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Canada must cover any shortfall in compensation to Indigenous victims of discriminatory child welfare

  • This week, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal is looking at whether $20-billion is enough to compensate Indigenous children and families for the discriminatory system
Opinion | BY SARAH NIMAN | September 19, 2022
Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations Marc Miller, pictured in January 2022 with Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu, announcing a $40-billion settlement package related to compensation and long-term reform of Indigenous child welfare following the settlement of a years-long legal dispute about the harms Indigenous children suffered under discriminatory funding formulas. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Canada must cover any shortfall in compensation to Indigenous victims of discriminatory child welfare

Opinion | BY SARAH NIMAN | September 19, 2022
  • This week, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal is looking at whether $20-billion is enough to compensate Indigenous children and families for the discriminatory system

Canada must cover any shortfall in compensation to Indigenous victims of discriminatory child welfare

Opinion | BY SARAH NIMAN | September 19, 2022
  • This week, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal is looking at whether $20-billion is enough to compensate Indigenous children and families for the discriminatory system
Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations Marc Miller, pictured in January 2022 with Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu, announcing a $40-billion settlement package related to compensation and long-term reform of Indigenous child welfare following the settlement of a years-long legal dispute about the harms Indigenous children suffered under discriminatory funding formulas. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Correctional service given too much discretion in new gender-diverse policy

  • A new corrections policy fails Indigenous gender-diverse people by leaving them vulnerable to abuses that Canadian human rights laws were meant to prevent. The
Opinion | BY SARAH NIMAN | April 27, 2022
The new CSC policy sets gender-diverse people up for harm, and also leaves them with little recourse when their rights are violated. NWAC implores the CSC and Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino, pictured, to fix this policy before any more harms occur, writes Sarah Niman. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Correctional service given too much discretion in new gender-diverse policy

Opinion | BY SARAH NIMAN | April 27, 2022
  • A new corrections policy fails Indigenous gender-diverse people by leaving them vulnerable to abuses that Canadian human rights laws were meant to prevent. The

Correctional service given too much discretion in new gender-diverse policy

Opinion | BY SARAH NIMAN | April 27, 2022
  • A new corrections policy fails Indigenous gender-diverse people by leaving them vulnerable to abuses that Canadian human rights laws were meant to prevent. The
The new CSC policy sets gender-diverse people up for harm, and also leaves them with little recourse when their rights are violated. NWAC implores the CSC and Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino, pictured, to fix this policy before any more harms occur, writes Sarah Niman. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Canada should rethink UN feedback on children’s rights and climate change

  • Indigenous mothers, aunties, Elders, and leaders don’t just tell children they are important—they demonstrate children’s importance by putting their rights at the centre of
Opinion | BY SARAH NIMAN | March 3, 2022
Hundreds of students gathered on Parliament Hill to demonstrate in support of climate action in May 2019. Today’s failure to consider the next generations has stark consequences for the future we share with the rest of creation, writes Sarah Niman. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Canada should rethink UN feedback on children’s rights and climate change

Opinion | BY SARAH NIMAN | March 3, 2022
  • Indigenous mothers, aunties, Elders, and leaders don’t just tell children they are important—they demonstrate children’s importance by putting their rights at the centre of

Canada should rethink UN feedback on children’s rights and climate change

Opinion | BY SARAH NIMAN | March 3, 2022
  • Indigenous mothers, aunties, Elders, and leaders don’t just tell children they are important—they demonstrate children’s importance by putting their rights at the centre of
Hundreds of students gathered on Parliament Hill to demonstrate in support of climate action in May 2019. Today’s failure to consider the next generations has stark consequences for the future we share with the rest of creation, writes Sarah Niman. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Parliament must address the racism that threatens Indigenous women’s political participation

  • Each federal politician returning to Parliament in this new session must face the dark shadow in the corner of the room. In those shadows
Opinion | BY SARAH NIMAN | December 2, 2021
Former MPs Mumilaaq Qaqqaq and Jody Wilson-Raybould shone lights on the dark corners of Parliament, exposing the racism that threatens Indigenous women’s political aspirations today and in future generations, writes Sarah Niman. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Parliament must address the racism that threatens Indigenous women’s political participation

Opinion | BY SARAH NIMAN | December 2, 2021
  • Each federal politician returning to Parliament in this new session must face the dark shadow in the corner of the room. In those shadows

Parliament must address the racism that threatens Indigenous women’s political participation

Opinion | BY SARAH NIMAN | December 2, 2021
  • Each federal politician returning to Parliament in this new session must face the dark shadow in the corner of the room. In those shadows
Former MPs Mumilaaq Qaqqaq and Jody Wilson-Raybould shone lights on the dark corners of Parliament, exposing the racism that threatens Indigenous women’s political aspirations today and in future generations, writes Sarah Niman. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
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