Karyn Pugliese

1 week ago | aptnnews.ca | Karyn Pugliese

Twenty years after Amnesty International released its first report on missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls (MMIWG), a delegation from the international human rights organization gathered on Parliament Hill for Red Dress Day to attend a vigil held by longtime Algonquin activist Bridget Tolley, and her family. The gathering took place near West Block, not far from the site of numerous vigils held over the years.

2 weeks ago | aptnnews.ca | Karyn Pugliese

Makivvik Corporation says it’s “deeply disappointed” by the handling of the federal voting process in Nunavik and is calling on Elections Canada to investigate. In a statement issued April 30, the Inuit organization said polling hours were inconsistent across several communities and some “were unable to vote at all.”“This is unacceptable in 2025. In many cases, Nunavimmiut were effectively denied their right to participate in this election,” the statement reads.

2 weeks ago | aptnnews.ca | Karyn Pugliese

A global race to secure critical minerals is threatening to unravel hard-won environmental protections and Indigenous rights, experts warned this week during the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII). Galina Angarova, executive director of the Securing Indigenous Peoples’ Rights in the Green Economy (SIRGE) Coalition, said the world will need approximately 300 new mines by 2035 to meet rising energy demands.

3 weeks ago | aptnnews.ca | Karyn Pugliese

The Ojibways of Onigaming don’t hold funerals in the school gymnasium anymore. It was the only place in the First Nation that had enough space to hold everyone. No one questioned it — until a student spoke up. “We have a lot of students that are in school right now who have lost a parent or two parents or lost a grandparent or lost somebody really close to them,” said Kathy Kishiqueb, Onigaming’s education director.

3 weeks ago | aptnnews.ca | Karyn Pugliese

Every seat was filled as attendees gathered to hear from Cree youth at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York on Tuesday. They represent the first generation raised entirely under the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement, Canada’s first modern treaty, signed Nov. 11, 1975. The landmark deal between the Eeyou (Cree), Inuit, Quebec, and Canada settled a comprehensive land claim and launched 11 Cree communities on a path to self-government.