On March 8, 2018, Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler and Nishnawbe Aski Police Service (NAPS) Board Chairman, Mike Metatawabin, celebrated the passing of the Safer Ontario Act. This groundbreaking legislation paves the way for the Nishn...
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Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler, joined Slate Falls First Nation Chief Lorraine Crane and representatives of the federal and provincial governments to celebrate the opening of the community’s new water treatment plant today. Legal ...
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Today, the family of Stacy DeBungee and Indigenous political leadership will host a press conference to speak out on the new findings of the OIPRD report on the TBPS’ investigation into Stacy’s death. Related Posts CBC’s The National Features O...
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On March 4, 2018, CBC’s national news program, The National, featured a leading story on the OIPRD’s (Office of the Independent Police Review Director) report on the Thunder Bay Police Service’s (TBPS) investigation into the October 2...
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On February 27, 2018, Julian Falconer was interviewed on The Morning Show, with Mike Stafford and Supriya Dwivedi on the issue of racial profiling. In the segment entitled, “Ien: Driving While Black in Canada,” Julian commented on popular, aw...
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Today, the Nishawbe-Aski Legal Services 2018 NAN East By-Law Summit begins in Timmins, Ontario. The conference runs until March 1, 2018, and discusses how “Indigenous Legal Traditions can and are being revitalized through band bylaws.” Falconers ...
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In an article published by CBC, Julian Falconer commented that, the outrage felt and expressed across the country following the verdict in the Gerald Stanley trial comes from years of injustice that have deeply eroded confidence of Indigenous peoples in C...
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Today, Nishnawbe Aski Nation Grand Chief, Alvin Fiddler, published an opinion exposé in the Toronto Star entitled, “Colten Boushie verdict more proof legal system plagued by systemic racism.” Grand Chief Fiddler wrote: “The acquittal of Geral...
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Today, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (“the Tribunal”) issued a significant decision regarding First Nations child welfare. This decision contains a series of groundbreaking orders against Canada, requiring Canada to fund the actual cost of child ...
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On January 31, 2018, Julian Falconer was interviewed on CBC’s Power and Politics with Chris Hall. In the segment entitled “Exclusion of First Nation Jurors”, Julian discusses the tragic death of Colten Boushie, a 22-year-old Indigenous m...
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