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FNCARES in UA Extension News
November 26, 2014
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Homies Chatting: Sunday Edition with Ian Campeau & Tanya Talaga featuring guest Cindy Blackstock
July 12, 2020
Watch the very first episode of Homies Chatting: Sunday Edition with Ian Campeau & Tanya Talaga
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2 Crees in a Pod: Do Right - Not be Right with Dr. Cindy Blackstock
June 22, 2020
Listen to this new episode of the 2 Crees in a Pod Podcast with guest Cindy Blackstock.
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Pushed out and silenced: How one doctor was punished for speaking out about residential schools
April 17, 2020
Listen to the episode of Unreserved with Zoe Tennant featuring Dr. Cindy Blackstock.
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History will repeat itself if First Nations remain underfunded in the fight against COVID-19
April 08, 2020
Read the Opinion piece by Cindy Blackstock and Isadore Day in the Globe and Mail.
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Ottawa overestimated cost of compensating First Nations children under tribunal order: budget officer
April 02, 2020
CBC News - "Budget officer says Indigenous Services's estimate relied on broad interpretation of eligibility"
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Documents suggest Canada paid millions more than admitted to fight Cindy Blackstock
February 05, 2020
Read the full story by Kenneth Jackson: https://aptnnews.ca/2020/02/05/documents-suggest-canada-paid-millions-more-than-admitted-to-fight-cindy-blackstock/
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Ottawa says talks 'productive' on how to distribute First Nations child-welfare compensation it still opposes
January 28, 2020
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House passes motion calling on Ottawa to pay First Nations child welfare compensation ordered by tribunal
December 11, 2019
Read the full story by Jorge Barrera: https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/child-welfare-compensation-motion-ndp-1.5393231
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Canada must stop normalizing inequality for Indigenous people
December 09, 2019
Cindy Blackstock: The federal government, which has an insatiable appetite to be thanked for inadequate measures, should expect no gratitude for discrimination.
Read the Macleans article here.
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67-million nights in foster care
October 16, 2019
Cindy Blackstock: First Nations children and their families should receive some measure of justice without having to fight Canada for it. Why won’t Canada pay?
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Blackface and an about-face: How Canada's promise of reconciliation went wrong
October 07, 2019
Read Dr. Cindy Blackstock's Toronto Start Opinion piece: https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2019/10/07/black-face-and-about-face-how-canadas-promise-of-reconciliation-went-wrong.html
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'A mountain of power': The impact of Cindy Blackstock
September 20, 2019
Listen to this episode of Unreserved with Rosanna Deerchild and Dr. Cindy Blackstock as they discuss the CHRT and Jordan's Principle.
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Opinion: Ottawa willfully discriminated against First Nations Children. Silence is no longer an option.
September 11, 2019
Read this Opinion piece by Dr. Cindy Blackstock in the Globe and Mail: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-ottawa-willfully-discriminated-against-first-nations-children-silence/
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"What We Heard - Informing Canada's Anti-Racism Strategy"
July 22, 2019
In the First Nations Session Summary report in "Informing Canada's Anti-Racism Strategy", the Spirit Plan to end inequalities for First Nations children and families is mentioned.
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When will Ottawa end its willful neglect of First Nations children?
July 18, 2019
Read this opinion piece in the Globe and Mail by Dr. Cindy Blackstock: When will Ottawa end its willful neglect of First Nations children?
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Power & Politics Re: Indigenous Legislation
February 06, 2019
Watch this CBC Power & Politics clip regarding the proposed Indigenous legislation featuring Jorge Barrera and Cindy Blackstock.
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Tribunal again tells feds to fund Indigenous child welfare, minister agrees
February 09, 2018
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CTV News - Tribunal again tells feds to fund Indigenous child welfare, minister agrees
February 01, 2018
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Cindy Blackstock's Spirit Bear book written to explain human rights to youngsters
January 04, 2018
APTN reports on release of Spirit Bear book.
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