By Patrick Quinn, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Nation A group of five women from the Canadian Friends Service Committee (CFSC), the social justice arm of the Quakers, returned to Ottawa from a memorable visit to Eeyou Istchee full of gratitude for Cree hospitality and inspiration for their work in advancing Indigenous rights. The trip was organized by CFSC general secretary Jennifer Preston, who spent part of her childhood in Waskaganish and has long known Donald Nicholls, the Cree Nation Government’s director of justice and correctional services, through their mutual work at the United Nations. \u201cMy team was thrilled to go up to Eeyou Istchee,\u201d said Preston. \u201cSince the 1970s, the Quakers have been doing a lot of work on Indigenous rights and the Crees were always one of our… <\/p>\n
By Patrick Quinn, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Nation A group of five women from the Canadian Friends Service Committee (CFSC), the social justice arm of the Quakers, returned to Ottawa from a memorable visit to Eeyou Istchee full of gratitude for Cree hospitality and inspiration for their work in advancing Indigenous rights. The trip was organized by CFSC general secretary Jennifer Preston, who spent part of her childhood in Waskaganish and has long known Donald Nicholls, the Cree Nation Government’s director of justice and correctional services, through their mutual work at the United Nations. \u201cMy team was thrilled to go up to Eeyou Istchee,\u201d said Preston. \u201cSince the 1970s, the Quakers have been doing a lot of work on Indigenous rights and the Crees were always one of our... <\/p>\n