RESOURCES & NEWS

RESOURCES

Read: Indigenous Consumer Racial Profiling in Canada: A Neglected Human Rights Issue - an expert report by Dr. Lorne Foster and Dr. Les Jacobs

Read: Banking While Brown - a Yellowhead Institute report by Nikki Sanchez

Resources Related to Human Rights Complaint:

The following documents related to Max and Torianne Johnson's cases are available for download:

Learning Resources

Truth & Reconciliation Commission Calls to Action: http://trc.ca/assets/pdf/Calls_to_Action_English2.pdf

Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Inquiry Final Report: https://www.mmiwg-ffada.ca/final-report/

150 Acts of Reconciliation: http://activehistory.ca/2017/08/150-acts-of-reconciliation-for-the-last-150-days-of-canadas-150/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QP9x1NnCWNY 

Anti-Racism & Cross Cultural Educators

Michelle Nahanee, Decolonizing Practices https://decolonizingpractices.org/

Anita McPhee Strategies: Cross Cultural Teachings and Teaching History through an Indigenous Lens

https://www.facebook.com/almstrategies/services
annitamcpheestrategies@gmail.com

Jada Gabrielle Pape - Courage Consulting
https://courageconsulting.ca

MEDIA STORIES

Washing ceremony cleanses bad Surrey TD Bank encounter for Heiltsuk man

November 21, 2025
*This was article was written by Mark Page and was published on November 17 2025, by Surrey Now and a number of other local news outlets across BC.* — Sharif Mohammed Bamji walked into a Clayton Heights TD Bank in 2022 to open an account using his Heiltsuk First Nation Indian status card, and ended…
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First Nations group wants to intervene in human rights case against Vancouver police

This story originally appeared on TimesColonist.com on June 16, 2021. The Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs has launched…

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Intervention into human rights case aims to hold VPD accountable for detainment of First Nations man and granddaughter

This story originally appeared on VancouverIsAwesome.com on June 16, 2021. Following a traumatic and humiliating incident that took…

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First Nations group wants to intervene in human rights case against Vancouver police

This story originally appeared on CoastReporter.net on June 16, 2021. The Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs has launched…

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Security video shows Indigenous man and granddaughter being handcuffed by Vancouver police

This story originally appeared on CTVNews.ca on June 16, 2021. Security video showing an Indigenous man and his…

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Security footage released in case of B.C. Indigenous man, granddaughter handcuffed outside bank

This story originally appeared on GlobalNews.ca on June 16, 2021. Security camera footage has now been released by Indigenous leaders…

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Racial profiling and wrongful detainment: Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond to intervene in BC Human Rights case against VPD

This story originally appeared on The Indo-Canadian Voice on June 16, 2021. THE Union of BC Indian Chiefs (UBCIC)…

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