May 8, 2019 | Sexual Exploitation / Trafficking
Indigenous communities have seen their own influx of stories of sexual assault following the rise of the #MeToo movement. But Lindsay Nixon said these stories were surfacing in Indigenous communities well before that. Nixon, a Cree-Métis-Saulteaux writer, said...
May 8, 2019 | MMIWG, Sexual Exploitation / Trafficking
With drums, war paint, songs and art, Indigenous women and supporters spoke out Monday against human trafficking in London and stood in solidarity to remember Canada’s missing and murdered indigenous women and girls. Dozens took to the street outside Atlohsa Family...
Oct 24, 2018 | Healthy Communities
The return of traditional foods and a community space has become a catalyst for healing in Natoaganeg There are about 650 people who live on the Eel Ground First Nation, along the Miramichi River, and it’s a safe bet that Freda Simon, 64, has served a meal to...
Oct 24, 2018 | MMIWG, Youth
Grade 7 class at Trafalgar school inspired by ReDress project When a group of Grade 7 students in Christianne Loupelle’s science class at Trafalgar School for Girls started the last school year, the majority knew little about the cases of hundreds of missing and...
Oct 24, 2018 | Land-Based Education
Land-based learning encourages critical thought through interaction with the land A school day for six-year-old Hunter Sasakamoose can start with lighting a fire for breakfast and end with doing math by candlelight.In between, the boy learns life skills such as...
Jun 5, 2018 | Clan Mothers News
Our website will be providing updates on the progress and the building of the Village Project, opportunities to support the progress. Our Virtual Knowledge and Facebook pages will post relevant news stories locally, nationally, and internationally that impact our...
Jun 5, 2018 | Clan Mothers News
Our Way Home is a documentary film focusing on the building of Clan Mothers Healing Village, a holistic Indigenous-led community in Canada. It is also much more broadly about how Indigenous women are taking back control of their lives, breaking the cycles that hold...
Jun 5, 2018 | Sexual Exploitation / Trafficking
Although attention to human trafficking has grown in the last few years, trafficking is not a modern crime. Trafficking has existed in Native communities for centuries, since the earliest point of contact with Europeans. See this thought-provoking article titled...
Apr 22, 2018 | Environment, Youth
Autumn Peltier, a 13-year-old Anishinaabe girl from Wikwemikong First Nation, addressed world leaders at the United Nations about protecting water.
