The Employment Equity Act receives presidential assent

The Supreme Court of Canada clarified Aboriginal title and held that courts must adapt evidentiary rules to take Indigenous oral histories seriously. It ordered a new trial rather than awarding the...

Armed attackers killed 45 Indigenous people in Acteal, Chiapas. The massacre became a focus of demands for justice and scrutiny of state responsibility. Amnesty International later criticized the...

Minister Jane Stewart unveiled Gathering Strength and a Statement of Reconciliation in response to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples. The government acknowledged damaging past policies and...

The first National Sorry Day brought public attention to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people separated from their families. Community remembrance followed the Bringing Them Home inquiry and...

Nisga'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...

The Treatment Action Campaign launched on Human Rights Day, demanding affordable HIV treatment and action by government and pharmaceutical companies. Its founding statement linked preventable deaths...

Four New York City police officers fatally shot Amadou Diallo. The case became a major focus of scrutiny of policing and civil-rights accountability. Subsequent decisions not to bring federal criminal...

The Stephen Lawrence Inquiry report was published after his family's long campaign for justice. It identified institutional racism in the Metropolitan Police and recommended substantial changes. The...

Nunavut was established as a territory following Inuit organizing, negotiations and the 1993 land claims agreement. The new public government changed the political map and gave Inuit a stronger...

Security forces repressed protesters in southern Bahia during official commemorations of the 500th anniversary of Portuguese arrival. Indigenous, Black and landless movements offered a critical...