Indigenous Peoples Day and Columbus Day: Dates and history to know for 2024
Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples Day are observed in October each year. Here's when the federal holiday is in 2024, plus a ...
Now Available: The Indigenous Peoples' Guide to the United Nations
American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians increasingly contend with rights violations concerning transboundary ...
Relations between New Brunswick and Indigenous Peoples in election spotlight
St. Mary’s First Nation Chief Allan Polchies said at a Truth and Reconciliation event in Fredericton that he wasn't endorsing ...
New Brunswick election: Relations between province, Indigenous Peoples in spotlight
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick's Liberal leader says that if her party wins the October election she would rebuild the ...
Indigenous students and faculty are on the rise — and universities have a moral obligation to support them
When universities declare commitments to reconciliation, these commitments must accompany changes necessary to ensure ...
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Do Indigenous peoples really conserve 80% of the world’s biodiversity?
A new commentary piece in the journal Nature has caused an uproar in the conservation world and has prompted scientists to ...
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B.C. Conservative Leader Rustad vows to 'unleash potential' for Indigenous prosperity
B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad says the federal government has been "absent" and failing to live up to commitments to ...
Reflections on the Canadian Medical Association’s apology to Indigenous Peoples
The Canadian Medical Association’s apology for harms to Indigenous Peoples is an opportunity to reflect on the gap between ...
Do Americans get a holiday on Columbus Day or Indigenous Peoples’ Day?
On Monday, October 14, Americans will celebrate Columbus Day 2024 – an annual holiday that marks Christopher Columbus’ arrival in America. More recently, the day – which became a federal holiday in ...
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Rustad wants B.C. Indigenous rights law repealed. Chief sees that as 40-year setback
British Columbia saw a rare unanimous vote in its legislature in October 2019, when members passed a law adopting the United ...