Written by:  Foster Adamu and Dickson Awuku Bekoe As Canada and Ecuador finalize their trade agreement, a growing number of human rights organizations are raising concerns about the potential consequences […]

Canada’s nationhood came at the cost of hundreds of thousands of Indigenous Peoples’ rights. The Treaties as they were spoken (in their respective languages), were more important to the First Nations’ peoples than what is documented today in English. When an agreement was signed, there would be symbols of partnership exchanged, like wampum belts, which signified the beginning of a nation-to-nation relationship.

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) of Canada was created as a significant response to the grave and lasting effects of the Indigenous Residential Schools on Indigenous populations. It carried a mandate to recognize and address the cultural genocide waged against these communities and to forge a path towards healing and reconciliation. Actively operating from 2008 until 2015, the TRC has been instrumental in Canada’s journey to confront historical injustices while nurturing an inclusive social fabric. The formation of this commission also marked a fundamental acknowledgment of the atrocities inflicted upon Indigenous peoples while pledging commitment towards a more equitable future.

The indigenous people of Canada are diverse and culturally rich with a long and complex history rooted in the country’s lands. Consist of three major groups. Which are first nations, Inuit, and Métis. These communities have distinct languages, cultures, and traditions.

Human Rights Day (December 10) was the 75th anniversary of one of the world’s most groundbreaking global pledges: the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). This landmark document enshrines the inalienable rights that everyone is entitled to as a human being – regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, language, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. The Declaration was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in Paris on December 10, 1948 and sets out, for the first time, fundamental human rights to be universally protected.

As the world marks International Human Rights Day under the theme “Dignity, Freedom, and Justice for All,” it is critical to turn our attention to the long-standing human rights challenges

The adoption of United Nation Declaration of Human rights on 10 dec 1948 was the most remarkable day of the history when man finally defended his dignity of being human,

Fossil fuels are causing the climate crisis.  We can’t solve the climate crisis while continuing to subsidize its very cause. Yet the Government of Canada has long spent more taxpayers

Amnesty International started out in the 1960’s with a beautifully simple idea; that anybody could speak out in defence of others who were unjustly imprisoned or denied their freedom of