· September, 2010

Stories about Canada from September, 2010

Canada: The ‘Disappearance’ of Native Women

  7 September 2010

News from Canada that nearly 600 native women have gone missing over the past three decades has spread far and wide and throughout the Canadian blogosphere. Human rights activists claim that the Canadian government has not done enough to investigate the disappearances. Most of the women are thought to have been murdered.

Indigenous People and Mines in Canada

  1 September 2010

The Indigenous community in North America share many similar challenges with many citizens of the developing world. Poverty is endemic even though their territories are often rich in natural resources. Bloggers weigh in on the latest resource controversy: