, will be able to apply online

A new Indigenous gathering space is coming to Kitchener this summer. The City of Kitchener said the Indigenous Peoples Gathering Space will be installed in the southwest corner of Victoria Park. It comes after a consultation process with local Indigenous groups started in 2020. Amy Smoke, co-director of O:se Kenhionhata:tie/Willow River Center, said it is