Reconciliation

Chief Cadmus Delorme appointed as chairperson of the new Residential School Documents Advisory Committee

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Tuesday, February 21, 2023
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The Residential School Documents Advisory Committee is the result of this direction.

Key Points: 
  • The Residential School Documents Advisory Committee is the result of this direction.
  • The Residential School Documents Advisory Committee will be composed of Survivors, First Nations, Inuit and Métis community members, and federal and expert representatives.
  • As the independent chairperson of the Residential School Documents Advisory Committee, Chief Delorme has a mandate to promote consensus-based decision-making and ensure Indigenous voices are reflected in all discussions and decisions regarding the identification, review and sharing of residential school-related documents.
  • Chief Cadmus Delorme of Cowessess First Nation will be appointed as chairperson of the Residential School Documents Advisory Committee for a five-year term.

Private Wealth Systems Recognized as Best Reporting Solution for Family Offices

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Thursday, February 16, 2023
UHNW, Private Asset Management, Investment, IRR, PWS, Reconciliation, PAM, Financial services, Cryptocurrency

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Feb. 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Private Wealth Systems (PWS), a multi-asset class portfolio management and reporting platform uniquely designed for ultra-high net worth (UHNW) individuals, family offices, and foundations, today announced it has been named Best Reporting Solution by Private Asset Management (PAM) awards.

Key Points: 
  • CHARLOTTE, N.C., Feb. 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Private Wealth Systems (PWS), a multi-asset class portfolio management and reporting platform uniquely designed for ultra-high net worth (UHNW) individuals, family offices, and foundations, today announced it has been named Best Reporting Solution by Private Asset Management (PAM) awards.
  • This award recognizes Private Wealth Systems as a leader in solving the complexities of managing and reporting on public and private asset classes for family offices.
  • In addition to being named a leader in consolidated reporting, PWS was shortlisted for Best Multi-Asset Class Portfolio Management System and Best Technology Platform for Family Offices.
  • Private Wealth Systems' consolidated investment reporting provides family offices, UHNWIs, and their advisors with summary to tax-lot/transaction level views regardless of complexity, investment type, ownership structure or global jurisdiction.

New Macdonald-Laurier Institute report on East Coast fishery should be a wake-up call for the Government of Canada

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Thursday, January 26, 2023
Fishery, Indigenous self-government in Canada, Federation, Department of Fisheries (Thailand), Reconciliation, Government, Risk, Coalition, Indigenous peoples, Macdonald–Laurier Institute, Quebec, Maritime, MLI, Movement, Answer, Organization, Risk management, Whaling, Aquaculture, Indigenous, Crown

SHEDIAC, New Brunswick, Jan. 26, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The new Macdonald-Laurier Institute (MLI) Report: Fishing for Answers, How an East Coast Resurgence could navigate through rough seas by Ken Coates puts a spotlight on risks and opportunities for coastal communities. A number of observations and recommendations suggest the Government of Canada needs to change direction.

Key Points: 
  • A number of observations and recommendations suggest the Government of Canada needs to change direction.
  • “The federal government strategy of targeting the commercial fishery to bear the burden of Reconciliation is fundamentally wrong.
  • We need to be at the table together with Indigenous leaders and the government having direct discussions.
  • Indigenous peoples, commercial fishing organizations and the government must be brought directly to the table to find solutions that maintain a sustainable fishery.

Aidéo Technologies™ Announces Release of Significant Customer-Driven Enhancements in Gemini Coding Platform™

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Thursday, January 19, 2023
SLA, Reconciliation, Date, Machine learning, BEACH, PALM, Cryptocurrency, Video game console, Online shopping, Bookkeeping

The Gemini Coding Platform, designed for coders by coders, is a complementary workflow platform to the company’s Gemini Autonomous Coding Factory artificial intelligence coding engine.

Key Points: 
  • The Gemini Coding Platform, designed for coders by coders, is a complementary workflow platform to the company’s Gemini Autonomous Coding Factory artificial intelligence coding engine.
  • Aidéo customers leverage the Gemini Coding Platform for efficiency and productivity gains for medical encounters that require manual intervention and/or human validation.
  • Each interaction on the platform continues to inform the machine learning in the Gemini Coding Factory and grow Aidéo’s autonomous coding capabilities.
  • “Our novel approach to autonomous coding leveraging both a workflow platform and our proprietary coding factory framework is one of the things that sets Aidéo apart from what is becoming a crowded autonomous coding marketplace,” said David Shelton, CEO, Aidéo Technologies.

National Chief for Off-Reserve Indigenous Peoples Condemns Liberal Reconciliation Bill as Colonial

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Friday, December 9, 2022
Frustration, Colonialism, Residential school, Liberal, House, National Council, Reconciliation, Council, Human, Indigenous peoples, Government, Congress, CAP, Indian Act, Legislation, Senate, Liberal government, Senator, Liberal Government of New Zealand, National Chief, NIO, Congress of Aboriginal Peoples, Health insurance, Parliament Hill

Bill C-29 Divides Indigenous Groups and the Senate Must Amend

Key Points: 
  • The proposed legislation and National Council create new levels of colonial policy and discrimination that continues to marginalize indigenous people.
  • "The entire Congress of Aboriginal Peoples (CAP) is shocked and frustration at the Liberal Government's gross actions to exclude the national voice of off-reserve, non-status and urban Indigenous peoples at the National Council for Reconciliation," said Elmer St. Pierre, National Chief, the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples.
  • Bill C-29 proposes to reverse the damage from colonial policies like Residential Schools and the Indian Act.
  • CAP is outraged that the Liberal Government would intentionally lead a process of discrimination and exclusion against any Indigenous peoples.

Indigenous Watchdog challenges Manitoba’s Speech from the Throne that commits to reconciliation

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Thursday, December 1, 2022
Mental health, Homeland, Manitoba Act, Land acknowledgement, Nation, Indigenous peoples, Throne, Treaty, First Nations, Government, Inuit, Reconciliation, Treaty 1, Early Indian treaty territories in Montana, Federation, Red River, Confederation, Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations, Anishinaabe, Speech, Crown

HAMILTON, Ontario, Dec. 01, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Indigenous Watchdog tracks and reports on how reconciliation is progressing in Canada.

Key Points: 
  • HAMILTON, Ontario, Dec. 01, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Indigenous Watchdog tracks and reports on how reconciliation is progressing in Canada.
  • To add even further insult, the conclusion of the Speech from the Throne repeats all the above priorities except, you guessed it - Advancing Reconciliation - which again is completely ignored and literally and physically erased from the document.
  • In the last Speech from the Throne the government committed to "significant efforts towards reconciliation" while the current government committed to "Advancing Reconciliation".
  • In the preamble to the speech, immediately after the Land Acknowledgement, the Speech states that "The crown underpins our constitutional relationships with the federal and provincial governments and Indigenous communities."

Culture Days 2022 is the Most Attended Ever

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Tuesday, November 29, 2022
Culture, Government of Canada, Alberta Culture Days, Scene (filmmaking), CBC, Blog, Department of Canadian Heritage, Royal Conservatory of Music, Truth commission, Life, First Nations, Creativity, Canada Council, Organizer, Government, Reconciliation, City, Volunteering, Artistic Media Partners, The arts, The Royal Conservatory of Music, The Weather Network, Tourism, Entertainment, Research, Truth

"Art connects cultures and communities without boundaries -- defining and uplifting how we learn from each other. Culture Days brings so much excitement each year and a chance to interact with people from all backgrounds -- each year I have great stories to cherish."

Key Points: 
  • Culture Days celebrations connected communities from September 23 through October 16, 2022 and created the pathway for a substantial return to the arts.
  • Read a recap on this years celebrations on our 2022 Highlights page , and learn more about the impact of Culture Days through Research , Media & Gallery and Blog .
  • Culture Days programs invite the public to get hands-on and behind-the-scenes to highlight the importance of arts and culture by connecting communities and creators.
  • Financial support for Culture Days is provided by the Government of Canada through the Department of Canadian Heritage and the Canada Council for the Arts.

Press conference — Kahkewistahaw First Nation holds press conference today to discuss “Mosaic’s failed Indigenous engagement policy”

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Thursday, November 17, 2022
Supreme Court of Canada, LLP, The Mosaic Company, ESG, Natural Resources, Saskatchewan Research Council, Aborigine, First Nations, Legislation, War, UNDRIP, Reconciliation, Running, Saskatoon Centre, Innovation, Moe, Kahkewistahaw First Nation, Section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982, Supreme court, Potash, Property management, Mosaic, Environment, Mosaic Stadium, Kā-kīwistāhāw

Malcolm Macpherson, a partner with Clark Wilson LLP who represents Kahkewistahaw, stated that in his clients experience, Mosaic pays lip service to Indigenous engagement and rights.

Key Points: 
  • Malcolm Macpherson, a partner with Clark Wilson LLP who represents Kahkewistahaw, stated that in his clients experience, Mosaic pays lip service to Indigenous engagement and rights.
  • In reality, he says, the company has refused to meaningfully engage with the Kahkewistahaw First Nation.
  • Kahkewistahaw First Nation Chief Evan Taypotat will hold a press conference today to discuss Florida-based potash miner Mosaic Companys abject failure to meaningfully engage with the nation while extracting substantive wealth from their traditional territory.
  • The press conference will be webcast live via Facebook for those who cannot attend in person: https://www.facebook.com/kahkewistahaw.3914
    Speakers will be available for interviews following their comments.

The Government of Canada and the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation launch a new funding opportunity to support Reconciliation Network in Response to Call to Action 65

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Thursday, November 24, 2022
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The investment will support a national research program with multiyear funding to advance the collective understanding of reconciliation.

Key Points: 
  • The investment will support a national research program with multiyear funding to advance the collective understanding of reconciliation.
  • The funded recipients will participate in activitiesmanaged by the NCTR, in its role as coordination hub for the Reconciliation Network.
  • "As the host for the National Centre on Truth and Reconciliation, the University of Manitoba has an important role to play in reconciliation in Canada.
  • This investment through the Reconciliation Network is an important milestone in implementing the Calls to Action of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC).

Learn Invaluable Lessons from the Natural World with Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults, a New Adaptation of the Bestselling Book by Robin Wall Kimmerer and Monique Gray Smith with Illustrations by Nicole Neidhardt

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Tuesday, November 1, 2022
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As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer is trained to use the tools of science to ask questions of nature.

Key Points: 
  • As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer is trained to use the tools of science to ask questions of nature.
  • Virtual Launch Party with the New York Public Library: Friday, November 18 at 11:00 AM EST
    Join us for a conversation with Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults creators Robin Wall Kimmerer, Monique Gray Smith, and Nicole Neidhardt.
  • For additional information about Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults, videos with the creators, and more visit lernerbooks.com/braidingsweetgrass .
  • Advance Praise for Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults:
    "Both an urgent, essential call to action and an uplifting love letter."