Chief Willie Littlechild: Indigenous Peoples and the Right to Self-Determination
Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples14th Session (Virtual)July 12, 2021North American Regional Meeting Item 8: Draft Report on efforts to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Indigenous Peoples and the Right to Self-Determination Joint Statement from the Coalition for the Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples* Speaker: Chief Willie … read more
CFSC joins in renewed calls to end prolonged solitary confinement
A coalition of groups including Canadian Friends Service Committee is renewing its call for an immediate end to indefinite, prolonged solitary confinement in Canada’s federal prisons. The organizations were among dozens recently invited to a “consultation” convened by the Correctional Service of Canada (“CSC”) to discuss issues within Structured Intervention Units (“SIUs”) – highly restrictive … read more
CFSC joins in calling for moratorium on audits apparently targeting Muslim charities
Joint letter sent to the Prime Minister re: CRA’s prejudiced practices and an immediate moratorium on audits of Muslim charities Prime Minister, at the vigil for the Afzaal family killed by a horrific terror attack, you said, “Islamophobia is real. Racism is real. You should not have to face that hate in your communities, in … read more
Our Nations and organizations are celebrating the fact that long awaited and hard-fought national legislation to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UN Declaration) has successfully passed the final vote in the Senate. Bill C-15 An Act Respecting the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, establishes a … read more
CFSC’s office in Friends House Toronto. We are located on the traditional territory of the Wendat, Petun, and most recently the Mississaugas of the Credit River. This land has been the site of
human activity for 15,000 years and is the subject of the Dish With One Spoon Wampum, a
sacred treaty between the Haudenosaunee and the Anishinaabek.
