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Coverage around the world on Indigenous issues for the week ending June 5, 2022

The theme of the art symposium is "We're still here." The work of 20 Indigenous artists is on display at Montreal's Botanical Garden until Saturday.

The Direct Giving Program was launched on Christmas Eve 2020 with the goal of tackling food insecurity in communities throughout Montreal

Saskatoon coronavirus case rise being eyed warily by province Month-long effort in Montreal focuses on vaccinating the urban Indigenous. Read more: Find out why the Department of Defence isn't providing details about a virus outbreak at the Petawawa base; on the history of Canadian vaccine production and attempts since COVID-19 to spur homegrown efforts. Customers sit on a terrace in Amsterdam on Wednesday as the Netherlands government eased some restrictions put in place to curb the spread of COVID-19. (François Walschaerts/AFP/Getty Images)(Francois Walschaerts/AFP/Getty Images) Auditor g...

Although Indigenous people are prioritized in the national vaccine rollout, off-reserve and urban populations had been left out of Quebec's plan. It's why Philippe Meilleur, executive director of Native Montreal, has spent the last few months advocating and working to make the clinics a reality. Philippe Meilleur is the executive director of Native Montreal. He received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in his home community of Kanesatake, Que., last month.(Submitted by Philippe Meilleur) "I knew I was going to get the vaccine at some point through my community and I felt kind of ashamed...