For this year’s National Day for Truth & Reconciliation, NCM reporter Daniela Cohen looks into how a local artist is using her skills to raise awareness and funds towards reconciliation.
View More Artist Builds Bridges for Reconciliation through ‘Every Child Matters’ Dolls
On this first National Day of Truth and Reconciliation (Sept. 30), we carry a book excerpt that speaks to the experience of ‘othering’ and how the writer is learning to cope in a milieu that feels alien and home at the same time.
View More Tongues: On Longing and Belonging Through Language — An Excerpt
Elections Canada is urging community leaders to get New Canadians, whose turnout at the polls have been historically low, to the ballot box.
View More Getting New Canadians to ‘Get Out and Vote’
While Canada is taking steps to sharing knowledge of Indigenous history with newcomers, including through an updated citizenship oath, critics say more needs to be done to meaningfully involve them in reconciliation efforts.
View More A Decolonized Citizenship Ceremony is a Step Towards Reconciliation
Indigenous communities know the issues that affect them, and this foundation wants to hear directly from them to help. Approved project applications – accepted year-round – will receive funding between $5,000 and $30,000, ‘unencumbered.’
View More Indigenous Peoples Resilience Fund: Shifting the Dial on Philanthropy
“How are classroom teachers integrating Indigenous content into their teachings?” Local Journalism Initiative reporter Daniela Cohen looks into how classroom teaching is changing ever so slowly to better reflect Indigenous history.
View More Helping Immigrant Youth Grasp Indigenous History
“The #CancelCanadaDay conversation isn’t a referendum on whether or not Canada is a good place to live. It’s about acknowledging the fact that Canada is built on a foundation of colonialism and Indigenous genocide,” writes Marcus Medford looking back on the Canada Day weekend.
View More Canada Day: To Cancel or Celebrate?
The world could witness an explosion of cases if relief does not reach disproportionately affected Indigenous tribes, experts say.
View More India’s Rising Rural Poverty Amid Pandemic Presents Global Problem
Brown Women’s Empowerment Sisterhood, founded in November 2020, raised funds for the Native Women’s Shelter of Montreal at a time of increasing domestic violence against Indigenous women and girls during the COVID-19 pandemic.
View More Women of Colour Advocacy Group Raises Funds for Indigenous Shelter
Monique Polak’s new recipe book features 19 recipes from Quebec’s first-generation immigrants and First Nations communities as a way to bridge various cultures and histories together through food.
View More Connections Forged with Food