Last year, archeologists detected what they believed to be 200 unmarked graves at a residential school in Canada, bringing new attention to one of the country’s most shameful chapters.

Anderson Cooper reports.   Feb 6, 2022

https://www.cbsnews.com/video/canada-residential-schools-unmarked-graves-indigenous-children-60-minutes-video-2022-02-06/#x

https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/news/2022/02/joint-statement–the-government-of-canada-national-indigenous-leaders-and-the-commissioner-of-indigenous-languages-mark-the-start-of-the-internatio.html

JOINT Statement – The Government of Canada, National Indigenous leaders and the Commissioner of Indigenous Languages mark the start of the International Decade of Indigenous Languages

KEY RESOURCES:  https://en.unesco.org/idil2022-2032/keyresources

by Russell Diabo. Originally published on Policy Options
September 22, 2017

When moving past the Indian Act means something worse (irpp.org)

Ontario’s curriculum now includes the history of residential schools, but the status quo still prevails in Indigenous education.

by Paul W. Bennett  September 17, 2021

What’s standing in the way of teaching about residential schools? (irpp.org)

Canadian Heritage Response to MLCA Thank You Sept 24 2021

https://safe-passage.ca/training.html

Safe Passage contains… information on human trafficking, violence prevention and links to other organizations that do similar work…You will also find training materials intended for members of the hospitality and trucking industries to support a better understanding of Canada’s historical and on-going colonial violence against Indigenous Peoples.

Training for: Hospitality Industry, Indigenous community, Transportation Industry

Resources : Human Trafficking resources, Violence prevention & community, MMIWG research.

NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  – Full REPORT AT – 20210902-Release-Ingerence-des-provinces_eng.pdf (apnql.com)

THE AFNQL RESPONDS TO THE LEADER OF THE BLOC QUÉBÉCOIS: QUEBEC CANNOT REFORM THE CHARTER WHILE INFRINGING ON THE RIGHTS OF FIRST NATIONS

“When the provinces, and in particular Quebec, strive to block any federal initiative in favour of First Nations’ self-determination and the recognition of their rights, they give themselves a power that does not belong to them, namely that of obstructing the future and development of Indigenous communities.”

Indices to Canadian Censuses

Automated Genealogy hosts several projects to index Canadian censuses. Over the last several years Library and Archives Canada has digitized their microfilms of the original census forms for several of the Canadian censuses and Automated Genealogy has organized volunteers to produce indices to the people enumerated in these censuses. Each project uses simple web forms to allow volunteers to transcribe census data from the images into a database, with the entered data being immediately available on the site. Following transcription further volunteers proofread and make corrections. Anyone with an internet connection can participate as a transcriber, proofreader, or just by submitting corrections as they use the site. The status of each census project varies depending on how long it has been active. There is a link to the LAC image of the original census page at the top of each transcribed census page.

http://automatedgenealogy.com/census

Example – See: District: QU  DEUX-MONTAGNES (#151)

On June 9, 2021, Tahieròn:iohte Dan David, a Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) from   Kanehsatà:ke was the first Indigenous person to be awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Canadian Journalism Foundation, founded in 1990.

Dan David joins an illustrious group of individuals such as Peter Gzowski, Peter C. Newman, Pierre Berton, Lloyd Robertson, Peter Mansbridge and many more.

https://cjf-fjc.ca/awards/lifetime-achievement-award