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National Indigenous News October 20 · National Indigenous Newscasts

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  SPEAKER_00: This is a look at your National Indigenous News.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm Daryl Stranger.
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  SPEAKER_00: Elections Alberta says it delivered additional ballots to several Indigenous communities after unexpectedly high turnout caused voting delays during Monday's referendum.
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  SPEAKER_00: Sixica First Nation was one of several communities affected Monday.
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  SPEAKER_00: Voting was extended by more than 90 minutes due to high voter turnout, and the chief of the community, Samuel Crowfoot, is requesting a formal explanation of how Elections Alberta allocated polling staff, ballots, and other resources.
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  SPEAKER_00: In Elections, Alberta spokesperson said the agency relied on historical data for ballot distribution, and some communities eventually required multiple ballot deliveries because turnout exceeded expectations.
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  SPEAKER_00: In total, 106 polling stations across Alberta had to remain open later Monday after delays prevented them from opening on time.
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  SPEAKER_00: Most of the delays lasted 10 to 15 minutes, but some were longer.
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  SPEAKER_00: The last voting station closed at 10.41 p.m.
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  SPEAKER_00: on Monday evening.
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  SPEAKER_00: A new report from Statistics Canada says Indigenous youth are stuck in a revolving door when it comes to repeat offenses, which is perpetrated by factors ranging from unrealistic bail restrictions to over policing.
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  SPEAKER_00: The paper published last week also said that the overrepresentation of Indigenous peoples in the justice system extends to those younger than 18, and that there were measurable differences when it came to sentencing outcomes in cases involving indigenous youth versus their white counterparts.
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  SPEAKER_00: Data was collected between 2016-17 and 2022-23.
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  SPEAKER_00: Within that seven-year gap, First Nations, Metis, and Inuit defendants made up approximately 27% of the youth court population, despite only forming 8% of minors in Canada overall.
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  SPEAKER_00: First Nations youth are affected the most prominently.
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  SPEAKER_00: There's no set answer as to why there's a dramatic difference in representation, according to the report.
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  SPEAKER_00: However, authors referenced other criminal justice research, which has cited factors such as over policing, differential charging practices, and varying access to diversionary programs and measures as being common.
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  SPEAKER_00: Researchers also found that factors including differential access to and use of extrajudicial measures, non-court responses to youth crime, variations in police diversion and judicial discretion, like community-based justice and counseling, and the unequal availability of culturally appropriate community-based alternatives also played into how the cases are then handled before a judge.
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  SPEAKER_00: In its conclusion, researchers wrote that there's no set answer as to what solutions could address the overrepresentation, as well as repeat offenses, other than to add to existing supports.
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  SPEAKER_00: However, the ultimatum was that while there are supports in place to respond to the issue, it is not enough.
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  SPEAKER_00: This fall, third-year nursing students at University of PEI have the opportunity to learn more about Indigenous health, healing, and well-being directly within the Mi'kmaq community of Abigait First Nations.
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  SPEAKER_00: While Indigenous Health content has been offered to UPEI nursing students in previous semesters, including Abigait's first delivery of a course under the Faculty of Indigenous Knowledge, Education, Research, and Applied Sciences, this new course marks the first time a course curriculum has been designed, developed, and is being entirely delivered by and within a First Nations community, marking a significant step forward in community-led education.
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  SPEAKER_00: Abigail First Nation hopes the approach will model what continued collaboration between Indigenous communities and health education institutions could look like across the country.
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  SPEAKER_00: Developed specifically for nursing students, the three credit course will explore historical and contemporary factors affecting Indigenous health in PEI and across Canada.
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  SPEAKER_00: Students will examine the impacts of colonialism and social detriments of health alongside Indigenous understandings of physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well being.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's a look at your National Indigenous News.