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The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR) received $2,411,773 to restructure and decolonize its digital archival records to promote innovative research meaningful to Indigenous communities.
Funding was provided through the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) grant which will enable archivists to build a digital architecture for their archives, allowing for better access to the stories of Residential School Survivors.
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“Residential schools were a social engineering project of the federal government to basically erase Indigenous cultures from the Canadian landscape,” said Raymond Frogner, Head of Archives at NCTR in a press release.
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Two Manitoba scholars are speaking against the potential sin tax on sugary drinks as it ignores the needs and rights of First Nation communities.
Myra J. Tait and Natalie Diane Riediger believe imposing such a tax on First Nation consumers is unethical, contravenes tax law and undermines Indigenous rights to self-determination.
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âIf it was as simple as taxing a beverage and we can fix diabetes, every jurisdiction would do that. The problem is, especially for Indigenous people, there is poverty and issues of sovereignty,â said Tait the assistant professor of Governance, Law and Management at the Athabasca University, on Wednesday.
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Two Manitoba scholars are speaking against the potential sin tax on sugary drinks as it ignores the needs and rights of First Nation communities.
Myra J. Tait and Natalie Diane Riediger believe imposing such a tax on First Nation consumers is unethical, contravenes tax law and undermines Indigenous rights to self-determination.
“If it was as simple as taxing a beverage and we can fix diabetes, every jurisdiction would do that. The problem is, especially for Indigenous people, there is poverty and issues of sovereignty,” said Tait the assistant professor of Governance, Law and Management at the Athabasca University, on Wednesday.
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