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Fix ‘unacceptable’ social inequity to reduce Inuit suicide rates, report urges
six priorities for reducing suicide: • Create social equity • Create cultural continuity • Nurture health of Inuit children • Ensure access to mental health care • Heal unresolved trauma and grief • Mobilize Inuit knowledge for resilience and suicide prevention… “Inuit are speaking for ourselves,” said Obed. “The solutions that we say are necessary should be the foundations that all Canadians and all decision makers and persons who want to help should build on.”
Tags: economy, featured, Health, ideology, Indigenous, mental Health, multiculturalism, participation, poverty, standard of living, youth
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Ottawa commits $382 million to begin raising services for on-reserve kids
The movement to fill the gap so that all on-reserve children with a disability or a short-term condition in Canada are treated equally is called Jordan’s Principle; and late Tuesday, Federal Health Minister Jane Philpott and Indigenous Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett announced up to $382 million will go toward fixing that disparity.
Tags: budget, child care, disabilities, featured, Health, Indigenous, jurisdiction, mental Health, standard of living
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Inquests have become as lost as these seven aboriginal youths who left home and perished
… the inquest system, once the purview of the medical doctors who serve as coroners, has morphed into a highly politicized process and a fine source of work and income for lawyers; that lawyers quite directly run the show; and that jurors are not expected to think for themselves… The bulk of the recommendations, via the lawyers to the jury, deal with sweeping changes to aboriginal education in this country. They would require truckloads of additional public money.
Tags: budget, housing, ideology, Indigenous, jurisdiction, participation, rights, standard of living, youth
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CAS study reveals stark racial disparities for blacks, aboriginals
… aboriginal children… are 130 per cent more likely to be investigated as possible victims of child abuse or neglect… and 15 per cent more likely to have maltreatment confirmed… black children are 40 per cent more likely to be investigated for abuse or neglect… and 18 per cent more likely to have maltreatment confirmed… On average… only 2 per cent of children are removed from their home due to sexual abuse and 13 per cent for physical abuse. The rest are removed because of neglect, emotional maltreatment and exposure to violence between their parents or caregivers.
Tags: child care, crime prevention, ideology, Indigenous, multiculturalism, poverty, standard of living, youth
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Dear non-indigenous Canadians: It’s time to begin reconciliation
First, we must learn more about “prior occupancy.” The concept is not some unreasonable indigenous idea that is suddenly used as some political weapon. It’s part of the history of common law and civil law and international law – all invented by non-indigenous peoples… when indigenous parties commit themselves to activism, negotiations and litigation, it is not anti-settler. It reinforces the rule of law… Second, we think more fully about the implications of indigenous socio-economic circumstances.
Tags: Indigenous, participation, rights, standard of living
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Ottawa must act to end First Nations water crisis identified in Human Rights Watch report
“[T]he Canadian government has violated a range of international human rights obligations toward First Nations persons and communities by failing to remedy the severe water crisis,” the report concludes. Ottawa should be ashamed… past investments were erratic and arbitrarily allocated, often failing to take into account the particular sociological and economic realities of the reserves in question… The Human Rights Watch report is a blot on our international reputation.
Tags: budget, Health, housing, Indigenous, jurisdiction, rights, standard of living
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The link between culture and health is vital for First Nations
Epidemics of obesity, diabetes, infectious diseases and suicide that plague First Nation children across Canada are complex and multi-faceted. Yet government solutions often focus on simplistic bio-medical approaches — when they address the crises at all — and too often ignore the cultural strategies proposed by indigenous leaders themselves, which address indigenous relationships with language, tradition and land.
Tags: Health, Indigenous, jurisdiction, mental Health, standard of living, youth
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Indigenous children bear brunt of poverty
… better tracking of the data; improving income supports; bolstering employment opportunities, and implementing long-term solutions. That last recommendation is the key to ending the shameful neglect. The long road out of poverty and despair begins with reconciliation and self-government, and, in the words of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, “unlocking the potential of First Nations to improve the lives of their own citizens, including their children.”
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Shameful Neglect Indigenous Child Poverty in Canada
This report calculates child poverty rates in Canada, and includes the rates on reserves and in territories—something never before examined. The report also disaggregates the statistics and identifies three tiers of poverty for children in Canada, finding the worst poverty experienced by status First Nation children (51%, rising to 60% for children on reserve)… The authors… recommend a poverty reduction plan for reserves that would: report poverty rates on reserves and in the territories; improve direct income support; improve employment prospects on reserves; and begin to implement longer-term solutions.
Tags: featured, Indigenous, participation, poverty, standard of living, youth
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Tread carefully before turning lofty UN principles into Law
What does “free, prior and informed consent” mean? Canadian courts have been clear that aboriginal groups do not have a veto, but that governments have a heavy responsibility to consult and, where possible, accommodate aboriginal concerns. Some aboriginal leaders and university activists insist that a veto exists in law. They point to the UN declaration to buttress their case, which is one of the reasons the previous government was so nervous about endorsing it.
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