Regional and national organizations are invited to endorse this declaration and commitment to action. Please email connect@kairoscanada.org with your endorsement and a JPG version of your logo (optional) if you wish to endorse. Local organizations and individuals are invited to get in touch with KAIROS so we can connect you to others planning local events.
We, the undersigned Indigenous and Canadian organizations, applaud Canada's November 2010 endorsement of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. We agree that it is time to "build on a positive and productive relationship with First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples."
We join with more than 100 legal scholars and constitutional experts who affirmed that the Declaration is "consistent with the Canadian Constitution and Charter and is profoundly important for fulfilling their promise."
We call on the government of Canada to work collaboratively with Indigenous peoples for the full and effective implementation of the Declaration. We call on the federal government to reform laws and policies that fall below the Declaration's standards.
We support Indigenous peoples and groups across Canada who are calling for implementation of the Declaration to protect Indigenous peoples' rights, including rights to lands, territories and resources, livelihoods, health and self-determination.
In the spirit of the treaties and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, we commit ourselves to seeking right relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in every part of Canada; to speaking the truth about historic injustices; and to ensuring that our respective organizations and communities will make right relations a priority.
We endorse the KAIROS national action "Roll with the Declaration," and encourage our membership to:
- sign the KAIROS petition to the federal government;
- make banners expressing support for the Declaration;
- and participate in education and action events across the country, including in Ottawa on June 20.
Signatories
Amnesty International
Anglican Diocese of Montreal
Assembly of First Nations
Canadian Auto Workers
Canadian Centre for Ecumenism
Canadian Union of Postal Workers
Christian Peacemaker Teams
Citizens for Public Justice
Comité pour les droits humains en Amérique latine
Council of Canadians
Dignity for All: Campaign for a Poverty-Free Canada
Families of Sisters in Spirit (Canada)
Families of Sisters in Spirit
First Nations Summit
Grand Council of the Crees (Eeyou Istchee)
Greenpeace
Indigenous Peoples' Solidarity Movement
Inuit Circumpolar Conference
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Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
Read the ITK statement >>
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Justice-écologique-tendresse (JET) Québec
The National Association of Friendship Centers
Native Women's Association of Canada
The Ontario Public Interest Research Group (OPIRG),
McMaster University
The Guatemalan Working Group of OPIRG McMaster
Pax Christi Montreal
The Polaris Institute
Project of Heart
Public Service Alliance of Canada
Canadian Friends Service Committee (Quakers)
The Social Justice Committee of Montreal
Student Christian Movement
United Food and Commercial Workers of Canada
Union of BC Indian Chiefs
Walk 4 Justice
World Student Christian Federation
