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this canada day, put your time and energy into supporting and donating to Indigenous communities instead of celebrating colonialism

donate to the unist'ot'en camp here

list of seven Indigenous non-profits to support

list of Indigenous-focused charities

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Canada beast for Canada Day

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Company that makes millions spying on students will get to sue a whistleblower

Yesterday, the Court of Appeal for British Columbia handed down a jaw-droppingly stupid and terrible decision, rejecting the whistleblower Ian Linkletter’s claim that he was engaged in legitimate criticism when he linked to freely available materials from the ed-tech surveillance company Proctorio:

https://www.bccourts.ca/jdb-txt/ca/23/01/2023BCCA0160.htm

If you’d like an essay-formatted version of this post to read or share, here’s a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/04/20/links-arent-performances/#free-ian-linkletter

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Canada COVID-19 forecast for June 22 - July 5 2024

SEVERE: AB, NB, NL, PEI

VERY HIGH: BC, North, ON, SK

HIGH: MB, NS, QC

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happy PRIDE i’m here i’m queer and i believe the land should be given back to the proper indigenous stewards.

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the "everyone in canada says sorry all the time" thing is funny given how unapologetic they are about genocide and the residential schools and the pipelines and so on

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The City of Vancouver and three First Nations have launched an action plan that aims to right historical wrongs and recognize the rights and titles of Indigenous people.

The plan, announced Monday, aims to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People (UNDRIP) strategy. It includes a total of 18 action groups to be implemented between 2024 to 2028.

Some of its goals include addressing environmental racism, acknowledging Indigenous peoples’ cultural presence and identifying more economic partnership opportunities.

“By upholding and honouring Indigenous cultures, ways of life, and ancestral connections to the land and waters, Vancouver is set to become a city where the rights of all people are truly recognized and respected.” Khelsilem, Squamish Nation chairperson and task force co-chair said in a statement. [...]

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The new Canada Disability Benefit will lift about 25,000 adults out of poverty, according to new numbers released by the federal government — a figure well short of the hundreds of thousands the government said the benefit would help when it introduced the legislation in 2022. "We have an opportunity in the House to bring about a once-in-a-generation change and lift hundreds of thousands of working-age Canadians with disabilities out of poverty," Carla Qualtrough, then the minister of employment, workforce development and disability inclusion, told the House of Commons on September 21, 2022. The Liberals passed Bill C-22 in June 2023, creating a new federal benefits program to lift people out of poverty by topping up provincial supports. Payments will begin rolling out in July 2025. The maximum benefit for low-income Canadians with disabilities will be $200 monthly. While 1.6 million Canadians with disabilities live below the poverty line, April's federal budget indicated only 600,000 would be eligible for the new benefit.

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There's some hopeful news for Canadian employees when it comes to their wages. According to Statistics Canada's latest jobs survey, the average hourly wage in Canada increased to an annual rate of 5.1 per cent in May, up from 4.8 per cent in April. This means the average worker made $34.94 an hour last month, which is $1.69 more than the average wage last year.

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There's some hopeful news for Canadian employees when it comes to their wages. According to Statistics Canada's latest jobs survey, the average hourly wage in Canada increased to an annual rate of 5.1 per cent in May, up from 4.8 per cent in April. This means the average worker made $34.94 an hour last month, which is $1.69 more than the average wage last year.

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Christophe Rudyj, who uses a motorized wheelchair to get around, says he was excited about the launch of Montreal's new light-rail network as it promised to be accessible to those with reduced mobility. He even attended the inauguration of the Réseau express métropolitain (REM) last year. But the South Shore resident found himself stuck in downtown Montreal during a Saturday evening service disruption, and now he's sounding the alarm over what he says is a lack of adequate support and planning for passengers with reduced mobility. Stranded at Gare Centrale station, a REM employee told Rudyj that shuttle buses are not accessible, and encouraged him to instead call the local adaptive transportation service, known as transport adapté, to come pick him up. But transport adapté requires reservations 24 hours in advance.

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Legislation that recognizes the Haida Nation's Aboriginal title over all of Haida Gwaii received royal assent in the B.C. legislature on Thursday.

The Gaayhllxid/Gíihlagalgang "Rising Tide" Haida Title Lands Agreement upholds the nation's right over the land of Haida Gwaii under Section 35 of the Constitution — which affirms the rights of Indigenous people.

"Negotiating the acknowledgement of Haida title with the province of B.C. not only marks a welcome departure from an adversarial court process, but also uplifts the honour of the Crown by resolving the issue through negotiation rather than litigation," said Gaagwiis (Jason Alsop), president of the Council of the Haida Nation, in a release.

"Putting the question of title to rest enables us to embark on building a future with all the peoples of Haida Gwaii based on our relationship to the land and sea." [...]

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Job searching in Canada is completely fucked I've been homeless for 2 years now and am unable to find any employment. I've been completely abandoned by society

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"In a historic “first-of-its-kind” agreement the government of British Colombia has acknowledged the aboriginal ownership of 200 islands off the west coast of Canada.

The owners are the Haida nation, and rather than the Canadian government giving something to a First Nation, the agreement admits that the “Xhaaidlagha Gwaayaai” or the “islands at the end of world,” always belonged to them, a subtle yet powerful difference in the wording of First Nations negotiating.

BC Premier David Eby called the treaty “long overdue” and once signed, will clear the way for half a million hectares (1.3 million acres) of land to be managed by the Haida.

Postal service, shipping lanes, school and community services, private property rights, and local government jurisdiction, will all be unaffected by the agreement, which will essentially outline that the Haida decide what to do with the 200 or so islands and islets.

“We could be facing each other in a courtroom, we could have been fighting each other for years and years, but we chose a different path,” said Minister of Indigenous Relations of BC, Murray Rankin at the signing ceremony, who added that it took creativity and courage to “create a better world for our children.”

Indeed, making the agreement outside the courts of the formal treaty process reflects a vastly different way of negotiating than has been the norm for Canada.

“This agreement won’t only raise all boats here on Haida Gwaii – increase opportunity and prosperity for the Haida people and for the whole community and for the whole province – but it will also be an example and another way for nations – not just in British Columbia, but right across Canada – to have their title recognized,” said Eby.

In other words, by deciding this outside court, Eby and the province of BC hope to set a new standard for how such land title agreements are struck."

-via Good News Network, April 18, 2024

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"No More Stolen Sisters"

#MMIW mural in Las Cruces, New Mexico painted by artist Sebastian VELA Velazquez.

May 5 is the annual Day for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW).