Will Canada Reads break its own barrier and finally recognize native women’s writings?
Canada Reads has never featured a book written by a native woman in its top 5 finalists. Sarah Hunt says it’s high time this changed.
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Culture, not bars: seeking an urban healing lodge for Indigenous women
A Toronto agency’s ambitious vision to create a healing lodge for federally-sentenced Indigenous women
Marion Miller Hill: memories of an Aboriginal WWII service woman
Aboriginal people have fought for Canada since well before the War of 1812. It’s estimated that more than seven-thousand First Nations people served in World Wars I & II, and in the Korean War — not including Inuit, Metis, non-status Indians or people from the north. In WWII alone, nearly 4,000 First Nations individuals served, […]
War & Trust & the Waiting Game
Elouise Cobell, Blackfeet warrior’s battle with the US government’s mismanagement of Indian money comes down to the wire.
Aboriginal, Non-Aboriginal Wage Parity in Canada Will Take 63 Years: Study
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) just released its latest paper, The Income Gap Between Aboriginal Peoples and the Rest of Canada. Authored by Daniel Wilson and David Macdonald, the study looks at data collected in the 1996, 2001 and 2006 Canadian Censuses, to identify trends and raise questions about the persistent income gaps […]
