Health researcher hopes COVID-19 means new policies for Indigenous peoples “I would like to think that what these … studies will do is change a lot of policies for Canadians and for Indigenous people. “I hope that this will also …
Decisions about Indigenous ceremonies lie with community leaders, says Trudeau “I think Indigenous community leadership knows that we need to be keeping people safe and we should be able to work with them to develop ways of continuing with important …
COVID-19 in the Ecuadorian Amazon: Mining Companies Put Indigenous Communities at Grave Risk International organizations condemned Solaris Resources’ “ongoing interference in Shuar indigenous territory as well as its disdain for the self-determining decisions of the PSHA,” noting that “the actions …
Differing reports reveal data gap in COVID-19 case counts for Indigenous people in Canada “First, there is no agency or organization in Canada reliably recording and releasing COVID-19 data that indicates whether or not a person is Indigenous,” the report …
COVID-19 in Sask: Senior medical health officer warns stigma may prevent testing Kryzanowski said there have been instances where people have reported that they do not want to be tested if they could be identified as having COVID-19, especially in …
Indigenous Communities around the World Face Unique Challenges of COVID-19 As COVID-19 swept around the globe, it reached remote areas where indigenous peoples have peacefully coexisted with nature for centuries. It amplified the problems created by climate change and inequality, …
Easing COVID-19 restrictions too soon could jeopardize vulnerable communities “I understand the economic pressures we’re all under and I understand people do want to go outside. But we need to do it in ways that we are sure are going …
Indigenous companies signing up to get piece of billion dollar clean up fund They’re one of 20,000 applications for the billion dollar fund. “With this program, for those wells that are inactive, we will have an opportunity to participate in …
Indigenous companies signing up to get piece of billion dollar clean up fund They’re one of 20,000 applications for the billion dollar fund. “With this program, for those wells that are inactive, we will have an opportunity to participate in …
In the Amazon, an indigenous nurse volunteers in coronavirus fight Ambulances regularly refuse to pick up the seriously ill because there is no public health clinic nearby. As the coronavirus pandemic has begun spreading across Brazil, indigenous people who live …