/channels/taxonomy/term/13830/all en /channels/channels/news/opinion-reforming-child-welfare-first-step-toward-reconciliation-269202 <p><em>Cindy Blackstock is professor of social work, ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ University, and executive director, First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada.</em></p> Wed, 02 Aug 2017 14:49:35 +0000 webfull 129458 at /channels /channels/news/missing-and-murdered-indigenous-women-257177 <p>The federal government could announce some of the details of a much-anticipated national public inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women. (Source: <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/missing-murdered-women-inquiry-1.3354369">CBC</a>)</p> Tue, 08 Dec 2015 14:55:17 +0000 webfull 114456 at /channels /channels/news/truth-and-reconciliation-commissions-233836 <p>Over the last few decades, truth and reconciliation commissions (TRC) have been initiated in countries emerging out of conflicts all across the globe. From Argentina, to Rwanda, Brazil and in our own country, these truth-seeking bodies were tasked to investigate past records of all manner of human rights violations. As their name implies, TRCs attempt to set the historical record straight with the explicit goal of ensuring that such atrocities will never be repeated. Can the lessons learned from TRCs be used to enhance conflict mediation and prevention? Tue, 04 Mar 2014 17:05:21 +0000 webfull 101484 at /channels