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“Redwashing is the gap between a company’s marketing and its reality. A company cannot ‘redwash’ its operations by sponsoring a community festival while simultaneously ignoring its duty to obtain consent on a project.”
#Indigenous #FPIC #legal #law #risk #OSC #CSA #TSX #industry #development
#Indigenous #FPIC #legal #law #risk #OSC #CSA #TSX #industry #development
Ignoring Indigenous consent poses real financial risk to investors, securities regulators warned
The Anishnawbe Business Professional Association (ABPA) is calling on the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) to take stronger action against “redwashing” — the corporate misuse of reconciliation lang...
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November 11, 2025 at 12:34 AM
“Redwashing is the gap between a company’s marketing and its reality. A company cannot ‘redwash’ its operations by sponsoring a community festival while simultaneously ignoring its duty to obtain consent on a project.”
#Indigenous #FPIC #legal #law #risk #OSC #CSA #TSX #industry #development
#Indigenous #FPIC #legal #law #risk #OSC #CSA #TSX #industry #development
“If you can fine a company for lying about its environmental claims, you can and must use those exact same anti-misrepresentation powers against a company that lies about its Indigenous partnerships.” #Indigenous #redwashing #FPIC #FirstNation #ONpoli #Ontario #reconciliation #securities #regulator
Ignoring Indigenous consent poses real financial risk to investors, securities regulators warned
The Anishnawbe Business Professional Association (ABPA) is calling on the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) to take stronger action against “redwashing” — the corporate misuse of reconciliation lang...
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November 10, 2025 at 10:50 PM
“If you can fine a company for lying about its environmental claims, you can and must use those exact same anti-misrepresentation powers against a company that lies about its Indigenous partnerships.” #Indigenous #redwashing #FPIC #FirstNation #ONpoli #Ontario #reconciliation #securities #regulator
Uiksaringitara (Wrong Husband), by #Inuit director, Zacharias Kunuk, begins its theatrical run. Dates and locations in article update.
#Indigenous #film
#Indigenous #film
Kunuk's latest drama heads to Vancouver film festival
Update: Nov. 7, 2025Uiksaringitara (Wrong Husband), by award-winning Canadian Inuit director, Zacharias Kunuk, begins its theatrical run in Ottawa (Nov. 9), Charlottetown (Nov. 19), Wolfville, NS (Nov...
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November 7, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Uiksaringitara (Wrong Husband), by #Inuit director, Zacharias Kunuk, begins its theatrical run. Dates and locations in article update.
#Indigenous #film
#Indigenous #film
“…we expect to see confirmation of our inclusion in the funding. Clearly, the Red River #Métis Government has outstanding questions about the implications of the budget for our Citizens…”
#Indigenous #Budget2025 #Canada #cdnpoli
#Indigenous #Budget2025 #Canada #cdnpoli
Manitoba Métis Federation welcomes Canada’s Budget 2025 investments
The Manitoba Métis Federation (MMF), National Government of the Red River Métis, welcomes Canada’s Budget 2025 as it relates to strengthening the economy, as well as investments that could benefit the...
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November 6, 2025 at 8:22 PM
“…we expect to see confirmation of our inclusion in the funding. Clearly, the Red River #Métis Government has outstanding questions about the implications of the budget for our Citizens…”
#Indigenous #Budget2025 #Canada #cdnpoli
#Indigenous #Budget2025 #Canada #cdnpoli
The Canada Council for the Arts today announced the 2025 winners of the Governor General’s Literary Awards.
The winner in the Young People’s Literature – Illustrated Books category is This Land is a Lullaby by Tonya Simpson.
#Indigenous #FirstNations
The winner in the Young People’s Literature – Illustrated Books category is This Land is a Lullaby by Tonya Simpson.
#Indigenous #FirstNations
New children’s book demonstrates deep love of the land
Update: Nov. 6, 2025The Canada Council for the Arts today announced the 2025 winners of the Governor General’s Literary Awards. The awards celebrate outstanding literary works published in Canada in b...
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November 6, 2025 at 7:39 PM
The Canada Council for the Arts today announced the 2025 winners of the Governor General’s Literary Awards.
The winner in the Young People’s Literature – Illustrated Books category is This Land is a Lullaby by Tonya Simpson.
#Indigenous #FirstNations
The winner in the Young People’s Literature – Illustrated Books category is This Land is a Lullaby by Tonya Simpson.
#Indigenous #FirstNations
“We are calling for a First Ministers Meeting to engage directly with all governments. We will not take Budget 2025 as the final word for First Nations, and neither should Canada.”
#Indigenous #FirstNations #Budget2025 #Canada #cdnpoli
#Indigenous #FirstNations #Budget2025 #Canada #cdnpoli
National Chief calls federal budget a missed opportunity for First Nations and Canada
“There is no Canada Strong without strong First Nations,” said National Chief Woodhouse Nepinak. “The 2025 federal budget is a missed opportunity for First Nations and Canada. Our people and governmen...
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November 6, 2025 at 6:51 PM
“We are calling for a First Ministers Meeting to engage directly with all governments. We will not take Budget 2025 as the final word for First Nations, and neither should Canada.”
#Indigenous #FirstNations #Budget2025 #Canada #cdnpoli
#Indigenous #FirstNations #Budget2025 #Canada #cdnpoli
“It really gives a boost to the guys. And I know we have a lot of support from the community. I think that’s a big thing why we’ve been successful.”
#Indigenous #FirstNations #firefighters #competition #Manitoba #nationals
#Indigenous #FirstNations #firefighters #competition #Manitoba #nationals
First Nations firefighting team from Manitoba captures national title
Though the team was making its first appearance at a national event, Josh Roulette had a good feeling that the Sandy Bay Ojibway First Nation Firefighters would capture a Canadian championship.Roulett...
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November 6, 2025 at 6:18 PM
“It really gives a boost to the guys. And I know we have a lot of support from the community. I think that’s a big thing why we’ve been successful.”
#Indigenous #FirstNations #firefighters #competition #Manitoba #nationals
#Indigenous #FirstNations #firefighters #competition #Manitoba #nationals
“…this is the language that's been spoken here for hundreds, if not thousands, of years prior to Europeans coming over. This is the #language that the land knows…”
#Indigenous #FirstNations #books #poetry
#Indigenous #FirstNations #books #poetry
Poet examines cultural, physical reclamation through Indigenous language
Part of Melissa Powless Day’s reclamation journey is her language, which she sprinkles throughout her newest poetry collection A Bow Forged in Ash.
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November 4, 2025 at 4:11 PM
“…this is the language that's been spoken here for hundreds, if not thousands, of years prior to Europeans coming over. This is the #language that the land knows…”
#Indigenous #FirstNations #books #poetry
#Indigenous #FirstNations #books #poetry
“I want the viewer to have an experience. I want them to extrapolate something from it. I want them to learn from it. The best way to do that is by captivating somebody and entertaining somebody at the same time.”
#Indigenous #FirstNations #film #powwow #culture
#Indigenous #FirstNations #film #powwow #culture
Emerging Indigenous filmmaker lands major Telefilm grant for upcoming project
Swampy Cree filmmaker Peter Kolopenuk has been selected for Telefilm Canada’s prestigious “Talent to Watch” program, earning national support for an upcoming feature documentary exploring powwow cultu...
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November 3, 2025 at 7:20 PM
“I want the viewer to have an experience. I want them to extrapolate something from it. I want them to learn from it. The best way to do that is by captivating somebody and entertaining somebody at the same time.”
#Indigenous #FirstNations #film #powwow #culture
#Indigenous #FirstNations #film #powwow #culture
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October 30, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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“Favorable Lake is a constant reminder of what happens when governments and companies walk away from their responsibilities. #Ontario has still not cleaned up that mine... how can we trust them to manage new development under a weaker process?”
#Indigenous #FirstNations #ONpoli #mining
#Indigenous #FirstNations #ONpoli #mining
North Spirit Lake First Nation calls on Ontario to halt “One Project, One Process”
North Spirit Lake First Nation is calling on the Province of Ontario to immediately pause its new “One Project, One Process” policy, warning that the framework threatens to silence Indigenous voices, ...
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October 29, 2025 at 8:36 PM
“Favorable Lake is a constant reminder of what happens when governments and companies walk away from their responsibilities. #Ontario has still not cleaned up that mine... how can we trust them to manage new development under a weaker process?”
#Indigenous #FirstNations #ONpoli #mining
#Indigenous #FirstNations #ONpoli #mining
“I would put it right up there next to the Olympics. I’m really proud to be able to represent my culture on the world stage and being a role model for Indigenous athletes. So, I think it’s just as meaningful but in a different way.”
#Indigenous #FirstNations #sports #rugby #Olympics #LongboatAward
#Indigenous #FirstNations #sports #rugby #Olympics #LongboatAward
First Nations rugby player named female recipient of national Tom Longboat Award
Shalaya Valenzuela’s athletic career already includes an Olympic medal for play on Team Canada’s women’s rugby sevens squad that captured a silver in competition at last year’s Paris Olympics.Now the ...
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October 29, 2025 at 5:07 PM
“I would put it right up there next to the Olympics. I’m really proud to be able to represent my culture on the world stage and being a role model for Indigenous athletes. So, I think it’s just as meaningful but in a different way.”
#Indigenous #FirstNations #sports #rugby #Olympics #LongboatAward
#Indigenous #FirstNations #sports #rugby #Olympics #LongboatAward
“I find myself on this incredible path that has also been my healing, which comes with all of its implications. It got messy. Things are going to get messy.”
#Indigenous #Inuit #books #memoir #arts #music
#Indigenous #Inuit #books #memoir #arts #music
Memoir tells story of accidental career path that led to healing from trauma
For more than three decades, three-time Juno award-winning singer Susan Aglukark wrote songs that laid bare the trauma she experienced from being sexually assaulted at a young age. What she found more...
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October 29, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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October 28, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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“My Indigenous background is something that I hold really close to my heart and I take with me everywhere I go. So, that award just means the world to me.”
#Indigenous #FirstNations #sports #swimming #TomLongboat #Olympics
#Indigenous #FirstNations #sports #swimming #TomLongboat #Olympics
First Nations swimmer captures Tom Longboat Award, eyes second Olympic appearance
Swimmer Apollo Hess is back in the pool and doing what he loves best.Hess, a member of Kainai Nation in Alberta, represented Canada at the 2024 Paris Olympics. He was on the 4x100-metre mixed medley r...
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October 27, 2025 at 4:55 PM
“My Indigenous background is something that I hold really close to my heart and I take with me everywhere I go. So, that award just means the world to me.”
#Indigenous #FirstNations #sports #swimming #TomLongboat #Olympics
#Indigenous #FirstNations #sports #swimming #TomLongboat #Olympics
“The proposed reforms would in practice punish our people for being poor, homeless, or in crisis — situations often rooted in colonial policies.”
#Indigenous #FirstNations #Justice #bail #colonialism #safety
#Indigenous #FirstNations #Justice #bail #colonialism #safety
AFN national chief says proposed bail reforms will deepen justice crisis facing First Nations
National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak released the following statement today in response to the introduction of the Bail and Sentencing Reform Act by the Honourable Sean Fraser, Minister of Justice a...
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October 25, 2025 at 12:25 PM
“The proposed reforms would in practice punish our people for being poor, homeless, or in crisis — situations often rooted in colonial policies.”
#Indigenous #FirstNations #Justice #bail #colonialism #safety
#Indigenous #FirstNations #Justice #bail #colonialism #safety
“We commend the province for recognizing the importance of keeping First Nations children with their families through kinship care, but our children deserve more than promises. Without proper funding, these arrangements cannot succeed.”
#Indigenous #FirstNations #childwelfare #MBpoli #Manitoba
#Indigenous #FirstNations #childwelfare #MBpoli #Manitoba
MKO calls for urgent investment in child welfare services in northern Manitoba
Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak (MKO) is alarmed over the rising number of children in care in Manitoba and the continued overrepresentation of Indigenous children in the child welfare system.
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October 23, 2025 at 2:02 PM
“We commend the province for recognizing the importance of keeping First Nations children with their families through kinship care, but our children deserve more than promises. Without proper funding, these arrangements cannot succeed.”
#Indigenous #FirstNations #childwelfare #MBpoli #Manitoba
#Indigenous #FirstNations #childwelfare #MBpoli #Manitoba
“I didn't want to come back. It was so emotional. It was so beautiful. I didn't want to come back. They told me that I had to come back and finish my work. I had some work to do.”
#Indigenous #FirstNations #books #memoir #spirituality #residentialschool #forgiveness
#Indigenous #FirstNations #books #memoir #spirituality #residentialschool #forgiveness
Author still has work to do to write the final chapters of his life
In a poignant recounting of when he first arrived at Ermineskin Residential School in Hobbema at age nine, former chief of Fort McMurray First Nation Robert Cree writes, “…on that very same day, they ...
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October 22, 2025 at 7:42 PM
“I didn't want to come back. It was so emotional. It was so beautiful. I didn't want to come back. They told me that I had to come back and finish my work. I had some work to do.”
#Indigenous #FirstNations #books #memoir #spirituality #residentialschool #forgiveness
#Indigenous #FirstNations #books #memoir #spirituality #residentialschool #forgiveness
"These past 14 years have allowed me to grow as a man, as a husband, as a father, and it's been quite enjoyable, to be honest. There's been a lot of tough times, but that's life.”
#Indigenous #Inuit #hockey #sports #NHL #film #television #documentary
#Indigenous #Inuit #hockey #sports #NHL #film #television #documentary
Documentary features life story of first Inuk player in the National Hockey League
A documentary about the life of trailblazing Inuk hockey star Jordin Tootoo is finally coming to the screen.The film, simply titled Tootoo, will premiere on Super Channel Fuse this Friday (Oct. 24) at...
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October 22, 2025 at 4:35 PM
"These past 14 years have allowed me to grow as a man, as a husband, as a father, and it's been quite enjoyable, to be honest. There's been a lot of tough times, but that's life.”
#Indigenous #Inuit #hockey #sports #NHL #film #television #documentary
#Indigenous #Inuit #hockey #sports #NHL #film #television #documentary
“It's about us giving them a share of what's generated from our resources. We have to turn the table. This is our land. We will share with them. It's not the other way around."
#Indigenous #FirstNations #Bill5 #ONpoli #Ontario #majorprojects #development
#Indigenous #FirstNations #Bill5 #ONpoli #Ontario #majorprojects #development
First Nations leaders condemn Ontario legislation they say could backfire on major project development
First Nations leaders believe damage has already been done by the passage of controversial Ontario legislation Bill 5, Protect Ontario by Unleashing Our Economy Act, 2025.But they remain hopeful that ...
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October 22, 2025 at 3:28 PM
“It's about us giving them a share of what's generated from our resources. We have to turn the table. This is our land. We will share with them. It's not the other way around."
#Indigenous #FirstNations #Bill5 #ONpoli #Ontario #majorprojects #development
#Indigenous #FirstNations #Bill5 #ONpoli #Ontario #majorprojects #development
“When people grow up on the land in remote First Nations, they survive by depending on each other and watching out for one another.”
#Indigenous #FirstNations #healing #loss
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#Indigenous #FirstNations #healing #loss
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The day the earth shook
By Xavier KataquapitI was outside under the bright warm fall sunlight when I felt the world turn dark on me and the earth shook beneath my feet. My sister called with the tragic news that we had lost ...
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October 22, 2025 at 12:57 PM
“When people grow up on the land in remote First Nations, they survive by depending on each other and watching out for one another.”
#Indigenous #FirstNations #healing #loss
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#Indigenous #FirstNations #healing #loss
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“I can’t believe it. Those are our cousins…. I hate the thought that we are going to have this fight...nobody’s going to push us around. Not as long as I’m your president. Never.”
#Indigenous #Métis #MMF #Manitoba #RedRiverMétis #cdnpoli #economic #development
#Indigenous #Métis #MMF #Manitoba #RedRiverMétis #cdnpoli #economic #development
State of the Nation address a mix of Métis pride and worry about battles on the horizon
President David Chartrand of the Manitoba Métis Federation gave the State of the Nation address Oct. 18 at the Red River Métis’ government’s 2025 Annual General Assembly held over the weekend. It was ...
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October 21, 2025 at 2:04 AM
“I can’t believe it. Those are our cousins…. I hate the thought that we are going to have this fight...nobody’s going to push us around. Not as long as I’m your president. Never.”
#Indigenous #Métis #MMF #Manitoba #RedRiverMétis #cdnpoli #economic #development
#Indigenous #Métis #MMF #Manitoba #RedRiverMétis #cdnpoli #economic #development
“We can’t be worried about a political party that gets elected that may not like us or want to do anything with us…. So we’ve got to get ready for the next round… We need to see the future, and we need to take control of that future.”
#Indigenous #Métis #MMF #Manitoba #RedRiverMétis #cdnpoli #ecdev
#Indigenous #Métis #MMF #Manitoba #RedRiverMétis #cdnpoli #ecdev
State of the Nation address a mix of Métis pride and worry about battles on the horizon
President David Chartrand of the Manitoba Métis Federation gave the State of the Nation address Oct. 18 at the Red River Métis’ government’s 2025 Annual General Assembly held over the weekend. It was ...
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October 20, 2025 at 10:14 PM
“We can’t be worried about a political party that gets elected that may not like us or want to do anything with us…. So we’ve got to get ready for the next round… We need to see the future, and we need to take control of that future.”
#Indigenous #Métis #MMF #Manitoba #RedRiverMétis #cdnpoli #ecdev
#Indigenous #Métis #MMF #Manitoba #RedRiverMétis #cdnpoli #ecdev
"I think he's a guy that kind of drives our engine a little bit. The guys will rally around him. So, we're looking forward to seeing his continued progress this year."
#Indigenous #sports #hockey #YorkU #university
#Indigenous #sports #hockey #YorkU #university
First Nation defenceman making improvements with York Lions and eyeing pro career
The York University Lions men’s hockey team is expecting big things this season from defenceman Lucas Eagle, and that’s not just because Eagle, a member of Thunderchild First Nation in Saskatchewan, p...
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October 20, 2025 at 6:50 PM
"I think he's a guy that kind of drives our engine a little bit. The guys will rally around him. So, we're looking forward to seeing his continued progress this year."
#Indigenous #sports #hockey #YorkU #university
#Indigenous #sports #hockey #YorkU #university
“… we’d see the fighter jets flying over our First Nation back in the day. We stood there and watched them, and now to be here today, 40 years later in this role … it’s really cool.”
#Indigenous #FirstNations #CAF #Snowbirds #reconciliation
#Indigenous #FirstNations #CAF #Snowbirds #reconciliation
Chief Evan Taypotat becomes Snowbirds’ first Indigenous honorary colonel
Chief Evan B.G. Taypotat of Kahkewistahaw First Nation was formally invested on Oct. 17 as Honorary Colonel of 431 Air Demonstration Squadron, better known as the Canadian Forces Snowbirds.Based at 15...
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October 20, 2025 at 5:28 PM
“… we’d see the fighter jets flying over our First Nation back in the day. We stood there and watched them, and now to be here today, 40 years later in this role … it’s really cool.”
#Indigenous #FirstNations #CAF #Snowbirds #reconciliation
#Indigenous #FirstNations #CAF #Snowbirds #reconciliation