What’s New In Indigenous Watchdog: 303 New Entries: Sept. 1

What’s New In Indigenous Watchdog: 303 New Entries: Sept. 1 – Sept. 30, 2025

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Not Started	Stalled	In Progress	Complete
16	22	42	14
17%	23%	45%	15%

Status	Legacy Calls to Action (1-42) + 50-52, 62-65	Reconciliation Calls to Action (43-94)
Not Started	2, 9, 10, 26, 34, 51, 52, 64	45, 46, 47, 55, 56, 89
Stalled	1, 6, 8, 14, 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 29, 30, 35	58, 62, 71, 77, 78, 86, 87, 92, 93
Complete	13, 15, 41	49, 53, 59, 67, 68, 70, 80, 83, 84, 85, 94

Legacy Calls to Action include “Equity for Aboriginal People in the Legal System” (50-52) and “Education for Reconciliation (62-65) in order to keep all “Justice” and “Education” Calls to Action in one location

See also “Perspectives” post for a complete 8-page colour-coded Status Updates document summarizing all 94 Calls to Action

Indigenous Watchdog Updates

The following presents a year-to-date statistical snapshot of stakeholder actions across ALL themes that are either advancing reconciliation (Legacy and Reconciliation C2As and Government Commitments) or creating roadblocks (Current Problems)

Section	2024 YTD	Jan 31 2025	Feb. 28, 2025	Mar. 31, 2025	April 30 2025	May 31, 2025	June 30, 2025	July 31, 2025	Aug. 31 2025	Sept. 30	2025 YTD
Current Reality	44	4	10	12	4	7	4	6	6	3	56
Current Problems	1295	117	105	108	110	144	148	153	107	145	1,137
Legacy C2As	310	23	27	35	13	15	19	20	21	23	196
Reconciliation C2As	167	13	8	7	8	16	12	8	13	15	100
Govt. Commitments to Truth and Reconciliation	127	6	8	10	14	16	14	20	5	14	107
Other Issues: Government Commitments	195	12	16	18	11	17	16	20	18	12	140
Background Content	481	51	57	59	71	62	71	87	70	91	619
Total	2619	226	231	249	231	277	284	314	243	303	2358
Indigenous Success Stories	68	10	6	8	7	5	9	10	3	11	69

Notes:

Current Reality includes ALL 94 Calls to Action and Other Issues
Legacy C2As, Reconciliation C2As, Government Commitments and Other Issues represent positive steps that are advancing reconciliation.
Current Problems includes all those in “Calls to Action” plus “Other Issues” and “Government Commitments to Truth and Reconciliation
“Other Issues” presents information on Drinking Water Advisories, Food Insecurity, Suicide Prevention, Urban Commitments to Reconciliation, Housing, Environment and Treaties and Land Claims
Background Content provides additional context for Calls to Action and/or Themes

UPDATES to Current Reality (found on Landing Pages of each Theme)

Date	Theme	Description
Sept. 13	Child Welfare	7 months after Indigenous Services Canada tightens eligibility criteria for Jordan’s Principle, service disruptions are impacting communities including food programs for Indigenous children especially in the “Food Insecure” north
Sept. 15	Drinking Water Advisories	Updated “Table: Long-Term DWA’s“: 39 Long-Term DWAs still in effect in 37 communities; 148 have been lifted = 79% DWAs lifted
Sept. 28	Health	5 years after the death of Joyce Echaquan the government of Québec still refuses to acknowledge that systemic racism exists in the health care system