The Ontario Coalition of Indigenous People (OCIP) is an incorporated, not–for- profit, membership based coalition formed to advocate for the rights and interests of Métis, Non-Status, Inuit and Off-Reserve status people living in urban, rural and remote areas throughout Ontario.
OCIP is designed to be a flexible, “bottom-up” community-based coalition that supports projects and priorities identified by local community members. The OCIP approach embodies innovation in government, given that community members participate in the decision making process alongside government members. The goal of OCIP is to implement programs and services that address the ever-increasing needs of its members. OCIP has implemented a governance structure that is geographically equal across the province of Ontario. The current Board of Governors consists of a President/Chief, Vice-Chief, Elder, Special Advisors, Youth Representative, and 9 Community Representatives or Governors.
OCIP was structured to help communities build on their successes and focus on broadening and strengthening partnerships across the province, as well as increasing the participation of members in each area. Community-based local solutions reflect local realities and needs and can form the basis of an appropriate and effective response. Building capacity within community based organizations at the local level, and developing partnerships within each community is among the objectives of OCIP.
OCIP officially became the recognized Ontario affiliate of the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples in November, 2007, when delegates of the Congress’ Annual General Assembly unanimously ratified OCIP’s application for recognition as the Ontario affiliate of the Congress.
Collaboration continues to be the driving force behind OCIP, with 23 affiliate community organizations or 9 Regions throughout Ontario. With partnerships being solidified and a strategic plan being developed that will provide long-term solutions to address the needs of Indigenous Peoples across Ontario
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Woohoo @dwmessenger. Fantastic to see so many of our #qmed students at Kingston #Pride today. Wish I could be with you! 🏳️🌈🩺🏳️⚧️ https://twitter.com/dwmessenger/status/1442126596798750729
Great to see representation from #QMed students at the @KingstonPride Parade today! @janephilpott @QMed_AS @QueensUHealth @QueensUGME
Indigenous Tim Hortons owners drive campaign for residential school survivors https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/indigenous-tim-hortons-owners-drive-campaign-for-residential-school-survivors-1.5601059?cid=sm%3Atrueanthem%3A%7B%7Bcampaignname%7D%7D%3Atwitterpost%E2%80%8B&taid=61509584f8cdf40001b90833&utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter
Any job is a woman’s job. Period.
Alternate headline: “White people shocked, once again, at the discovery of whole societies and populations that existed in North America before their arrival” https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1441110650768351233
“I think this is probably the biggest discovery about the peopling of America in a hundred years.”
Human footprints in New Mexico are at least 23,000 years old, a study said, suggesting people may have arrived 10,000 years earlier than scientists thought. https://nyti.ms/3i12m0w
