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Featured Resources

Shameful Neglect: Indigenous Child Poverty in Canada - Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (Report)

Indigenous Gendered Experiences of Work in an Oil-Dependant, Rural Alberta Community (Parkland Institute)

Indigenous People, Wage, Labour and Trade Unions: The Historical Experiences in Canada

Aboriginal peoples in Canada: Key results from the 2016 Census (Statistics Canada, 2016)

Tackling Poverty in Indigenous Communities in Canada

Why Aboriginal Peoples Can’t Just “Get Over It”

Aboriginal Homelessness in Canada A Literature Review

Reconciliation: Growing Canada’s Economy by $27.7 Billion: Background and Methods Paper

Poverty or Prosperity Indigenous Children in Canada

A Report on Children and Families Together: An Emergency Meeting on Indigenous Child and Family Services

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