IF YOU WERE IN THE INDIAN BOARDING HOMES PROGRAM between September 1, 1951, and June 30, 1992, you may be eligible for compensation.
FIRST NATIONS COMMUNITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS ENGAGED IN DIRECT HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY to First Nations people in BC are eligible to apply for Pharmacy Care Initiative Grants up until Dec. 31, 2024.
INDIGENOUS STENO AND COURT TRANSCRIPTION STUDENTS at Northern Alberta Institute of Technology in Edmonton may be eligible for $1,000 scholarships from Veritext Legal Solutions.
INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM DAY ON MAY 18 IS A GOOD TIME TO FOCUS ON REPATRIATING ancestral human remains and burial items to Indigenous communities.
AS WE HEAD INTO SPRING, WE ARE REMINDED THAT INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES FACE IMPACTS of climate change in ways that can be particularly disruptive. Floods, wildfires, heat domes, and atmospheric rivers require new levels of emergency response.
MAHIHKAN MANAGEMENT IS ASSISTING HEALTH CANADA TO HEAR INDIGENOUS PERSPECTIVES on end-of-life care and medical assistance in dying (MAID).
SACRED AND STRONG: Upholding Our Matriarchal Roles, published in 2021 by the First Nations Health Authority and the Office of the Provincial Health Officer, is a downloadable 154-page PDF exploring “the health and wellness journeys of BC First Nations Women and Girls”.
“TODAY … MARKS A NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION TO SEARCH THE LANDFILLS, a painful reminder that Indigenous women continue to be dehumanized, devalued, and discarded.”
“OUR HERITAGE PROGRAM HELPS US TO UNDERSTAND WHO WE ARE AND HOW TO LIVE. WE KNOW THAT THERE IS AN URGENT NEED to protect Indigenous heritage, now and into the future.”
FOLLOWING TWO PHASES OF ENGAGEMENT with First Nations in BC and external stakeholders, the Heritage Conservation Act Transformation Project (HCATP) will not produce legislative amendments in the current legislative session scheduled to end March 16, 2024.