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AMC FNHSSM Cautiously Optimistic of Apology for Racism in Medical Practice
Treaty One Territory, Manitoba – On the first day of the Special Chiefs Assembly on Health Legislation hosted by the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (AMC) in partnership with the First Nations Health and Social Secretariat of Manitoba (FNHSSM), the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Manitoba (CPSM) issued an apology regarding Indigenous-Specific Racism in Medical […]
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Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs Congratulates Newly Announced Ministers into Cabinet
January 30th, 2023 Treaty One Territory, Manitoba – The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (AMC) congratulates the newly appointed ministers in a cabinet shuffle announced by Premier Heather Stefanson today at the Manitoba Legislative Building. Today, for the first time in Manitoba’s history as a province, the newly appointed ministers were sworn in by all women government […]
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Premier Heather Stefanson Balances Fresh, New Energy with Seasoned Veterans to Create Rejuvenated Cabinet
January 30, 2023 Four new ministers will lead the renewal of Premier Heather Stefanson’s cabinet as she completes the third of four steps to refresh executive council to ensure the Manitoba government is better able to get things done quickly for the benefit of all Manitobans. Today’s overhaul of executive council puts Stefanson’s stamp on […]
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SCO Urges Prime Minister to Include First Nations Leaders in Health Meeting
January 27, 2023 ANISHINAABE AND DAKOTA TERRITORY, MB — Today, the Southern Chiefs’ Organization (SCO) is calling on Prime Minister Trudeau and the Government of Canada to ensure that First Nations leaders are included in health discussions on February 7, 2023. “Health care systems are in crisis. They are not meeting the needs of First Nations […]
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MKO recommended to become UN consultant – CTV News
Jan. 25, 2023 An Indigenous organization in Manitoba is being recommended to become consultants by a United Nations committee. Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak (MKO) announced Wednesday that the United Nations Committee on Non-Government Organizations has recommended the organization receive special consultative status for the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). The recommendation was made on […]
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MKO Recommended for Special Consultative Status by United Nations
January 25, 2023 Treaty Five Territory, Thompson, MB – The United Nations Committee on Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) has recommended that the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) grant Special Consultative Status to Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak Inc. (MKO). This recommendation was made yesterday, during the 2023 regular session of the Committee on NGOs taking place […]
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Opinion: Healthy communities, strong support systems needed to protect our Indigenous women and girls – APTN News
Jan 19, 2023 Is History Repeating when it comes to protecting MMIWG asks Catherine Lafferty. Up-and-coming Indigenous actress Cara Jade Myers is starring in a new movie – Killers of the Flower Moon. She plays Anna Brown, one of the first Indigenous women who is murdered in a feature film directed by Martin Scorsese. The […]
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SCO Responds to the Human Rights Watch World Report 2022
January 18, 2023 ANISHINAABE AND DAKOTA TERRITORY, MB — The Southern Chiefs’ Organization (SCO) supports the findings of the Human Rights Watch World Report 2022 on issues affecting human rights and Indigenous Peoples. “The key focus of this report is about what global leaders need to do as it pertains to respecting human rights and […]
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Manitoba Government Names Inaugural Members of Intellectual Disability Issues Advisory Council
January 18, 2023 Group Will Help Guide the Development of Effective Programs for Adults With an Intellectual Disability: Squires The Manitoba government has established the inaugural Intellectual Disability Issues Advisory (IDIA) Council to create a collaborative partnership with community stakeholders to better support Manitobans with an intellectual disability, Families Minister Rochelle Squires, minister responsible for […]
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Residential school records needed to answer ‘hard questions’: special interlocutor – APTN News
Jan 18, 2023 The records are important because they represent ‘a path to the truth,’ says Kimberly Murray. The fight is not over to find records that could answer “hard questions” about unmarked graves at Canada’s residential schools, including who the missing children were and how they died, said the woman appointed to work with […]
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