indigenous | CEKAN

Craig Clark
03 Jun 2021

Charlottetown removed their Sir John A. Macdonald statue this week

Charlottetown city council moved quickly Tuesday morning to remove a statue of John A. Macdonald after they voted to get rid of the monument the evening before. Council voted unanimously to have the s...

Michael Kras
03 Jun 2021

HWDSB trustee calls for renaming of Ryerson Elementary School

A trustee with the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board has filed a notice of motion for the board’s Ryerson Elementary School to be renamed and that all local schools named after individuals be...

Craig Clark
31 Mar 2021

Hamilton school could be turned into Indigenous housing and friendship centre

An old east-end Hamilton school could be changed to an Indigenous housing and friendship centre by two local organizations. City council has backed the Hamilton Regional Indian Centre and Ontario Abor...

Michael Kras
19 Mar 2021

Hamilton’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout expands to all Indigenous adults

In partnership with local Indigenous organizations and communities, the City of Hamilton has further expanded its COVID-19 vaccine rollout to include all Indigenous adults in the city. This expansion ...

Michael Kras
20 Feb 2021

McMaster University helps bring eye care to Indigenous youth in Northern Ontario

In another outstanding social initiative, Hamilton’s own McMaster University has helped create a program that provides access to eye care for Indigenous children living in Northern Ontario. The univ...

Craig Clark
30 Sep 2020

Hamilton online art gallery part of exclusive sale of Inuit art

Every October, art collectors eagerly wait for the Cape Dorset Annual Print Collection. For over 60 years, the sale focuses on prints made by Inuit artists at the renowned West Baffin Eskimo Co-operat...

Michael Kras
09 Sep 2020

Collective Arts creates scholarship to support marginalized brewing students

In a year that has seen increased awareness of – and considerable uprising against – systemic racism in many forms, one of Hamilton’s craft breweries is taking steps to remove persistent...

Michael Kras
07 Jul 2020

Ontario high schools to end ‘streaming’ program for incoming students

A practice that has long been part of the fabric of Ontario’s secondary school system is being abolished as the provincial government re-examines practices and systems within Ontario’s public educ...

Michael Kras
23 Jun 2020

This new project is paying Hamilton’s BIPOC artists to make new art

Are you a Hamilton-based BIPOC artist who wants to get paid to create something this summer? Well, a new local initiative – the first of its kind in the city – is planning to help you do just that...

Michael Kras
25 Feb 2020

Wet’suwet’en protesters have blocked rail lines between Hamilton and Aldershot

The next of many transit disruptions all across Canada, a group of protesters in solidarity with Wet’suwet’en Nation hereditary chiefs have blocked the rail lines between Aldershot and Hamilton. T...