WACC and Cultural Survival are funding a project in Peru that aims to improve the visibility and influence of a network of Indigenous communicators so that they can raise awareness...
                                                    
                        					 
				 
			 
		
		
                    		
			
									
								
					
						
						
						
Everyone is invited to celebrate the results of WACC's five-month cross-regional journalist training program on migration and refugee issues via an online presentation Thursday, June 9, 2022, 12noon-2pm CEST (Brussels).Participant...
                                                    
                        					 
				 
			 
		
		
                    		
			
									
								
					
						
						
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						Some 7,100 languages are spoken in the world today, of which only some 400 are spoken by the great majority of the world’s people.
Every language is a uniquely important way...
                                                    
                        					 
				 
			 
		
		
                    		
			
									
								
					
						
						
						About 4,700 rural women, youth, students, and members of marginalized communities in India will receive digital literacy and skills training as part of a WACC-supported project being implemented by local...
                                                    
                        					 
				 
			 
		
		
                    		
			
									
								
					
						
						
						
WACC and the Asia Pacific Mission for Migrants (APMM) on May 20 highlighted the need to provide migrants with life-saving, culturally-sensitive information as well as communication tools during a side...
                                                    
                        					 
				 
			 
		
		
                    		
			
									
								
					
						
						
						
Saying that the world is at a critical juncture — with challenges posed by the climate crisis, divisiveness, and other social issues — Cree Elder Doreen Spence writes in the...
                                                    
                        					 
				 
			 
		
		
                    		
			
								
					
						
						
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Media Development 2022-2
Celebrating Canada's Indigenous Media
Recognising and implementing communication rights is a crucial first step towards bringing about...
                                                    
                        					 
				 
			 
		
		
                    		
			
								
					
						
						
						
It is indisputable – from archaeological evidence but also from mitochondrial DNA – that people had already crossed into what we now call North America some 22,000 to 25,000 years...
                                                    
                        					 
				 
			 
		
		
                    		
			
								
					
						
						
						[caption id="attachment_44636" align="aligncenter" width="700"] Doreen Spence (left) mentoring at the United Nations. Photo credit Beatrice Weyrich.[/caption]
 
Doreen Spence
Acknowledgement: I am from Saddle Lake Cree Nation in Alberta. I would like to...
                                                    
                        					 
				 
			 
		
		
                    		
			
								
					
						
						
						Marites N. Sison
In 2015, Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) released the findings of its six-year investigation into the history and impacts of the country’s residential school system for Indigenous...