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Inspiring Healthy Futures Initiative Launched in Canada
Over the past number of months, a collaborative of organizations in Canada has been undertaking an initiative they have called Inspiring Health Futures . It was inspired by the results of the 2020 Unicef Report on the well being status of children around the world. Canada ranked 30 / 38 countries and although this may seem shocking to some of us, many of us know the huge pressures many of our children live under, especially considering the rates of racism, poverty, and substance use...
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Renewed calls for Catholic Church apology after Canada mass grave find (axios.com)
An Indigenous Canadian group announced plans Saturday to identify the remains of 215 children, some as young as three, found buried at the site of a former residential school, per CBC News . The big picture: The discovery of the Tk’emlups te Secwépemc First Nation children's remains has renewed calls for the Roman Catholic Church to apologize for its role in Canada's policy of the 19th and 20th centuries that saw Indigenous children removed from families to attend state-funded residential...
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Support Indigenous Peoples - First Nations, Metis, Inuit for Truth and Reconciliation
In light of the recent discovery of the remains of 215 children in an unmarked grave adjacent to the site of the former residential school near Kamloops, BC in the territory of the Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation, many Canadians and allies worldwide are wondering how we can help. I've attached here links to the various resources created by and in consultation with Indigenous Peoples, outlining how they would like us to help. Here also are some links to recent articles posted about this...
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Canada marks day to remember residential school past (indiancountrytoday.com)
n Canada, a special First Nations event, “Remember Me: A National Day of Remembrance,” will join other remembrances at Parliament Hill in Ottawa Thursday, including an opening ceremony, a spirit walk and performances and presentations. It is being billed as “an inclusive event led by Indigenous women.” “September 30th is a day to show unity in our efforts to bridge the gap between Canadians and Indigenous people,” the organizers posted on Facebook. “It is an opportunity to embrace diversity...
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Holy Cow! Bison Have Uncovered an Ancient Rock-Art Trove In Canada, Just as an Indigenous Prophecy Once Predicted (news.artnet.com)
Elders of Wahpeton Dakota had long campaigned to have Plains bison reintroduced to their lands as they believed it would bring good fortune to Canada’s First Nations people. When officials at Wanuskewin Heritage Park finally agreed to reintroduce the animals in December 2019, more than 100 years after they were nearly hunted into extinction, it did not take long for something astonishing to happen. Just eight months after the bison were released, they uncovered a series of ancient rock...
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Canada pledges $40 billion in talks over rampant abuses of Indigenous children [npr.org]
By Joe Hernandez, Photo: Cole Burston/AFP/Getty Images, National Public Radio, December 14, 2021 The Canadian government will set aside $40 billion — more than $30 billion in U.S. currency — to compensate Indigenous people who faced abuses as children in the country's residential schools, officials announced Monday. The funds will also be used to reform the country's troubled child welfare system. The pledge comes amid ongoing negotiations between Canadian authorities and First Nations...
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Black History Month 2K22- NEW Trainings!
In Honor of Black History Month 2k22 Please Enjoy the Following NEW Trainings: Facilitating a Full Expression of Resilience: BIPOC are resilient. In learning how trauma is formed and passed from one generation to the next in our communities, we will understand how to facilitate a full expression of resilience in vulnerable communities. This course takes a deep dive into the reality of flight or fight mode and how many people enduring oppression, discrimination and hate live with a constant...
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Proposed class-action alleges systemic discrimination of Inuit children in care in Quebec (aptnnews.ca)
The wheels are officially in motion for a proposed class-action lawsuit involving Inuit children in the northern Quebec region of Nunavik. On Monday, a trio of law firms filed an application in Quebec Superior Court on behalf of all Inuit children who endured “decades of allegedly discriminatory and unlawful underfunding of child welfare” and other essential services in the north. If approved, the class-action would impact all Inuit children who were taken into the Quebec child welfare...
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‘I Feel Shame and Pain’: Pope Apologizes to Indigenous People of Canada (newsbreak.com)
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis apologized Friday for the Catholic Church’s involvement in a system of Canadian boarding schools that abused Indigenous children for 100 years, an announcement that comes after the discovery last year of signs of unmarked graves with the remains of dozens of children. “I feel shame and pain,” for the “deplorable” abuses, the pope said. “I ask forgiveness of God, and I join the Canadian bishops in apologizing.” Francis also promised he would travel to Canada, where...
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Rationale for Why Canada Should Repeal Section 43 of CCC
There is increasing momentum and coordination across Canada to Repeal section 43 of the Criminal Code of Canada which states that Every parent, schoolteacher and person standing in the place of a parent is justified in using force by way of correction of a pupil or child, as the case may be, who is under his care, if the force does not exceed what is reasonable under the circumstances. This law has sanctioned the use of corporal punishment against children at the hands of caregivers. With...
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Canada Must Repeal Section 43 of the Criminal Code of Canada
This is a conversation between Elizabeth Perry of #ACEs Canada and Danielle Dionne of No Violence for Kids Canada about the need to Repeal section 43 of the Criminal Code of Canada. Link to recording included.
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International Day to End Corporal Punishment
April 30th is the International Day to End Corporal Punishment. Many in Canada are advocating for the Government of Canada to Repeal section 43 of the Criminal Code which allows adult caregivers of children aged 2 - 12 years to exert physical punishment on children as a form of discipline. Those of us who understand neuroscience, attachment theory, child development, and ACEs understand the damage such breaches of trust between adults and children cause. We call upon all Canadians to join...
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The pope's apology in Canada was historic, but for some Indigenous people, not enough (npr.org)
Years after a Canadian-government-funded commission issued findings detailing a history of physical and sexual abuse of Indigenous children in the country's Catholic-run residential schools, Pope Francis on Monday issued an apology on Canadian soil. "I am sorry," the pope said , speaking in Maskwacis, Alberta, at the lands of four Cree nations. "I humbly beg forgiveness for the evil committed by so many Christians against the Indigenous peoples," Francis said near the site of the former...