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Snuneymuxw First Nation and Canada sign historic land reconciliation agreement

| Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada | news releases

Today, Chief Michael Wyse of the Snuneymuxw First Nation and the Honourable Gary Anandasangaree, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations, celebrated the signing of a historic Interim Land Reconciliation Agreement, that will allocate 80.09 hectares of land (the “Camp Nanaimo Lands on Te’tuxwtun”) to be set aside as a reserve for the Snuneymuxw First Nation.


The Government of Canada, the Government of Nunavut and Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. to sign the Nunavut Lands and Resources Devolution Agreement in Iqaluit

| Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada | media advisories

Aluki Kotierk, President of Nunavut Tunngavik Inc., the Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada, the Honourable Dan Vandal, Minister of Northern Affairs, and the Honourable P.J. Akeeagok, Premier of Nunavut, will participate in the Nunavut Lands and Resources Devolution Agreement signing ceremony in Iqaluit.


Government of Canada requests research proposals to address northern contaminants and plastic pollution

| Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada | news releases

Today, the Honourable Dan Vandal, Minister of Northern Affairs, PrairiesCan and CanNor, announced the launch of the annual call for proposals for research and monitoring projects of contaminants originating from other parts of the world. These contaminants are transported through air and sea currents to the North and Arctic.


Partnership between Harvesters Support Grant recipients in Ontario and Manitoba, food banks and charities will bring food bank operations to 43 isolated, northern communities

| Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada | news releases

Today, the Honourable Dan Vandal, Minister of Northern Affairs, PrairiesCan and CanNor, congratulated Wiiche’iwaymagon members, food bank agencies and charities, and Arctic Gateway, who signed a Memorandum of Understanding in a traditional ceremony and will be working together to strengthen food security in northern Manitoba and Ontario communities.


Indigenous-led data and healing projects funded through Budget 2021

| Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada | backgrounders

In June 2022, the Government of Canada launched a call for proposals, through which 18 projects were selected to receive funding via single and/or multi-year agreements. Between 2021 and 2026, the Government of Canada will have provided approximately $8.4 million in funding to support Indigenous-led data projects. This program responds to the Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, which calls upon all governments (in Calls for Justice 5.24, 16.44, 17.2, and 18.4) to collect and provide disaggregated and distinctions-based data to address the root causes of violence.


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