Review, Repair, Release are three calls to government to address the inaccuracy and inaccessibility of the Ontario Archaeological Sites Database (OASD) Toronto, ON – The Haudenosaunee Development Institute (HDI) will appear at the Ontario Archaeological Society (OAS) Symposium on October 24 to call for urgent reforms to the province’s flawed archaeological records system. HDI will […]
An Indigenous organization is threatening to stop all construction at a Toronto job site after discovering that ancestral remains stored in a dump truck for over a year were mishandled.
HDI takes on the City of Toronto and its consultants July 17, 2025, Haudenosaunee Territory (Toronto), ON – The Haudenosaunee Development Institute (HDI) is prepared to shut down all construction activity on Withrow Avenue following revelations that the ancestral remains of the Haudenosaunee people have been kept in a dump truck for over a year […]
It has been more than 18 months since the surprise discovery of ancient human remains forced a sudden stop at an east Toronto construction site, but there are lingering questions about moving forward. It was on Jan. 5, 2024, when crews replacing a lead pipe from the 1880s buried under a public sidewalk on Withrow Avenue, […]
Protesters see similarities between provincial and federal legislation Walker is among the growing local voices opposed to Bill 5. Before the bill was passed in early June, Environment Hamilton criticized the Ford government. Its executive director was one of nearly two dozen environmental leaders who signed an open letter to the province, saying the bill poses dangers […]
Section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982, recognizes and affirms the existing Aboriginal and treaty rights of Indigenous peoples in Canada. Bill 5, the “Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act,” directly violates these constitutional protections by disregarding the Two Row Wampum principle of non-interference and the Silver Covenant Chain agreements that establish peace, friendship, […]
April 25, 2025, Haudenosaunee Territory – The Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act (Bill 5), introduced last week by the Ford government, constitutes a sweeping assault on constitutionally protected Indigenous rights by circumventing the obligation to consult Indigenous nations and eliminating pathways for legal recourse. This undoing of decades of progress in Indigenous reconciliation […]