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The logos of the Brockville Braves and the Brockville Tikis are no longer being painted at centre ice in the eastern Ontario community's municipal arena after the city decided their depiction of Indigenous themes didn't align with their human rights obligations.
A garden of hearts has formed at 50 Sussex Drive following the discovery of unmarked graves in Saskatchewan.
Article content Five years ago, Algonquin College made history when it appointed an executive director of Truth, Reconciliation and Indigenization. The position that Ron McLester accepted was the first such role in Canada’s post-secondary system. Since then it has evolved into a vice-president’s role as the College embraces the calls to action that were made in Justice Murray Sinclair’s ground-breaking Truth and Reconciliation report in 2015. The report was a watershed moment for Canadians. It shone a light on the injustices done to the Indigenous peoples of Canada, including the use of...
Algonquin College has received $2.5 million in federal funding for a new program that will offer hands-on job training to hundreds of Indigenous youths across the country who are struggling to find employment during the pandemic. Funded by the federal government’s Youth Employment and Skills Strategy, the program will see Algonquin work with 13 Indigenous partner organizations in eight provinces and territories. It will run until the end of March 2021. Known as the COVID-19 Rapid Response Initiative, the project will help about 260 Indigenous Canadians aged 15-30 land work placements and re...