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For sheer abuse of state power nothing touches Caledonia
Tuesday, March 1st, 2011
Feb. 28, 2011
… for sheer abuse of raw state power, nothingtouches Caledonia – and where the G20 lasted but three days, the situation on the former Douglas Creek Estates remains formally unresolved… From start to finish, this story is but a stain on the Canadian landscape, the lesson that anything – criminal conduct, lawlessness, state abuses – is tolerated if it is done in the name of aboriginal self-expression.
Tags: Indigenous, participation, rights
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Natives still suffer shameful stereotypes
Sunday, February 27th, 2011
Feb. 25, 2011
Canada’s urban natives, who now comprise half of all Métis, first nations and Inuit, feel they are viewed negatively by the larger society, even as they display a high level of tolerance for other cultures… according to a study by Environics Institute, many non-aboriginals recognize their comic-book characterization of natives, and acknowledge that real discrimination exists. The federal government, the provinces and aboriginals themselves need to broaden this unsophisticated image, which focuses only on the social challenges natives face, while obscuring the many success stories.
Tags: Indigenous, multiculturalism, poverty, standard of living
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If we are a northern nation, support our northern peoples
Monday, February 21st, 2011
Feb. 21, 2011
The isolation and sparse population of many communities in the Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut make it more difficult to deliver health and educational services. And yet Ottawa has a responsibility to ensure a minimum standard of self-governance exists, and that residents of the North can experience a quality of life that is at least comparable to that in the South. Unfortunately, this is not the case – especially in the eastern Arctic, where people have abysmal high-school graduation rates, high unemployment and some of the world’s worst health outcomes.
Tags: economy, Health, Indigenous, poverty, rights, standard of living
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The big picture on poverty
Monday, February 21st, 2011
Feb 20 2011
The Poverty Reduction Act of 2009 proposes to decrease the number of children living in poverty by 25 per cent (90,000 children) by 2013. Although this is an admirable step, this act does not recognize the severity of poverty amongst a sub-group of the community who suffer from mental illness, have addictions problems, are single parents, people with disabilities, and persons who are new immigrants to our country… Is it okay to just put money toward children in poverty, or do we need to start looking at a bigger picture?
Tags: disabilities, homelessness, immigration, Indigenous, mental Health, poverty, standard of living
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Wanted: a government with the will to tackle child poverty
Saturday, January 29th, 2011
Jan. 28, 2011
Ms. Turpel-Lafond described the frustration of front-line social workers who have few tools at their disposal to improve the conditions of the families they visit, especially in aboriginal communities. The best hope they can offer for families living in wretched housing environments, for instance, is to put them on a waiting list for better accommodations, which can be 10 years long… Well, the idea isn’t to have a professional friend. A service is not visiting people. A service is taking an active role and taking preventative measures to improve the child’s situation.”
Tags: child care, Health, ideology, Indigenous, poverty, standard of living
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Medical access still the key to stopping suicide
Monday, January 10th, 2011
Jan. 09, 2011
… the most effective, long-term way to lower high suicide rates is to make sure that people at risk have sustained access to medical treatment… Being Métis, Inuit or First Nations is not an inherent risk factor for suicide. But early childhood experiences, including exposure to violence, abuse and neglect, are. People who try to end their own lives are suffering from extreme mental distress, and need help… This month, Nunavut’s government must act on its promise to implement a long-awaited suicide prevention program. Health Canada must support these efforts…
Tags: Health, Indigenous, mental Health, youth
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Lifting the veil on native youth suicide
Wednesday, January 5th, 2011
Jan. 4, 2011
About every 10 days, a young member of the Nishnawbe Aski Nation, either in one of the region’s many tiny isolated communities or in the bigger Northern Ontario towns where they often go to attend school or find work, takes his own life… there were a total of 425 confirmed suicides in all age groups through the same 24-year period… The Rangers then approached Staff-Sgt. MacLeod, and last month the 3rd Canadian Ranger Patrol Group, based in CFB Borden near Barrie, Ont., sent six instructors to the suicide prevention course held in Dorset.
Tags: Indigenous, mental Health, poverty, standard of living
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Aboriginals need help: AG
Sunday, January 2nd, 2011
January 2, 2011
Fraser’s audits have highlighted key issues facing First Nations: the significant education gap between reserves and the rest of Canada, the high numbers of aboriginal children in state care, the lack of safe drinking water on reserves and the excessive reporting requirements to federal officials… “Why is the quality of life for thousands of individuals and communities so disparate from the rest of Canada? We can’t just accept that without explanation. And once we know where some of the answers lie, what are we prepared to do about it, as Canadians?”
Tags: budget, Indigenous, poverty, rights, standard of living
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A case study on first nations poverty
Friday, December 31st, 2010
Dec. 31, 2010
In the court case of Pikangikum v Nault is a glimpse of an answer to the age-old Canadian question of how so many first nation communities in this country continue to suffer appalling conditions and ruinous poverty even as Ottawa throws millions and millions and millions of dollars at impoverished reserves… what happens when intransigent bureaucracy (the federal Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, or INAC) meets stubborn and hypersensitive first nation… is… nothing.
Tags: budget, Indigenous, standard of living
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First nations’ Quiet Revolution will begin in the classroom
Thursday, December 23rd, 2010
December 23, 2010
Canada has about 110,000 children of aboriginal identity under the age of five. Based on current conditions, we could expect that most will live in poverty and that only half will graduate from high school. There are many reasons for this discouraging outlook, and not the least is the sad fact that there is no first-nation school system. “Most First Nation schools are stuck in the old model of the village school that existed prior to rural school consolidation.” No wonder National Chief Shawn Atleo has made education his first priority…
Tags: Indigenous, participation, standard of living, youth
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