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Calls to Action on Language: Systemic Issues
Tansi Nîtôtemtik, Indigenous Peoples are rising up and taking action to protect their languages. Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. (the organization...

To Remember is to Work for Peace
Tansi Nîtôtemtik, For many reasons, Remembrance Day is very important in my family. I wear my poppy everyday - it’s tattooed on my back....

The Torch; Be Yours: Remembrance Day 2021
Today marks Remembrance Day. It is 90 years exactly since November 11, 1931, when Canadians “first stood in silence to honour and...

Remembrance with the North
Tansi Nîtôtemtik (Retired) Master Warrant Officer Floyd Powder said the most important work Canada can do is bring awareness to the...

Winning the War vs. Losing Indigeneity
Tansi Nîtôtemtik, It’s perplexing. The British Girl Guide program is often celebrated for how they helped Britain win World War II,[1]...

Tommy Prince: The Story of a Tragic Warrior
Tansi Nîtôtemtik, Today is Indigenous Veterans Day, a day to pay tribute to and commemorate our Indigenous veterans. Thousands of...

Education for Reconciliation?
Tansi Nîtôtemtik, I’m a mom. My oldest is 6. He started Grade 1 this year. It’s our first experience with the public school system. I...

Educational Apartheid: Systemic Barriers to Learning for Indigenous Students
Tansi Nîtôtemtik, As students ourselves, the ReconciliACTION team is acutely aware of the powerful effects of education. Historically it...

A Glimpse at Education in the Northwest Territories
Tansi Nîtôtemtik Call to Action #8 states, “We call upon the federal government to eliminate the discrepancy in federal education funding...

“Spare the rod, spoil the child”: A Nonsense Law.
Flora Moore was punished for playing around while waiting in line for the lunchroom. She was picked up by the back of her neck, kicked in...

Reconciling A Cultural Genocide: TRC Calls to Action on Culture, Language and Education
Tansi Nîtôtemtik, Today we shift our focus from child welfare to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s (TRC) Calls to Action on...

What of the children for whom C-92 came too late?
Tansi Nîtôtemtik, If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around, does it make a sound? If Indigenous jurisdiction is asserted but not...

"It Takes a Village"...and a whole lot of grassroots organizing
Tansi Nîtôtemtik, We’ve spent some time this week discussing Call to Action #5 and its profound effect on individuals and communities,...

Parenting Programs for the Isolated of the Northwest Territories
Tansi Nîtôtemtik Call to Action #5, as previously stated, calls upon “...the federal, provincial, territorial, and Aboriginal governments...

Fleeing Domestic Violence & Navigating Indigenous Parent Programs
Tansi Nîtôtemtik, I will never forget the day I became a single mother. It was cold and dreary outside, but my heart was pounding faster...

“Aging out” of Child Services: What Happens Next?
A ReconciliACTION YEG Long Read Tansi Nîtôtemtik, What happens to Indigenous children and youth who “age out” of the child welfare...

This Cannot be How the Constitution Works. Or Can It?
Tansi Nîtôtemtik, This week, we’ve explored the potential of An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Metis children, youth and...

Indigenous Justice is Justice
Tansi Nîtôtemtik, This month, we have discussed the child welfare system and its adverse and disproportionate effects on Indigenous...

Aboriginal Child Welfare in the Northwest Territories
Tansi Nîtôtemtik An Act Respecting First Nations, Inuit and Metis Children, Youth and Families (Bill C-92) received royal assent on June...
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