Aboriginal youth living in both urban settings and in their communities have been mobilizing in increasing numbers since 2012. Their engagement galvanized during the Idle No More movement.
Maïtée Labrecque-Saganash, a Cree activist and political science student, is part of the emerging generation
of engaged and passionate First Nations youth. She is pictured here with Oscar Kistabish at the first edition of KWE! Meet with Indigenous Peoples in August 2017, Place de l’Assemblée-Nationale in Québec City.
The Idle No More movement was born in Western Canada in the fall of 2012 when four Indigenous women publicly expressed their anger over the introduction of Bill C-45 by the federal government. The protest marches and rallies organized by these women marked the beginning of a mobilization in major cities across Canada. Widia Larivière and Mélissa Mollen-Dupuis co-founded the Québec branch of Idle No More.
