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Montreal and Val d’Or celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day

Montreal and Val d’Or celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day

As the solstice sun sparkled on the mighty river, the warm air was full of jubilant song and dance, carrying a spirit of hope and healing for Canada’s First Nations. It is fitting that National Indigenous Peoples Day is held […]

Native Women’s Shelter of Montreal asks Prime Minister Trudeau to fund housing project

Native Women’s Shelter of Montreal asks Prime Minister Trudeau to fund housing project

In a speech to the United Nations last September, Prime Minister Trudeau spoke of Canada’s poor treatment of Indigenous peoples, highlighting the “human-rights crisis” of violence against Indigenous women and girls, and pledged concrete steps toward reconciliation. Now Nakuset – […]

Reviewing the progress made by the Montreal Urban Aboriginal Community Strategy Network

Reviewing the progress made by the Montreal Urban Aboriginal Community Strategy Network

A decade ago, Nakuset, the Executive Director of the Montreal Native Women’s Shelter, took it upon herself to gather together as many Native groups as possible to see what issues could be address and goals accomplished by working together. Today, […]

Native Women’s shelter coordinator seeking Indigenous mentors for youth in care

Native Women’s shelter coordinator seeking Indigenous mentors for youth in care

While Eeyou Istchee usually manages to keep Cree children with Cree families, Indigenous children from across Quebec often end up in urban group homes for a myriad of reasons. And every one of them could use a mentor who is […]