This morning's announcement came in response to a call to action from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission that demanded governments allow survivors and their families to restore names changed by the residential school system. https://t.co/bT0qOwSbZT
LIVE: Canadian Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault is announcing the first Commissioner and Directors of the new Office of the Commissioner of Indigenous Languages. https://t.co/HIbOTwqsGX
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Our thoughts are with the family and friends of Missing Children today on International Missing Childrens day both here in Ireland and across the world.
Prayers for all the families on their day of recognition 🙏 #IMCD#InternationalMissingChildrensDay
#ICYMI: “'Violence against Indigenous peoples is a crisis that has been underfunded for decades,' Interior Secretary Haaland said." Read more ---> https://t.co/LrnRekXtXm
Congrats to @TanyaSenk on becoming @tdsb First System Superintendent of Indigenous Education! And to @ChrustyTina on becoming Principal @KWSS_TDSB. Grateful to the Elders Council for guiding us in this work.
New report finds 1 woman or girl is killed every 2.5 days in Canada - and Indigenous women & girls are disproportionately impacted. While we are outraged all we get are papers and frameworks and meetings. The killing must stop. #SilentNoMore#MMIWG#SummitOfTheAmericas