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Terry Teegee: The mineral claims consultation framework is a step backward for B.C.

Via The Vancouver Sun
Tag(s): Economic Development, Environment, Justice, Reconciliation, Self-Sufficiency

Opinion: The MCCF risks perpetuating business-as-usual practices that exclude First Nations from critical decision-making processesIn 2023, the B.C. Supreme Court ruled in the Gitxaala v. British...read more

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Opinion: First Nations are a key part of trade diversification

Via The Vancouver Sun
Tag(s): Economic Development, Employment, Self-Sufficiency

Trump's approach to politics is a selfish one, with benefits limited to him and his oligarch friends. But economies are built on mutually beneficial relationships, not winner-takes-all competitionU.S...read more

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First Nation deaths, including in B.C., spark call for national policing inquiry

Via Vancouver Sun
Tag(s): Justice, Racism, Reconciliation

First Nations, and human rights and public advocacy groups have decried the treatment of Indigenous people by police for years.First Nations have called for a national inquiry into ‘systemic’ racism...read more

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First Nation deaths, including in B.C., spark call for national policing inquiry

Via Vancouver Sun
Tag(s): Justice, Racism, Reconciliation

First Nations, and human rights and public advocacy groups have decried the treatment of Indigenous people by police for years.First Nations have called for a national inquiry into ‘systemic’ racism...read more

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AFN National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak and Regional Chief Terry Teegee Condemn Unnecessary Use of Force Against First Nations Woman

Via AFN
Tag(s): Justice, Racism, Reconciliation

(November 19, 2024 – Unceded Algonquin Territory, Ottawa, Ontario) – The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak and AFN British Columbia (BC) Regional Chief Terry...read more

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Teegee to work with NDP on involuntary care; eyes inquiry on Indigenous in-custody deaths

Via MyPGNOW
Tag(s): Health & Wellness, Justice, Racism, Reconciliation

BC Assembly of First Nations Regional Chief Terry Teegee is ready to get back to the negotiating table with the NDP once the legislature resumes.While Teegee is calling on Premier David Eby to...read more

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First Nations call for alert system after children go missing in B.C., Manitoba

Via The Canadian Press
Tag(s): First Nations Children, Youth & Families, Reconciliation

The BC Assembly of First Nations is calling for a new missing child alert system in the wake of two cases of missing Indigenous children. Similar to the Amber Alert System, the BC Assembly of...read more

New system alerts coastal First Nations about hazardous spills on land and water

Via The Discourse
Tag(s): Environment, Fisheries, Food Security, Health & Wellness

The spill notification system is the result of a collaboration between 12 First Nations and the province.   A new notification system and app that alerts coastal B.C. First Nations about oil...read more

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Reconciliation with a paycheque: How a new focus on good jobs is helping young Indigenous people and B.C.'s economy

Via Vancouver Sun
Tag(s): Community-based Training, Economic Development, Employment, Job Training, Reconciliation, Self-Sufficiency, Skills Training

As a journeyman ironworker, Dalia Landaverde has installed the structural skeletons in some of Vancouver’s largest and most impressive residential towers. Standing outside a massive construction...read more

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Terry Teegee: Embracing reconciliation: The path to consent-based decision making and the proposed Land Act amendments

Via The Vancouver Sun
Tag(s): Economic Development, Justice, Reconciliation

The critical movement toward reconciliation is not for the faint-hearted. Since passing the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act in 2019, the B.C. provincial government has been...read more