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February 23, 2018

Glen Argan: Legislation alone will not cure racism

In Canada, we need government intervention to improve Indigenous education, health care, justice, housing and economic development. The 2005 Kelowna Accord would have started the process, but the federal government changed and the accord was forgotten. Thirteen years later a similar initiative is badly needed.

Last May, my wife, daughters and I stayed at a resort on a First Nations reserve on Vancouver Island to celebrate my mother-in-law’s 80th birthday. The last night we were there, my mother-in-law moved into town, and my wife and I slept in the yurt where she had stayed.

Published in Guest Columns
February 20, 2018

Northern Spirit Games bring play and learning together

Elementary students dress up and perform a traditional Inuit dance during the liturgy at the Northern Spirit Games at Toronto’s Bishop Marrocco Catholic High School.

“Your two jobs today are to play and to have fun.”

Published in Canada
January 13, 2018

RCMP adopt new tool for reconciliation

The Kairos Blanket Exercise will now be part of the training for every RCMP cadet, like Matt Plaskett, left, and Habeeb Shah, who recently underwent the exercise at the RCMP Academy in Regina.
REGINA, Sask. – Canada’s national police force has begun using Kairos’ Blanket Exercise in an effort to help its officers improve relations with Indigenous peoples.
Published in Canada