Premier, Aboriginal leaders partner to end violence against Aboriginal women and girls
VICTORIA – Premier Christy Clark and Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation Minister John Rustad joined Aboriginal...
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BC First Nations shocked and saddened by murder of Inuit Woman
Coast Salish Territory/Vancouver – BC First Nations leaders are shocked and saddened by the brutal...
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A promise is a promise: Time for action to end violence against women
Coast Salish Territory (Vancouver, BC) – On International Women’s Day, the BC First Nations Leadership...
Read MoreCommunity and Advocacy Groups Respond to Missing Women Commission of Inquiry's Final Report
(Coast Salish Territory/Vancouver, B.C.) Community and advocacy groups who were shut out of the Missing...
Read MoreFirst Nations Summit recognizes the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women
Coast Salish Territory (Vancouver, BC) – The First Nations Summit (FNS) today, on the National...
Read MoreGroups affirm boycott of discriminatory Missing Women Commission
Fifteen organizations issued letters directed to Commissioner Wally Oppal confirming that they will not be...
Read MoreAboriginal Groups Call on A.G. to Fund Participation in Missing Women Inquiry
Coast Salish Territory/Vancouver, BC – The Assembly of First Nations (AFN), Union of B.C. Indian...
Read MoreAn Open Letter from the First Nations Summit to Premier Clark, Minister Penner and Minister Polak regarding BC’s denial of funding for participation in the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry
Coast Salish Territory (Vancouver) — The First Nations Summit today released the attached open letter...
Read MorePublic Inquiry Long Overdue
Coast Salish Territory/Vancouver – The First Nations Summit is pleased with yesterday’s announcement by B.C....
Read MoreDisappearances and Murders on the Highway of Tears
Coast Salish Traditional Territory/Vancouver, BC – the BC Assembly of First Nations, First Nations Summit...
Read MoreSome victim’s families still await justice on first anniversary of Pickton verdict
Coast Salish Territory/Vancouver – One the first anniversary of the conviction of Robert William Pickton...
Read MoreFirst Nations leaders call on Federal Government to conduct a full public inquiry into missing or murdered Aboriginal Women
Coast Salish Territory (Vancouver, BC) – The BC First Nations Leadership Council supports the recommendation...
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