| Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada
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Today, Chief Michael Wyse of the Snuneymuxw First Nation and the Honourable Gary Anandasangaree, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations, celebrated the signing of a historic Interim Land Reconciliation Agreement, that will allocate 80.09 hectares of land (the “Camp Nanaimo Lands on Te’tuxwtun”) to be set aside as a reserve for the Snuneymuxw First Nation.
| Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada
| media advisories
Chief Michael Wyse of the Snuneymuxw First Nation and the Honourable Gary Anandasangaree, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations, will celebrate the signing of a historic agreement related to Snuneymuxw First Nation lands.
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"I sincerely thank Long Plain First Nation and the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs for the work plans to search the Prairie Green Landfill. These plans outline potential strategies to address personnel training, equipment procurement, and hazardous, toxic, and biohazardous waste management."
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Aluki Kotierk, President of Nunavut Tunngavik Inc., the Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada, the Honourable Dan Vandal, Minister of Northern Affairs, and the Honourable P.J. Akeeagok, Premier of Nunavut, will participate in the Nunavut Lands and Resources Devolution Agreement signing ceremony in Iqaluit.
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Today, the Honourable Dan Vandal, Minister of Northern Affairs, PrairiesCan and CanNor, announced the launch of the annual call for proposals for research and monitoring projects of contaminants originating from other parts of the world. These contaminants are transported through air and sea currents to the North and Arctic.
| Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada
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Today, the Honourable Dan Vandal, Minister of Northern Affairs, PrairiesCan and CanNor, congratulated Wiiche’iwaymagon members, food bank agencies and charities, and Arctic Gateway, who signed a Memorandum of Understanding in a traditional ceremony and will be working together to strengthen food security in northern Manitoba and Ontario communities.
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In June 2022, the Government of Canada launched a call for proposals, through which 18 projects were selected to receive funding via single and/or multi-year agreements. Between 2021 and 2026, the Government of Canada will have provided approximately $8.4 million in funding to support Indigenous-led data projects. This program responds to the Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, which calls upon all governments (in Calls for Justice 5.24, 16.44, 17.2, and 18.4) to collect and provide disaggregated and distinctions-based data to address the root causes of violence.
| Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada
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Today, the Honourable Gary Anandasangaree, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations, announced over $13 million in funding for 31 Indigenous-led projects to keep working to put an end to violence against Indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQI+ people.
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Treaty 8 First Nations of Alberta This is a joint news release between the Government of Canada, the Government of Yukon, Yukon First Nations, and the Council of Yukon First Nations.
