Alberta Youth Advocate brings humanity to child welfare reviews
By John Copley (ANNews) – Before Alberta’s Office of the Child and Youth Advocate (OCYA) became an independent office of the Alberta Legislature in 2012,…
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Alberta government begins engagement sessions with 60s Scoop survivors
By John Copley (ANNews) – On February 1, 2018 the 60s Scoop Indigenous Survivors Society of Alberta (SISSA) joined the Alberta Government at Blue Quills…
Yellowhead Tribal Council chiefs claim Trudeau’s framework will violate Treaty rights
(Edmonton, Treaty No. 6 Territory) – The Chiefs of Yellowhead Tribal Council (YTC) reject Prime Minister Trudeau’s recent announcement of its intention to develop a ‘Recognition…
Important engagement and consultation conference takes place Feb. 20-21 in Edmonton
by John Copley (ANNews) – The Canadian Institute’s 11th Annual Western Indigenous Consultation & Engagement (WICE) conference gets underway next week at The Sutton Place…
RE: Trudeau’s framework recognizing and implementing Indigenous rights
(February 14, 2018) – Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation Chief Tony Alexis, responded to today’s announcement by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau with skepticism. He stated, “Today…
Trudeau: Canada will partner to create a Recognition and Implementation of Rights Framework
(February 14, 2018) – For too long, Indigenous Peoples in Canada have had to prove their rights exist and fight to have them recognized and…
Canadian Council of Child and Youth Advocates – Statement regarding Indigenous child welfare
TORONTO, Jan. 31, 2018 /CNW/ – Following last week’s emergency meeting on Indigenous child welfare in Ottawa, convened by Indigenous Services Minister Jane Philpott and…
AFN: United Effort, Prevention are Keys to Fixing First Nations Child Welfare Systems
(January 29, 2018) – Following a two-day emergency meeting of federal, provincial and territorial governments and First Nation, Métis and Inuit leaders and experts, Assembly…
Are we on the road to reconciliation?
by Ennis Morris and ANNews staff writers (ANNews) – It might seem to be a disorganized mess but just because the road isn’t clear doesn’t…
Speaking out against a racist voice in Canada’s Senate
by John Copley (ANNews) – Indigenous Canadians have had a very tough road to hoe during the past couple of centuries and just when it…