First Nations sue Canada over child-welfare system's destruction of culture, language
Proposed class action seeks collective compensation for community-level harms Ten Prairie-based First Nations are suing the Canadian...
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RECENT NEWS ON RUSSIAN GENOCIDE IN UKRAINE
Ontario says ‘colonization’ costs mean it does not owe First Nations billions
Canadian province argues in court it is not responsible for compensating Indigenous people over broken treaty obligations Ontario has...
Canada : Ottawa prêt à accueillir 10.000 réfugiés Ouïghours « intimidés » par Pékin
DROITS HUMAINS Une motion adoptée par les députés accuse la Chine d’exercer des pressions sur les pays qui accueillent les réfugiés...
The ancient trees at the heart of a case against the Crown
A small indigenous community is fighting a historic land rights claim in Canada - and they are using ancient trees and famed British...
Canada Settles $2 Billion Suit Over ‘Cultural Genocide’ at Residential Schools
The class action, brought by 325 First Nations, said that residential schools, sanctioned by the government, eroded Indigenous cultures...
Residential school system recognized as genocide in Canada’s House of Commons: A harbinger of change
In a historic move, Canada’s House of Commons unanimously recognized the Indian Residential School System (IRS) as genocide on Oct. 27,...
Sweden looks to Canada as it launches truth commission into treatment of Indigenous people
Geraldine Shingoose wasn’t quite sure what to think of the e-mail that landed in her inbox from the Canadian embassy in Sweden. For...
Uyghur Canadian leaders urge Trudeau to acknowledge ‘genocide’ in Xinjiang
Meeting comes after parliament’s unanimous support of expedited entry for 10,000 Uyghur refugees. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau...
Recognize genocide in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, experts urge Canadian committee
As a humanitarian official and health expert for three decades, Mukesh Kapila witnessed the horrors of genocides in Rwanda, Cambodia,...
‘It was historic’: Motion to call residential schools genocide backed unanimously
Consultation with Indigenous people required to determine next steps, NDP member says. Leah Gazan rises during question period in the...
