Released December 3, 2024

Social emergencies relating to deaths caused by suicide, violence, drug misuse/poisoning, community fires, and/or health-care services have been declared in northern First Nations in Manitoba and, in some communities, multiple times. While the definition of an emergency is “an unforeseen combination of circumstances or the resulting state that calls for immediate action,” the social emergencies called in these First Nations are not “unforeseen.” Rather, as our research has found, they are predictable. They are rooted in colonial conditions that have left many First Nations in dire straits.

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