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Indigenous Disability Awareness Month [5] was created by Indigenous Disability Canada / British Columbia Aboriginal Network on Disability Society (IDC/BCANDS) in 2015, to raise awareness of the significant contributions that Indigenous peoples (First Nation, Inuit, Métis) living with disabilities bring to communities across Canada.
The organization periodically hosts a national gathering with Indigenous and non-Indigenous leadership. communities, persons with disabilities, government, and stakeholders to raise awareness of Indigenous disability in Canada. The next Gathering is scheduled for November 2024, during the 10th anniversary of Indigenous Disability Awareness ...
In 1995, a national conference of Indigenous and non-Indigenous people chaired by Elijah Harper, titled The Sacred Assembly, called for a national holiday to celebrate the contributions of Aboriginal peoples to Canada. [6] In 1996, the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples recommended that a National First Peoples Day be officially recognized.
The Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples was a royal commission undertaken by the Government of Canada in 1991 to address issues of the Indigenous peoples of Canada. [151] It assessed past government policies toward Indigenous people, such as residential schools, and provided policy recommendations to the government. [ 152 ]
In 2016, the first the Red Dress Awareness Campaign and Installation were organised and generated higher volumes of public attention on a national scale in both Canada and the United States. Although the REDress Project was not created as a call for a National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, many supporters of the ...
Indigenous filmmakers continue to make strides in Canada, building industry capacity on their own terms and telling stories that both honor their communities and reach out to global audiences ...
Sisters in Spirit vigils are held annually every October 4th in the memory of Canada’s murdered and missing Indigenous women. [17] Sisters In Spirit Vigils raise public awareness about missing and murdered Aboriginal women and girls in Canada. Vigils ensure that everyone, regardless of their cultural background, is aware of this crisis of ...
The commission released its final report in 2015, which concluded that the Indian residential school system was an act of "cultural genocide" against the First Nations of Canada, [29] as it disrupted the ability of parents and communities to pass on their indigenous languages and cultural practices to their children, leading to 70% of Canada's ...