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United Nations urges Canada to stop assimilatory impacts of the ‘Indian Act’
The United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples recently...
Giovanni Torre 13 May 2026
British Columbia First Nations leaders demand end to sex discrimination and violence against women
Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs Secretary-Treasurer, Chief Marilyn Slett...
Giovanni Torre 6 May 2026
Canadian First Nations leaders fight back against attack on Indigenous rights in British Columbia
Canadian Indigenous leaders have urged legislators in British Columbia to vote d...
Giovanni Torre 20 Apr 2026
Union of BC Indian Chiefs honours their first female VP, celebrates First Nations women in leadership
In February 2026, the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs elected Chief Coun...
Giovanni Torre 9 Mar 2026
Indigenous Nations win 'ground-shaking' legal victory in Canadian rights case

Indigenous Nations have won a major legal victory in the Canadian province of British Columbia. On Friday, the Gitxaala and Ehattesaht Nations secured a landmark victory at the BC Court of Appeal, wit...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Dec 6, 2025
BC Indigenous leaders welcome identity reform push: 'an important step in safeguarding the future of First Nations'

First Nations leaders in the province of British Columbia have celebrated the decision by a key Canadian senate committee to eliminate the second-generation cut-off and implement a one-parent rule on...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Dec 3, 2025
British Columbia Indigenous leaders urge Province to implement CleanBC review’s climate measures

The Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs has called on the government of the western Canadian province to implement the priorities in the CleanBC review final report, released Wednesday, and "re-co...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Nov 27, 2025
British Columbia Indigenous leaders urge authorities to take action on gender-based violence and declare epidemic

The Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs marked the UN International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and the beginning of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence wit...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Nov 26, 2025
British Columbia Indigenous leaders mark Year of Glaciers’ Preservation with call for action

The Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs has called for strengthened action to protect the Canadian province's rivers of ice from the threat of climate change.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Nov 11, 2025
Canadian First Nations leaders stand in solidarity to protect sacred waterways

First Nations leaders from across British Columbia have thrown their support behind the Okanagan Indian Band's fight to protect sacred waterways.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Nov 4, 2025
‘First Nations consent ignored’ as Canadians asked to subsidise LNG expansion

The Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs says Canadian PM Mark Carney's push to double LNG Canada as a "nation-building" project ignores the right of Indigenous peoples to free, prior and informed...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Sep 15, 2025
First Nations leaders take a stand for the environment on Earth Day

The Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs has urged "swift and systemic" action to protect biodiversity and critical habitats in the Canadian province.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Apr 23, 2025
British Columbia First Nations chiefs defy Trump, reaffirm opposition to fossil fuel pipelines

The Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs has reaffirmed its long history of resolutions from the Chiefs Council opposing large scale "destructive resource projects" including Enbridge Northern Gate...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jan 27, 2025
Canadian First Nations mourn "tremendous loss" of "unparalleled" Anishinaabe leader Murray Sinclair

Mazina Giizhik (the one who speaks of pictures in the sky), the Honourable Justice known as Murray Sinclair, Anishinaabe leader, former judge, Senator, and chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commis...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Nov 5, 2024
Canadian First Nations take battle against "legislated extinction" to the UN

Members of the Indian Act Sex Discrimination Working Group are attending the 89th session of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women in Geneva, Switzerland this...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Oct 15, 2024
Canadian Conservative candidate denies residential school impact on First Nations children, sparks outcry

A Conservative candidate in the Canadian province of British Columbia has sparked an outcry by sharing material on social media which promotes "residential school denialism" and "historical revisionis...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Sep 30, 2024
Canadian Indigenous leaders urge "immediate, concrete action" to remove barriers to accessing information

The Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs has called on Canada's federal government to take immediate and definitive steps to remove barriers for First Nations needing access to government-held reco...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Sep 25, 2024
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