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We currently have 2 Bills moving through Parliament. Bill S251 is being championed by Dr. Stan Kutcher in the Canadian Senate. Bill C273 is being championed in the House of Commons by MP Peter Julian. Both Bills call Canada to honour the Truth and Reconciliation Call to Action #6 to End Corporal Punishment in Canada. Many organizations and individuals have been working to have this fundamental change in our Criminal Code - to repeal section 43 which allows for the use of physical force...

Photo: Shutterstock To read more of Greg Owen's article, please click here. In solidarity with Calgary’s LGBTQ+ community, a local Unitarian church will celebrate Easter with a drag show in their Sunday service. The “Drag Me to Church” service will coincide with Easter Sunday and the International Trans Day of Visibility, a day recognizing the contributions of trans people and the challenges they still face. The church service will also protest the introduction of legislation threatening the...

We are seeking a few additional leaders and experts in education to join as panelists for a special closed meeting roundtable discussion taking place on 4/9 @ 11:00 am - 2:30 pm (ET). Topics will include equitable access to quality education for children of African descent, the viability of a whole-person education for children of African descent, providing school children of African descent tools for healing and resilience, and ensuring that the education of children of African descent...

Image: Getty To read more of Chris Willman's article, please click here. In an interview shortly before his death, Robertson talked about his own Native heritage and said of getting to do a project that has its 'soul' in that world: 'You couldn't have made something like this up. This is so magical.' When I spoke with Robbie Robertson over the phone in the last week of July, it was at what everyone might have expected would be the beginning of a great victory lap for the musician. His work...

Indigenomics Institute founder Carol Anne Hilton describes the Indigenous approach to economics as one rooted in values rather than a slavish commitment to market orthodoxy. PHOTO BY YOUTUBE To read more of Kevin Carmichael's article, please click here. The North American bison herd was all but destroyed by European “hide hunters” in the early 1880s, but it’s still possible to sketch the animals’ former range from outer space. A satellite image of the nighttime sky over the Canadian Prairies...

To view the Twitter feed, please click here. An inspiring night for all First Nations people in Canada! Holding our hands up tonight to congratulate @WabKinew on being elected Manitoba’s next Premier, and for forming a majority government. The election of Canada’s first Indigenous provincial Premier marks a momentous shift in Canadian politics!

Esther Calder, centre, and other residential school survivors said they found comfort in recognition at National Day for Truth and Reconciliation events across Vancouver. (Shawn Foss/CBC) To read more of Michelle Morton's article, please click here. Hope and grief intermingled as residential school survivors, Indigenous communities and non-Indigenous people gathered across Vancouver to commemorate the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Saturday. The day is meant to recognize and...

The new deal adds $3.4 billion to the $20 billion previously offered by the federal government. In total, it covers approximately 300,000 First Nations children, youth and families on-reserve or in the Yukon who were discriminated against from 1991 on. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press) By Darren Major, The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, July 26, 2023 The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal approved a $23.4-billion revised agreement to compensate victims of the underfunded First Nations...

Lisa Pauli. CARLOS OSORIO/Reuters © To read more of Beatrice Nolan's article, please click here, A woman suffering from severe anorexia may soon be allowed to die under Canadian law (msn.com) Lisa Pauli has suffered from a debilitating eating disorder for decades. Pauli, who is based in Canada, told Reuters that every day was "hell" and she was ready to die. An expansion of Canada's assisted dying law may soon allow her to. A Canadian woman who has suffered from a debilitating eating...

Credit: MSUK To read MaryLou Costa's article, please click here. Recognizing that “m en will talk shoulder to shoulder, but not necessarily face to face,” Men’s Sheds give guys a space to tinker while they open up — and heal. “While you’re doing this, you’ve got to concentrate on what you’re doing. And it takes your mind off other issues, and for those couple of hours, you kind of relax. Once you start feeling better, it’s like dropping a pebble in the water, and those ripples come back out,...

Image: Kent Monkman, “The Scream.” Etching copper plate, 2017. Courtesy Kent Monkman Studio. To read more of Sean Carleton's article, please click here. On May 23, 2023 the Royal Canadian Mounted Police celebrated its 150th anniversary and kicked off a series of #RCMP150 initiatives. To counter the uncritical mythologizing of the Mounties we are seeing—from the prime minister to the RCMP itself—the National RCMP Research Council has created a new website to share truths about the force. It...

PACEs Connection is excited to kick off our 2023 Creating Resilient Communities (CRC) Annual Accelerator Program.