Indigenous
MMIW: Liberal government committed to inquiry promise
By Kate Hawkins | The new Liberal government has promised to launch a national inquiry addressing why Aboriginal women are so often the targets of violence, with details to be released in the coming weeks. What will the missing and murdered inquiry mean to the people it affects the most?
Putting Indigenous youth suicide on the political agenda
By Kirsten Fenn | The Indigenous youth suicide rate in Canada is five to seven times the national average and 40 times that among Inuit boys in Nunavut. With the new Liberal government now in office, some are reigniting the call for a national suicide prevention strategy.