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
Meet Canadian-born activist and former UN official, Jill Carr-Harris. She sat down with NCM to discuss how she is helping empower indigenous women in India fight at the frontlines of the pandemic.
View More Canadian Activist Empowers India’s Indigenous Women to Fight COVID-19
Twin Inuit sisters from Queen’s University are running an online store that sells face masks designed by Indigenous artists.
View More Inuit Sisters Donate Profits to Indigenous Charity
In honour of the theme of this year’s International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, NCM reporter Daniela Cohen talks to two anti-racism activists about how their struggles growing up inspired them to raise more awareness and how this has helped them in their own healing. This is the second piece in a two-part series on youth leaders from diverse communities who are taking a stand against racism.
View More It’s Never Too Early to Stand Up Against Racism
In honour of the theme of this year’s International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, NCM reporter Daniela Cohen talks to two anti-racism activists about how their struggles growing up inspired them to raise more awareness and how this has helped them in their own healing. This is the first piece in a two-part series on youth leaders from diverse communities who are taking a stand against racism.
View More Addressing Racism in “Small Circles”