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Listen: Why preserving Indigenous languages is so critical to culture

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Friday, June 16, 2023
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This is especially true if you have had your language forcibly removed from you, like the thousands of Indigenous children who survived Canada’s colonial assimilation project.

Key Points: 
  • This is especially true if you have had your language forcibly removed from you, like the thousands of Indigenous children who survived Canada’s colonial assimilation project.
  • Last year, the United Nations acknowledged the importance of Indigenous languages by declaring the decade ahead to be the International Decade of Indigenous Languages.
  • But long before the UN declaration, First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples have been pushing to revitalize more than 70 Indigenous languages across Canada.
  • They tackle the issue of disappearing Indigenous languages and delve into how much more needs to be done to revitalize them and why doing so is critical.

Listen: Why preserving Indigenous languages is so critical to preserving culture

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Thursday, June 15, 2023
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This is especially true if you have had your language forcibly removed from you, like the thousands of Indigenous children who survived Canada’s colonial assimilation project.

Key Points: 
  • This is especially true if you have had your language forcibly removed from you, like the thousands of Indigenous children who survived Canada’s colonial assimilation project.
  • Last year, the United Nations acknowledged the importance of Indigenous languages by declaring the decade ahead to be the International Decade of Indigenous Languages.
  • But long before the UN declaration, First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples have been pushing to revitalize more than 70 Indigenous languages across Canada.
  • They tackle the issue of disappearing Indigenous languages and delve into how much more needs to be done to revitalize them and why doing so is critical.

Building a clean economy with good middle-class jobs

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Wednesday, April 12, 2023
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WINNIPEG, MB, April 12, 2023 /CNW/ - Across the country, Canadian workers are building the clean technologies we need to grow the economy and create good middle-class jobs while fighting climate change.

Key Points: 
  • WINNIPEG, MB, April 12, 2023 /CNW/ - Across the country, Canadian workers are building the clean technologies we need to grow the economy and create good middle-class jobs while fighting climate change.
  • These clean investment tax credits build on the work we have already done from coast to coast to coast to grow our clean economy and create and secure tens of thousands of good middle-class jobs.
  • The investments we are proposing in Budget 2023 will help us continue to build an economy that works for everyone, with good middle-class jobs, while leaving a stronger, healthier future for our kids."
  • In the past year alone, Canada has secured historic investments in our growing clean economy and provided funding to support Canadian workers.

Government of Canada appoints a Ministerial Special Representative and an Indigenous-led organization to address Calls for Justice

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Tuesday, January 10, 2023
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Jennifer Moore Rattray is a member of the Peepeekisis First Nation in Saskatchewan and currently holds the title of Chief Operating Officer at Southern Chiefs' Organization.

Key Points: 
  • Jennifer Moore Rattray is a member of the Peepeekisis First Nation in Saskatchewan and currently holds the title of Chief Operating Officer at Southern Chiefs' Organization.
  • Call for Justice 1.7 also states that the ombudsperson and the tribunal must be given sufficient resources to fulfill their mandates and must be permanent.
  • Jennifer Moore Rattray is an executive with 25 years experience in sectors including non-profit, government, post-secondary education, and media and communications.
  • She holds a joint Master of Public Administration degree with distinction from the University of Winnipeg and the University of Manitoba.

Government of Canada invests in research to better understand whale populations in the Arctic

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Thursday, February 23, 2023
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They play an important role in the ecosystem of the Arctic Ocean, and contribute to the livelihood and culture of Indigenous and coastal communities.

Key Points: 
  • They play an important role in the ecosystem of the Arctic Ocean, and contribute to the livelihood and culture of Indigenous and coastal communities.
  • An investment in science to better understand the ecosystem and inform species management decisions is an investment in a stronger blue economy.
  • Research is critical for a better understanding of how to sustainably manage these aquatic species and populations.
  • The Sustainable Fisheries Science Fund supports research and science to better inform the management of Canadian aquatic species.