Special programming to mark National Indigenous History Month

Credit to Author: Canadian Immigrant| Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2024 13:27:09 +0000

In June, the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) brings special programming from different regions of the country to mark National Indigenous History Month.

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New immigrants to Canada are building bridges with Indigenous Peoples. Here’s why that matters

Credit to Author: Canadian Immigrant| Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2022 14:20:59 +0000

A look at reconciliation at a person-to-person level, starting with ties between Indigenous communities and the latest arrivals on ancestral land. Hear perspectives from newcomers and indigenous leaders.

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Learn about Canada’s Indigenous history as a newcomer

Credit to Author: Canadian Immigrant| Date: Tue, 31 May 2022 15:00:44 +0000

Every year in June, Canada celebrates National Indigenous History Month where we honour the history and importance of Indigenous Peoples in Canada. And National Indigenous Peoples Day falls on June 21st.

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5 Strategies That Achieve Climate Mitigation & Adaptation Simultaneously

Credit to Author: World Resources Institute| Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2020 04:12:04 +0000

Climate actions have often fallen into one of two strategies: mitigation efforts to lower or remove greenhouse gas emissions from the atmosphere, and adaptation efforts to adjust systems and societies to withstand the impacts of climate change. The separation has led to the misinformed view that addressing climate change means pursuing either mitigation or adaptation

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Cordillera town questions rule for mandatory IP rep in IP areas

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2019 10:08:30 +0000

A town in Mountain Province is questioning a government rule mandating an indigenous Filipino representative in all local councils.

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Lumad teacher refutes accusations of teaching rebel ideas to students

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2019 13:50:23 +0000

Lumad teacher refutes accusations of teaching rebel ideas to students

A teacher from one of the closed Lumad schools in Compostela Valley has refuted allegations that they’re teaching children rebel ideologies.

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‘Lumad’ takes IP struggle to Congress

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Sat, 08 Jun 2019 21:04:16 +0000

After years of struggling for the rights of indigenous peoples (IPs), Manobo tribeswoman Eufemia Cullamat from Surigao del Sur

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NIA: Only court can stop Chico project

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Wed, 08 May 2019 21:38:39 +0000

NIA: Only court can stop Chico project

The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) is not suspending construction of the China-financed Chico River Pump Irrigation Project

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UN mandates states to protect IP culture, rights

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2019 23:21:03 +0000

UN mandates states to protect IP culture, rights

(Editor’s Note: Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, a Kankanaey native from the Philippines, is the UN special rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples and the former chair of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.) The United Nations General Assembly has proclaimed 2019 as the International Year of Indigenous Languages (IYIL) and has called for its yearlong […]

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