for the first time, in june, the head of the royal canadian mounted police commissior brenda lucki released a statement acknowledging systemic racism on the force, reversing earlier denials. and prime minister justin trudeau promised broad reforms. >> systemic racism is an issue right across the country, in all our institutions, including in all our police forces. that's what systemic racism is. >> nawaz: those systemic problems in indigenous and first nations communities, says author waubgeshig rice, go far beyond policing. >> the black lives matter movement has really catalyzed a lot of that understanding and put the spotlight on systemic racism in all realms and all sectors here in canada. there are poverty issues in first nations. many have unclean drinking water. there are ongoing issues of addictions and poverty as a result of being displaced and colonized. >> nawaz: meanwhile across the globe in new zealand, activist kassie hartendorp, part of the country's native maori community, wrestles with the same issues. >> we have rich histories and traditions of what it means to be maori or