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16 Nov Joint Statement of Response to Canada’s Endorsement of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (Marketwire)

Posted at 08:32h in News, Posts

Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs VANCOUVER, BC, NEWS RELEASE--(Marketwire - Nov. 16, 2010) - On November 12th the Canadian government endorsed the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. We urge the government to move ahead with the implementation of its...

12 Nov Ottawa wins praise for endorsing UN indigenous-rights declaration (Globe and Mail)

Posted at 08:31h in News, Posts

John Ibbitson The Harper government stepped up to the plate Friday, formally signing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, ending Canada’s isolation as one of two countries that refused to endorse the text. The non-binding declaration commits member states to protect the...

11 Nov Dream Shield to protect Indigenous ideas (ABC News)

Posted at 08:29h in News, Posts

By Bronwyn Herbert A new resource to protect the intellectual property (IP) of Indigenous Australians is being launched today. A project known as Dream Shield has been launched to help Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders to profit from their ideas and traditional knowledge. But the project had a...