Assembly of First Nations

Pope Francis could be visiting Canada within the next year, according to Indigenous delegates who are in Rome this week. The delegation of 14 Indigenous survivors, elders, leaders, youth and knowledge keepers was at the Vatican for a…

First Nations delegates met with Pope Francis at the Vatican on Thursday. It marked the second time Phil Fontaine has met a pope and requested an apology from the Roman Catholic Church for its role in residential schools.The former…

Phil Fontaine and his wife Kathleen Mahoney walk arm in arm up the cobblestone street from Rome into Vatican City. They pause at the border between them and glance at a dazzling and familiar sight — St. Peter’s Basilica, one of the…

A chief and residential school survivor says he will be looking for justice and healing when he leads the Assembly of First Nations delegation to meet with Pope Francis next month at the Vatican. “We do this to seek true…

While the government of Alberta “encourages all Albertans to reflect on the legacy of residential schools” on Sept. 30, it’s leaving the implementation of a statutory holiday up to individual employers for provincially-regulated…