Truth and Reconciliation Commission

HRM announces members to serve on Cornwallis special advisory committee

July 27, 2018 Maureen Googoo

Halifax Regional Municipality has unveiled the names of people who will serve on a ten-member special advisory committee that will make recommendations on how the city can commemorate Edward Cornwallis, its controversial founder, and Indigenous […]

Nova Scotia Tripartite Forum holds symposium on implementing TRC calls to action

September 14, 2017 Maureen Googoo

A symposium is taking place on the Membertou First Nation in Sydney, N.S. to examine ways for all levels of government to implement the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s calls to action. The three-day event, which […]

Two journalists weigh in on TRC Call-to-Action No. 86

April 28, 2017 Samantha Calio

Oscar Baker said he received no Indigenous education while he studied journalism at St. Thomas University in Fredericton. Baker, a Mi’kmaw with the Elsipogtog First Nation in New Brunswick, said Indigenous issues barely came up […]

NS Senator says Maritime journalism schools passively implementing TRC call-to-action

April 27, 2017 Samantha Calio

A Nova Scotia senator and Mi’kmaw activist says post-secondary journalism schools in the Maritime provinces are taking a “passive approach” in implementing the Truth and Reconciliation’s Call-to-Action to teach Indigenous history and issues to students. […]

Former AFN chief 1 of 5 people being sued by Sipekne’katik Band

December 2, 2016 Maureen Googoo

A former Assembly of First Nations National Chief is one of five people being sued by the Sipekne’katik Band in Nova Scotia over alleged misuse of funds in connection with the First Nation Centre of Balance and Resiliency Association. Phil […]

Learning from (and about) Mi’kmaq history is path to reconciliation

June 27, 2015 Maureen Googoo

I didn’t learn anything about the Indian residential school system when I went to school in Nova Scotia in the 1970s and ’80s. In fact, I didn’t learn much about aboriginal history and culture in […]