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Our community has lost one of its powerful legal Ogichidaakwe (Warrior Woman). Her fierce and passionate advocacy for Indigenous people and families will be missed...
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October 25, 2024, Toronto: Today at the Inquest into seven deaths at the Elgin Middlesex Detention Cetnre (EMDC), the Coroner heard an adjournment motion from the Ministry of the Solicitor General (SolGen) who represents EMDC. The motion was brought to get instructions on whether or not to judically review the Coroner’s finding on a prior motion by SolGen to narrow the scope of the inquest. The Coroner had dismissed that motion. The adjournment was granted without a specified return date to begin the Inquest.
Sophomore release by Zoongde`e builds on collective healing project with Aboriginal Legal Services and Make Music Matter
LISTEN NOW June 5, 2024, Toronto, Ontario: Today the jury in the Inquest into the shooting death of John-Paul George, an Indigenous man from Matachewan First Nation, returned their verdict after hearing five days of evidence and a half day of submissions...
Staff from Aboriginal Legal Services in Toronto form artist collective Zoongde`e, reconnect with Indigenous culture, and share stories of resilience through innovative music therapy project  Artwork by Karen Cull Seidel, member of Zoongde`e It has been five years since Elder Vern Harper passed away. Vern was an integral part of the Toronto Indigenous community for decades and worked for many years at Aboriginal Legal Services as a Youth Courtworker.  The Aboriginal Legal Services (“ALS”) Board of Directors is a group of dedicated volunteers supporting the mission and goals of ALS: to strengthen the capacity of the Indigenous community and its citizens to deal with justice issues and provide Indigenous-controlled and culturally based justice alternatives. Aboriginal Legal Services represented the family of Moses Beaver in a month-long inquest held in Thunder Bay which concluded on May 12, 2023. Moses was a member of the Nibinamik First Nation in Northern Ontario.
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