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May 24, 2022 08:00 ET | Source: Dixon Mitchell Investment Counsel

Powerful Yuxweluptun painting to be offered at auction in support of Residential School survivors

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 24, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A monumental artwork by renowned Indigenous artist, Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun (Coast Salish name, Lets'lo:tseltun) intended to mark...
September 29, 2021 14:22 ET | Source: Dixon Mitchell Investment Counsel

B.C. firm commissions $50,000 painting by acclaimed Indigenous artist to mark Truth & Reconciliation Day

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Sept. 29, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Dixon Mitchell Investment Counsel, an independent investment counsellor for institutional, private wealth and First Nations clients,...
September 28, 2021 13:39 ET | Source: UFCW Canada

Promises made and promises broken: We should all be allowed to commemorate Truth and Reconciliation Day – Commentary by Paul R. Meinema, National President, UFCW Canada

OTTAWA, Sept. 28, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The federal government’s recent legislative action to declare September 30th as an annual national day to raise awareness of the horrors and evil of the...
September 21, 2021 17:00 ET | Source: UFCW 1518

UFCW 1518 Calls on FreshCo Kamloops to Recognize National Day for Truth and Reconciliation as a Statutory Holiday

NEW WESTMINSTER, British Columbia, Sept. 21, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- UFCW 1518 is calling on the operator of FreshCo Kamloops to grant store workers a statutory holiday on September 30 in...
July 05, 2021 13:00 ET | Source: LHEIDLI T’ENNEH BAND

LTFN Chief Demands Pope Visit Canada Soon and Accept Responsibility for Attempted Annihilation of Kids at Residential Schools

LHEIDLI, British Columbia, July 05, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Lheidli T’enneh First Nation (LTFN) Chief Dolleen Logan today demanded of the leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis, to visit the...
March 16, 2016 12:51 ET | Source: Zoryan Institute of Canada Inc.;The International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (A Division of the Zoryan Institute)

Zoryan Institute Hosts Powerful Conference on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

MONTREAL, QC--(Marketwired - March 16, 2016) - A conference sponsored by the Zoryan Institute was held March 8-9 at McGill University's Faculty of Law to examine the recommendations of the...
January 29, 2016 10:09 ET | Source: Council of Ministers of Education

Ministers of Education Acknowledge Landmark Report on Indian Residential Schools

TORONTO, Jan. 29, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Provincial and territorial ministers of education are pleased to acknowledge the recent release of the final report of Truth and Reconciliation Commission of...