The First Nations Governance Act was introduced by the federal government in June 2002 to overhaul the 126-year-old Indian Act. Under the amended Act, native bands would be required to develop a ...

A new report by University of Saskatchewan economist Eric Howe shows just how much Saskatchewan’s economy could gain by closing the Aboriginal education gap. Howe explains that higher education causes ...

Douglas Sanderson (Amo Binashii) is Prichard Wilson Chair in Law and Public Policy at the University of Toronto’s Henry N.R. Jackman Faculty of Law, and the co-author of Valley of the Birdtail.

TORONTO – A new report suggests aboriginal Canadians frequently face racism and stereotyping when using health care services in urban centres, a situation which can breed a degree of mistrust deep ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Wolastoqey Nation is claiming Aboriginal title based on where it believes Wolastoqey members historically used and occupied ...

Opportunistic infections that were the hallmark of the early days of the AIDS epidemic in Canada — PCP, MAC, CMV and meningitis — are conditions that nurse Doreen Littlejohn sees regularly at the ...

OTTAWA, Sept. 10 /CNW/ - While college and university students across the country have started their classes, thousands of Aboriginal students are unable to access post-secondary education due to a ...

New Brunswick’s Court of Appeal has ruled that an Indigenous group cannot seek a declaration of Aboriginal title over private property, saying the harm to private property rights would undermine ...

With all the attention paid to the Idle No More movement and the off-again, on-again talks between some native chiefs and the prime minister, one basic fact about aboriginal life in Canada has been ...

From housing to healthcare to drinking water, the Trudeau government is having trouble living up to promises made to indigenous Canadians. Mississauga doesn't plan to argue whether or not the team ...