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Inuit sign the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement
đź“… 25 May 1993Inuit representatives and the Canadian government signed the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement. It established negotiated land and resource rights and provided for the creation of Nunavut through...
A proclamation establishes National Aboriginal Day
📅 13 June 1996Governor General Roméo LeBlanc issued the proclamation designating 21 June each year as National Aboriginal Day. It recognized First Nations, Inuit and Métis cultures and contributions. The measure...
Nisga'a and government negotiators initial a final treaty agreement
đź“… 4 August 1998Nisga'a representatives and negotiators for Canada and British Columbia initialled the Nisga'a Final Agreement at New Aiyansh. It set out land, resource and governance arrangements after generations...
Campaigning secures a public inquiry into Maher Arar’s treatment
📅 28 January 2004Canada announced a public inquiry led by Dennis O’Connor into Canadian officials’ conduct in the deportation and detention of Maher Arar. Arar, his wife Monia Mazigh and civil-liberties supporters had...
Canada apologizes for the Chinese head tax and exclusion
đź“… 22 June 2006Prime Minister Stephen Harper apologized in Parliament for the Chinese head tax and expressed sorrow for subsequent exclusion. The announcement followed a long campaign for redress by Chinese...
Canada apologizes to Maher Arar and announces a settlement
đź“… 26 January 2007Prime Minister Stephen Harper issued an apology to Maher Arar, Monia Mazigh and their family for the role Canadian officials may have played in their ordeal and announced completion of mediation....
Canada apologizes for the residential school system
đź“… 11 June 2008Prime Minister Stephen Harper apologized in the House of Commons to former residential school students. The statement acknowledged policies of separation and assimilation and the damage to...
Amira Elghawaby appointed first anti-Islamophobia representative
📅 26 January 2023Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Amira Elghawaby as Canada’s first Special Representative on Combatting Islamophobia. The appointment followed community demands and the recruitment process...
PAHO publishes feature on traditional midwives
đź“… 8 June 2023Publication date: a PAHO story described how ancestral birth knowledge and modern clinical tools can be brought into dialogue.
Traditional midwives receive training on warning signs
đź“… 8 June 2023Publication date: PAHO described working with midwives to recognize pregnancy and newborn danger signs and refer patients.
Ancestral practice and clinical care meet in the Americas
đź“… 8 June 2023Publication date: the PAHO feature offered examples of traditional midwives collaborating with health professionals.
Colombian traditional midwives appear in PAHO account
📅 8 June 2023Publication date: a midwife from Colombia’s Pacific coast was described learning biomedical tools alongside ancestral practices.
Canada launches a new federal Anti-Racism Strategy
📅 8 June 2024Minister Kamal Khera launched Changing Systems, Transforming Lives, Canada's Anti-Racism Strategy for 2024–2028. Its institutional framing connected discrimination with the operation of public...