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August 10, 2010
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First Nations announce Poverty Reduction
Approach:
http://www.cnw.ca/en/releases/archive/July2010/20/c5025.html
Time to end the Indian Act:
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/839638--it-s-time-to-end-the-indian-act
Study:
The health of First Nations living off-reserve, Inuit and Métis adults,
2007
First Nations living off-reserve, Inuit and Métis adults
aged 20 or older were less likely to report being in excellent or very good
health and were more likely to report at least one activity limitation than
were non-Aboriginal adults. First Nations (off-reserve) and Métis adults
were also more likely than non-Aboriginal adults to be diagnosed with one
of several chronic conditions including arthritis, diabetes, heart problems
and cancer. On the other hand, Inuit adults were equally or less likely to
be diagnosed with such conditions.
Report:
The
Health of First Nations Living Off-Reserve, Inuit, and Métis
Adults in Canada: The Impact of Socio-economic Status on Inequalities in Health
Also posted June 23:
Acute-care
hospitalizations and Aboriginal identity in Canada, 2001/2002
Health disparities between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal populations in Canada,
including differences in life expectancies, have clearly been established.
A variety of sources is currently used to measure and document these disparities,
yet information gaps persist...
Related subjects:
* Aboriginal
peoples
* Health
and well-being
* Health
*
Diseases and health conditions
Source:
The Daily
[Statistics Canada]
Income
gap for Aboriginal peoples stubbornly high: Report
News Release
April 8, 2010
OTTAWA – Income inequality between Aboriginal peoples and the rest of
Canadians is stubbornly high, says a groundbreaking new study by the Canadian
Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA). For every dollar non-Aboriginals earned
in 2006, Aboriginal peoples earned only 70 cents – a slight narrowing
from 1996 when it was 56 cents for every dollar, say co-authors Dan Wilson
and David Macdonald, who dug into 2006 Census data to quantify, for the first
time ever, the Aboriginal income gap in Canada.
Complete report:
The
Income Gap Between
Aboriginal Peoples and the Rest of Canada (PDF - 995K, 34 pages)
By Daniel Wilson and David Macdonald
April 2010
Source:
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
The CCPA is an independent, non-partisan research institute concerned with
issues of social and economic justice.
Child
welfare for natives
January 3, 2010
By Reuel S. Amdur
How can we solve the problem of large numbers of native children in state
care?
Let non-natives adopt them, is one view. While non-native adoptions should
not be totally barred, there are other approaches to provide stable native
homes.
(...) Four per cent of Canadian adults are aboriginal, but 24 per cent of
those in provincial or territorial custody are native, as are 18 per cent
of federal prisoners. Pay now or pay later. We need our native fellow citizens.
[Reuel S. Amdur is a freelance writer living near Ottawa.]
Source:
The Canadian Charger
Related link:
First
Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada
From
Statistics Canada:
Risk
factors and chronic conditions among Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal populations
In
Canada, the prevalence of behavioural risk factors and chronic conditions varies
between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal populations, with Aboriginal people generally
having less favourable outcomes. For example, obesity and overweight are more
common among Aboriginal people than among other groups. Also, the likelihood of
having at least one chronic condition and specifi c conditions such as cardiovascular
disease and diabetes is higher among Aboriginal people, even when differences
in sociodemographic characteristics are taken into account
Source:
Health
Reports, November 2009
(November 18, 2009)
What's
new from the
Caledon Institute of Social
Policy:
Why
We Need a First Nations Education Act (PDF - 120K, 36 pages)
By
Michael Mendelson
October 2009
This paper discusses
the need for a First Nations Education Act. The first step in achieving ‘Indian
Control of Indian Education’ was for the federal government to cede control
over First Nations education, and this has largely been done. But the second and
more crucial step is for First Nations to step into the vacuum and create the
necessary organizational and financial infrastructure for a high-quality First
Nations education system, and this has not been done. Despite many First Nations
attempts to establish needed educational infrastructure, only bits and pieces
of an education system have so far been set up on various reserves across Canada
. For the most part, the major elements of an education system for First Nations
are missing. The paper describes those missing pieces and sets out a plan for
how they may be put into place across Canada . It is a proposal for a new Act
of Parliament which would allow First Nations that wished to do so to establish
properly funded First Nations school boards with clear legal empowerment and the
necessary regional educational agencies to support them.
Recent
Releases from the
Centre for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS):
*
On May 21, the CSLS released a research report,
The
Effect of Increasing Aboriginal Educational Attainment on the Labour Force, Output
and the Fiscal Balance (PDF - 1.6MB, 108 pages).
This report examines
the potential economic gains of increased Aboriginal education, as well as the
fiscal implications of increased education and improved Aboriginal social well-being
for Canadian governments to 2026. Most notably, it concludes that if the Aboriginal
population were to attain complete economic and social parity with the non-Aboriginal
population, Canadian governments would improve their balance sheets by nearly
$12 billion in 2026 alone.
* On
May 12, the CSLS released a research report,
A
Review of the Potential Impacts of the Métis Human Resources Development
Agreements in Canada (PDF - 1.1MB, 80 pages).
The report concludes
that the Métis Human Resources Development Agreements result in annual
fiscal savings of $8.5 million to the federal and five provincial governments
covered by the program, with total lifetime benefits of one year of Métis
programming reaching $103 million.
Source:
Centre
for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS)
The Centre for the Study of
Living Standards is a non-profit, national, independent organization that seeks
to contribute to a better understanding of trends in and determinants of productivity,
living standards and economic and
social well-being through research
UN
panel calls for better treatment of Canada's Aboriginals, immigrants
February
6, 2009
GENEVA — A United Nations panel is calling on Canada to improve
the treatment of its Aboriginal people and other disadvantaged groups such as
new immigrants and minorities. The UN Human Rights Council mentions in particular
the need to protect Aboriginal women who face discrimination in various areas
including "employment, housing, education and health care." The council
also points out the "inequalities" that exist between Aboriginals, recent
immigrants and other Canadians. Canada's human rights record came under review
in Geneva this week with a Canadian government delegation appearing before the
47-country council for several hours Tuesday. It took just 15 minutes Thursday
for the council to adopt a report containing 68 points based on concerns voiced
by dozens of UN member countries about the situation in Canada.
Source:
CTV
July
21, 2009
Incarceration
of Aboriginal people in adult correctional services
In 2007/2008,
Aboriginal adults accounted for 22% of admissions to sentenced custody, while
representing 3% of the Canadian population. Age, level of education, and employment
status can only partially explain the representation of Aboriginal adults incarcerated
in Canadian prisons, according to a new study that used data from the Integrated
Correctional Service Survey and the 2006 Census to analyze factors that could
be contributing to the representation of Aboriginal adults in custody.
- includes
two tables:
* Aboriginal people as a proportion of admissions to adult provincial/territorial
sentenced custody, and as a proportion of the general population, 2007/2008
*
Incarceration rates for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal persons aged 20 to 34, by
employment and education status, selected jurisdictions, on May 16, 2006
[
Highlights
]
[ Full
article in HTML ]
[ Full
article in PDF- 496K, 27 pages) ]
Source:
Juristat
[ Statistics Canada ]
Aboriginal People
and First Nations
- General Information |
Aboriginal
Canada Portal (Government site)
... single window to Canadian
Aboriginal on-line resources, contacts, information, and government programs and
services.
Includes links to the
following :
- By Topic:
* National Aboriginal Organizations * Economic Development and Business * Claims
and Treaties * Education * Employment * Environment and Natural Resources * Health
and Social Services * Housing and Infrastructure * Justice and Policing * Language,
Heritage and Culture * Research, Statistics and Maps
-
By Region:
* International * Provincial and Territorial Information *
Urban and Rural Information * First Nation, Inuit and Métis Communities
-
By Audience:
* Elders * Women * Youth * Kids
...and much more.
CBC
Aboriginal Website
"CBC ABORIGINAL features current and archival
content with accompanying history and background to topical issues. Content includes
weekly news stories, art and culture insights, regional content, on-line polls
and profiles of aboriginal personalities."
UNICEF
Canada Report on Aboriginal Children’s Health Shows Disparities
Between
Aboriginal Children and National Averages a Major Children’s Right Challenge
Health
of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Children Well Below National Averages
News
Release
June 24, 2009
Toronto - UNICEF Canada is marking the 20th anniversary
of the Convention on the Rights of the Child with the release today of a report
called Aboriginal Children’s Health: Leaving No Child Behind- the Canadian
Supplement to State of the World’s Children 2009. UNICEF Canada partnered
with the National Collaborating Centre on Aboriginal Health to produce the report,
which examines the health of Aboriginal children in Canada through the perspectives
of national experts and analysis of existing data. The report concludes that health
disparities between First Nations, Inuit and Métis children relative to
national averages is one of the most significant children’s rights challenges
facing our nation.
Aboriginal
Children’s Health: Leaving No Child Behind:
The Canadian Supplement to
State of the World’s Children 2009
* Complete
report (PDF - 6.6MB, 61 pages)
* Summary
(PDF - 379K, 4 pages)
* Highlights
(HTML)
[ Other
UNICEF Canada Publications ]
Source:
UNICEF
Canada
Since 1955, UNICEF Canada has grown into a recognized national symbol
for the world’s children and the most visible United Nations presence across
the country. UNICEF Canada’s mandate is to raise funds in support of UNICEF’s
work for children in more than 150 countries and territories and build awareness
among Canadians about the issues facing the world’s children.
Related
link from UNICEF:
The
State of the World’s Children, 2009:
Maternal and Newborn Health
January
2009
"The State of the World's Children 2009 examines critical issues
in maternal and newborn health, underscoring the need to establish a comprehensive
continuum of care for mothers, newborns and children. The report outlines the
latest paradigms in health programming and policies for mothers and newborns,
and explores policies, programmes and partnerships aimed at improving maternal
and neonatal health. Africa and Asia are a key focus for this report, which complements
the previous year's issue on child survival."
[
Previous editions of The State of the
World's Children reports - back to 1996]
Source:
United
Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
UNICEF is on the ground in over 150 countries
and territories to help children survive and thrive, from early childhood through
adolescence. The world’s largest provider of vaccines for developing countries,
UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality
basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence,
exploitation, and AIDS. UNICEF is funded entirely by the voluntary contributions
of individuals, businesses, foundations and governments.
Related
link:
Aboriginal
children's health below national averages: UNICEF
By Amy Minsky,
Canwest News Service
The infant mortality rate across Canadian First Nations
reserves is up to seven times higher than among the general population, according
to a report released Wednesday from UNICEF Canada. And between 2002 and 2006,
the tuberculosis rate among the Inuit was 90 times higher than in the non-Aboriginal
population in Canada, the study said. The report's authors said this disparity
is a symptom of a larger problem — not all Canadian children are treated
equally when it comes to health care.
Source:
Canada.com
Tories
plan First Nations overhaul
June
3, 2009
By John Ivison
The Conservative government is set to unveil a new
approach to its relations with Canada’s First Nations that will see fresh
money flowing to bands when Ottawa believes there is a good prospect of economic
success, while bands with a track record of failure will be frozen out. As part
of its move toward a more market-oriented approach, the government is also keen
to reform the electoral system used to elect aboriginal chiefs.
Source:
The
National Post
Exposing
the aboriginal industry
Canada spends billions on
its native people, yet many aboriginals remain plagued by poverty, addiction and
other social ills.
Meanwhile, a handful of lawyers, band leaders and chiefs
prosper, argue the authors of a controversial new book
April
25, 2009
By Frances Widdowson and Albert Howard
CALGARY–One of the
most pressing problems in Canada today is the terrible social conditions that
exist in many aboriginal communities. It is well known that the rates of poverty,
substance abuse and violence are much higher for the native population, and that
health and educational levels remain far below the national average. Even more
disturbing is the fact that the alarming statistics persist despite billions of
dollars being spent on programs and services to alleviate these Third World conditions.
Why has so much government funding had so little impact?
Source:
The
Toronto Star
Order
the Book ($85) from McGill-Queen's University Press
Book
review by the National Post:
Disrobing
the Aboriginal Industry (by Frances Widdowson and Albert Howard)
A
National Post Review:
Leftist couple's stance on aboriginals leaves them in
the cold
Kevin Libin, National Post
October 31, 2008
"(...)
Disrobing the Aboriginal Industry, due out this month, is 260 pages of
unspeakable challenges to what they consider the "romantic mythology"
of native culture, the "quackery" of promoting traditional healing,
the meaninglessness of "traditional knowledge" and treacherous assertions
that Indians were "barbarians" before Europeans introduced to them "civilization."Their
scholarship has been denigrated. They have been denounced as racists. At this,
they shake their heads and chuckle. None of it seems to bother them nearly as
much as accusations that they are in collusion with, of all people, Fraser Institute
types like Tom Flanagan and Melvin Smith.
Finally!
Ontario allocates Aboriginal housing dollars, claims credit for federal funds
April
16, 2009
By Michael Shapcott
The Ontario government announced earlier today
that it will allocate the remaining $60 million of an $80 million federal off-reserve
Aboriginal housing trust fund to the Ontario Aboriginal Housing Support Services
Association. The federal dollars were authorized by Parliament in 2005 and assigned
to Ontario in 2006. It has taken Ontario almost three years to allocate the federal
dollars. (...) Aboriginal affairs Minister Brad Duguid claimed full credit. Minister
Duguid said: "This initiative is another example of the Ontario government
taking action to improve social conditions for Aboriginal people," without
thanking or acknowledging that the funds came entirely from the federal government.
Source:
Wellesley
Institute
Federal Government websites |
Indian
and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC)
INAC is one of the federal government
departments responsible for meeting the Government of Canada's obligations and
commitments to First Nations, Inuit and Métis, and for fulfilling the federal
government's constitutional responsibilities in the North.
Sitemap
Kids'
Stop
Social
Programs
- incl. links to : * Assisted Living Program * Income Assistance
Program * Justice * National Child Benefit Reinvestment Initiative * First Nation
Child and Family Services Program * Early Childhood Development
Redesign
of Indian Government Support Programs (January-May 2009)
As part of
a regular cycle, all Government of Canada programs are subject to reviews and
renewal. As part of this process, the department's authority to fund the Band
Support Funding, Band Employee Benefits, Tribal Council Funding, Band Advisory
Services, and Professional and Institutional Development programs is set to expire
on March 31, 2010. This presents an opportunity to modernize and simplify
these dated programs in a way which supports the strengthening of modern, effective,
and accountable First Nation governments. The department's goal in redesigning
the programs, then, is to continue to provide equivalent support in the area of
Indian Government Support while improving the mechanisms through which this funding
flows. To redesign a program, the federal department responsible for it must seek
federal approval for its proposal. Between January and May 2009, INAC will ensure
that stakeholders in these programs are informed of the changes that are being
proposed.
Related links: Indian
Government Support Programs
First Nations have assumed primary responsibility
for delivering programs and services to their members. Five distinct but related
programs contribute toward the ongoing costs of their governments and institutions
and toward improving their capacity. These programs are referred to as the Indian
Government Support programs.
- incl. links to the following:
* Letter from
Chuck Strahl - Indian Government Support Programs
* Backgrounder - Redesign
of Indian Government Support Programs
---The Information Sharing Process
--- Schedule
for Information Sharing on the Redesign of the Indian Government Support Programs
--- Departmental Letter to First Nation Chiefs
+ Annex 1 - Overview of the
Indian Government Support Programs
+ Annex 2 - Redesigning the Indian Government
Support Programs: Overview of the Policy Proposal
--- Frequently Asked Questions
* Tribal Council Funding * Professional and Institutional Development * Band Support
Funding * Band Employee Benefits * Band Advisory Services Income
Assistance Program
Income Asssistance is the third largest of the 54
sub-activities in the INAC Program Activity Architecture. It is also the fourth
largest welfare program in Canada. In 2005-2006, transfers totalled $682 million,
about 90% of which was spent for basic services to approximately 150,000 individuals
in 630 First Nation communities Income
Assistance Program - National Manual
NOTE : includes excellent information
on the history of social assistance to members of
Canada's First Nations along
with information on the federal-provincial-First Nations roles and responsibilities
in the area of income assistance.
|
Evaluation
of the INAC Income Assistance Program
HTML
version
PDF
Version (968 Kb, 61 pages)
December, 2007
"(...)In 2003,
INAC received the authority to implement active measures; however, no additional
resources accompanied this authority, and as a result there were limited changes
to the program design and delivery. Since then work toward implementation of active
measures has been ongoing. (...) The evaluation found that the IA Program design
is not relevant to today's needs. (...) On-reserve, there has been an increase
in IA caseloads and basic needs expenditures. A large proportion of IA recipient
caseloads on-reserve, much more so than elsewhere in Canada, are youth and people
with multiple barriers. (...)While provinces and territories
decreased welfare caseloads as a result of economic prosperity and active measures
to assist income assistance recipients, INAC has not implemented these changes
and the IA Program has not shown similar results." Evaluation
of the Income Assistance Program:
Follow-up Report Status Update as of March
31, 2008
June 27, 2008 Evaluation
of the Income Assistance Program:
Follow-up Report Status Update as of September
25, 2008
September 25, 2008 |
Statistics
- Links to the following statistical reports :
* Aboriginal Labour Force Characteristics from the 1996 Census
* Aboriginal
Women: A Profile from the 1996 Census, Second Edition, Revised December 2001
* Basic Departmental Data
* 1991 Census Highlights on Registered Indians:
Annotated Tables
* Comparison of Social Conditions, 1991 and 1996
* Comparison
of Socio-economic Conditions, 1996 and 2001
* Highlights of Aboriginal Conditions
1991, 1986: Demographic, Social and Economic Characteristics
* Historical Trends
- Registered Indian Population 1982-2007
* Northern Indicators
* Registered
Indian Population by Sex and Residence
* Registered Indian Population Projections
for Canada and Regions 2000-2021
* Socio-economic Indicators in Indian Reserves
and Comparable Communities, 1971-1991
* Statistics Canada's 1996 Census -
Aboriginal Data
* Fact Sheet: 2006 Census Aboriginal Demographics Basic
Departmental Data
- Large and timely collection of statistics on a
wide range of topics of interest in the area of First Nations social programs
-
includes demographics, health, education, social conditions, housing, self-government
and The North. The Social Conditions section offers statistics (including a number
of ten-year time series) on children in care, adults in institutional care, social
assistance recipients and beneficiaries, and social assistance program administration.
Also includes a glossary. Source:
Indian
and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) More
statistics on First Nations/Aboriginal Peoples
- this link takes you
to selected Statistics Canada reports further down on the page you're now reading |
Income
assistance (welfare / social assistance) for
Members of First Nations living
on reserve*:
Income
Assistance Program - from Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC)
INAC
has engaged in on-reserve income assistance activities since 1964, with the broad
objective of providing individuals and families with the means to meet basic needs
for food, clothing and shelter. (...) As a matter of policy, INAC follows the
terms and conditions of provincial and territorial general assistance [welfare]
programs. While INAC may directly deliver the income assistance program, the program
has been largely devolved. The Department's present involvement in income assistance
activities is primarily to provide funding to First Nations who in turn deliver
programs and services to community members. In 2006-2007, 534 First Nations administered
their own program (This figure does not include First Nations functioning under
self-government arrangements). ---
*
First Nations members living off-reserve must apply for welfare to the provincial
authority where they reside.
For more info on provincial/territorial welfare
programs, go to the Key Provincial/Territorial Welfare Links page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/welfare.htm
--- Related
link: Income
Assistance Program - National Manual
NOTE : includes excellent information
on the history of social assistance to members of
Canada's First Nations along
with information on the federal-provincial-First Nations roles and responsibilities
in the area of income assistance.
Table of Contents:
* Introduction
* Definitions
* 1 - Backgrounder
* 2 - Program Components
* 3 - Funding
Arrangements
* 4 - Financial Administration
* 5 - Reporting and Compliance
* Annex A - Resource Information and Links
* Annex B - Resident On-reserve
Communities
* Annex C - Income Assistance on Site Compliance Review Process Social
Programs
In addition to income assistance, INAC supports "province-like
social programs" in First Nation communities including education, early childhood
development, housing, family violence prevention and help for persons with disabilities.
Click the link above for general information or click any link below for more
specific info. * Assisted
Living Program * Family
Violence Prevention Program * Justice
* Non-Insured
Health Benefits * Band
Moneys * Indian
Status * Wills
and Estates * National
Child Benefit Reinvestment Initiative * First
Nation Child and Family Services Program * Early
Childhood Development
Source:
Indian
and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) |
National
Child Benefit Reinvestment Initiative
The First
Nations' National Child Benefit Reinvestment (NCBR) initiative provides a great
opportunity to First Nations to develop projects that will address child poverty
which exist in their individual community. The initiative is flexible enough to
allow First Nations to choose different ways to improve the well-being of low-income
families. NCB
Progress Reports
These reports describes First Nations' progress in
reinvesting resources made available under the NCBR initiative. They measure the
impact of NCBR at the local, regional and national levels.
- available for
the years 2000 to 2005 Evaluation
of the National Child - Benefit Reinvestments Initiative
Author: Indian
and Northern Affairs Canada Audit and Evaluation Sector
December 2007 |
Matrimonial
Real Property
In Canada, matrimonial property
is generally defined as property owned by one or both spouses and used for a family
purpose. Matrimonial real property includes the land and anything permanently
attached to the land, such as the family home. Currently, women on reserves with
a family home and other assets do not have the same matrimonial real property
rights as other women have when a relationship ends or a spouse dies. In partnership
with Aboriginal people and groups INAC developed legislation to eliminate this
inequality. This legislation, called the Family Homes on Reserves and Matrimonial
Interests or Rights Act was reintroduced in February 2, 2009. --- Analysis
of
Bill C-8: Family Homes on Reserves and Matrimonial Interests or Rights
Act
Analysis by Marlisa Tiedemann
Social Affairs Division
Library
of Parliament
11 February 2009
Revised 11 May 2009
PDF
(132 Kb, 16 pages)
"When married couples divorce, the division of matrimonial
property, both real (e.g., land and houses) and personal is determined in accordance
with provincial laws, as a result of subsection 92(13) of the Constitution Act,
1867. However, as a result of subsection 91(24) of that Act, which specifies that
the Parliament of Canada has exclusive legislative authority with respect to “Indians
and Lands reserved for the Indians,” provincial laws do not apply to the
division of real property on reserve lands.(...) The historical absence of provisions
in the federal Indian Act or elsewhere governing the division of matrimonial real
property on reserves has resulted in what is often referred to as a legislative
gap. Consequently, people residing on reserves have not been able to use the Canadian
legal system to resolve matters concerning the division of real property after
the breakdown of conjugal relationships.
Bill C-8 addresses issues relating
to family real property on reserves by providing that a First Nation has the power
to enact laws relating to'the use, occupation and possession of family homes on
its reserves and the division of the value of any interests or rights held by
spouses or common-law partners in or to structures and lands on its reserves'(clause
7(1)."
Excellent analysis - highly recommended! Related
link: Matrimonial
Real Property
- includes links to the legislation, background information
on the Act, consultations and related reference documents, including the Report
of the Ministerial Representative Matrimonial Real Property Issues on Reserves.
Source:
Indian
and Northern Affairs Canada
|
Urban
Aboriginal Strategy
The Urban Aboriginal Strategy
(UAS) was first developed in 1997, to help respond to the needs facing Aboriginal
people living in key urban centres. Through the UAS, the Government of Canada
seeks to partner with other governments, community organizations and Aboriginal
people to support projects that respond to local priorities. |
Govt.
of Canada Apologizes to former students
of Indian Residential Schools - June
11, 2008 From the Office of the
Prime Minister of Canada: Prime
Minister Harper offers full apology
on behalf of Canadians for the Indian
Residential Schools system
11 June 2008
On behalf of the Government
of Canada and all Canadians, Prime Minister Stephen Harper offered an historic
formal apology today to former students of Indian Residential Schools and sought
forgiveness for the students’ suffering and for the damaging impact the schools
had on Aboriginal culture, heritage and language.
Related
links: Assembly
of First Nations National Chief Phil Fontaine
Apology Response (Word
file - 418K, 3 pages)
House of Commons
Ottawa, Ontario
June 11, 2008
"(...)
For the generations that will follow us, we bear witness today in this House,
that our survival as First Nations peoples in this land is affirmed forever."
.
Source:
Assembly of First Nations Indian
Residential Schools: Resolution Sector
The Resolution Sector is responsible
for addressing and resolving issues arising from the legacy of Indian Residential
Schools. This sector was formerly the Department of Indian Residential Schools
Resolution Canada which was created in June 2001 to focus federal efforts toward
managing and resolving abuse claims in a fair, less adversarial manner.
Source:
Indian
and Northern Affairs Canada Indian
Residential Schools Class Action Settlement (Official Court website)
-
incl. links to: *Summary Notice * Detailed Notice * Claim Forms * CEP Appeals
* National Administration Committee (NAC) * Settlement Agreement * List of Residential
Schools * Truth and Reconciliation * Independent Assessment Process * The Lawyers
* Updates * Court Documents * Contact the Administrator From
the CBC: *Aboriginal
Canadians : Indian residential schools
* Truth
and Reconciliation: Stolen Children
* Timeline
of residential schools Gosh,
those Conservatives are a compassionate lot, aren't they?
OR ARE THEY? Conservative
MP apologizes for 'hurtful' comments on aboriginal people
June
12, 2008
A Conservative MP who on Wednesday told an Ottawa radio station that
former residential school students need a stronger work ethic, not more compensation
dollars, has apologized for his comments.
Source:
CBC Loose
cannon or The Real Face of the Conservatives?
You decide. |
Royal
Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (RCAP) (1996)
-
includes links to the full final report, highlights and a speech The
complete report: Report
of the 1996 Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
- table of
contents + links to all chapters The federal government's
response to RCAP: Gathering
Strength : Canada's Aboriginal Action Plan
- includes links to the
1998 and 2000 progress reports, the Agenda for Action with First Nations, a backgrounder
on the residential school system and fact sheets on Aboriginal funding, demographics,
social development and more... 2000
Progress Report on Gathering Strength:
Canada's Aboriginal Action Plan
(Indian
and Northern Affairs Canada)
July 26, 2000 Analysis
of the RCAP report by the Parliamentary Research Branch
- Major findings
of the report
- Govt. response to the report
- Commentary See
also: Royal
Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - from The
Canadian Encyclopedia
- incl. highlights, analysis and links for further
research Royal
Commission on Aboriginal People at 10 Years:
A Report Card (PDF
- 351K, 20 pages)
November 2006
"(...) summary analysis points to a
clear lack of action on the key foundational recommendations of RCAP and a resultant
lack of progress on key socio-economic indicators. Based on our assessment, Canada
has failed in terms of its action to date. (...) The reality for First Nations
communities today is ongoing poverty, and an increasing gap in living conditions
with other Canadians, which were reported during the RCAP hearings."
Source:
Assembly
of First Nations (AFN) |
National
Aboriginal Day - June 21 Aboriginal
Day (from INAC) --------------------------- Statement
– National Aboriginal Day
Celebrations Taking Place Across Canada on
June 21
June 20, 2009
The following
statement was released by the Honourable Chuck Strahl, Minister of Indian Affairs
and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status
Indians. “I invite all Canadians to experience the rich and diverse culture
of Aboriginal people by participating in one of the many National Aboriginal Day
celebrations taking place across the country on Sunday, June 21. (...)" National
Aboriginal Day presents First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples an opportunity
to demonstrate their rich heritage, cultural diversity and numerous contributions
to the social fabric of Canada. June
21 - Share in the Celebration!
On June 21st, Canadians from all
walks of life are invited to participate in the many National Aboriginal Day events
that will be taking place from coast to coast to coast. June 21st kick starts
the 11 days of Celebrate Canada! which includes National Aboriginal Day (June
21), Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day (June 24), Multiculturalism Day (June 27) and concluding
with Canada Day (July 1)!
- incl. links to : * Products and Resources * Media
Kit * National Aboriginal Day History * Events * Strategic Alliance of Broadcasters
for Aboriginal Reflection * National Aboriginal Day - HOT 89.9 FM Announcement
* National Aboriginal Day - Our Voice, Our Culture, Our Community - Aboriginal
Youth Video Project * National Aboriginal Day 2008 - Video Source:
Indian
and Northern Affairs Canada Related
links: National
Aboriginal Day
June 19, 2009
First proclaimed in 1996, National
Aboriginal Day on June 21 is a day of celebration where all nations within Canada
recognize the important contributions that the First Peoples (First Nations, Métis
and Inuit) have made to Canada. The Canadian Union of Public Employees encourages
all members to celebrate National Aboriginal Day around Sunday June 21. First
Peoples and many of our locals across the country have events planned to celebrate
this important day. While June 21 is a day of celebration, we must not forget
that governments and the corporate interests they serve have not taken into consideration
the deplorable conditions faced by First Peoples. This is different than CUPE’s
approach or First Peoples themselves who care about serving their community and
supporting their families.(...)
CUPE stands firm in our commitment to further
First Peoples rights.
Source:
Canadian Union of
Public Employees CBC
Aboriginal Website
CBC ABORIGINAL features current and archival content
with accompanying history and background to topical issues. Content includes weekly
news stories, art and culture insights, regional content, on-line polls and profiles
of aboriginal personalities. Aboriginal
peoples in Canada
From Wikipedia,
the free encyclopedia Google Web
Search Results : "Aboriginal Day, Canada"
Google
News Search Results : "Aboriginal Day,
Canada "
Google Blog Search Results : "Aboriginal
Day, Canada "
Source:
Google.ca --------------------------- From
the CBC: National
Aboriginal Day In
Depth: Aboriginal Canadians The
Battle for Aboriginal Treaty Rights Source:
CBC
Aboriginal Website
"CBC ABORIGINAL features current and archival
content with accompanying history and background to topical issues. Content includes
weekly news stories, art and culture insights, regional content, on-line polls
and profiles of aboriginal personalities." ---------------------------- Google
Web Search Results : "Aboriginal Day,
Canada"
Google News Search Results : "Aboriginal
Day, Canada "
Google Blog Search Results : "Aboriginal
Day, Canada "
Source:
Google.ca |
Statistics
Canada
Statistics
by Subject : Aboriginal peoples
The Aboriginal
peoples of Canada, as defined by the Constitution Act, 1982, comprise the Indian,
Inuit and Métis peoples of Canada. These distinct groups have unique heritages,
languages, cultures. Statistical information is available for the total Aboriginal
population and each of the three groups. [More...
]
Click the link above to access a wide range of
products (daily releases, data tables, publications, and
more ...) for the following subtopics:
1. Aboriginal peoples (general) 2. Aboriginal
society and community 3. Business and finance 4. Education, literacy and skills
5. Health and well-being 6. Households, housing and environment 7. Justice issues
8. Languages and cultures 9. Population characteristics 10. Work, income and spending
Source:
StatCan
Statistics by subject
---
Selected
recent studies focusing on Aboriginal Peoples from The
Daily:
June 19, 2009
First
Nations people:
Selected findings of the 2006 Census
HTML
PDF
(125K, 8 pages)
by Linda Gionet
May 12, 2009
The article provides selected
findings of the 2006 Census on the First Nations population. Overall, it highlights
where First Nations people live, their demographic characteristics, their ability
to speak an Aboriginal language, their postsecondary education, their employment
situation, their income, and their housing conditions.
Source:
Canadian
Social Trends
February 19, 2009
Aboriginal
Peoples Survey: Health of the Métis population, 2006
In
2006, just over half (54%) of all Métis aged 15 and over reported that
they had been diagnosed with a chronic condition, about the same as in 2001. In
most cases, Métis had higher rates of chronic conditions than people in
the total population.
Related link:
Aboriginal
Peoples Survey, 2006: An overview of the health of the Métis population
February 2009
HTML
version
PDF
version (673K, 29 pages)
January 16, 2009
Aboriginal
Peoples Survey: School experiences of
First Nations children aged 6 to 14
living off reserve, 2006
First Nations children aged 6 to 14 who
lived off reserve were as likely as all children in Canada to be doing well in
school (based on parents' knowledge of their child's school work, including report
cards).
[ Complete
report ]
[ Related
fact sheet ]
[ Key
indicators from the 2006
Aboriginal Children's Survey and the 2006 Aboriginal
Peoples Survey ]
2006
Aboriginal Population Profile
These profiles
present community-level information from the 2006 Census of Population. Users
can search for an area of interest by typing its 'place name' in the box below
or by clicking on a province or territory from the list below and selecting the
area from a list. Information to complete the profile will be available in June
2008.
Source:
2006
Census
January 15, 2008
Aboriginal
Peoples in Canada in 2006: Inuit, Métis and First Nations, 2006 Census
Statistics
Canada today releases the first analysis of data on Aboriginal peoples from the
2006 Census.
[ Aboriginal
Peoples in Canada in 2006: Inuit, Métis and First Nations, 2006 Census:
Findings ]
Health
Canada
First
Nations and Inuit Health Branch
The First Nations and Inuit Health
Branch (FNIHB) at Health Canada works with First Nations and Inuit, a unique clientele
with a special historic relationship with the federal government. The mandate
of the Branch is to improve health outcomes for First Nations and Inuit; to ensure
the availability of, or access to, quality health services; and to support greater
control of the health system by First Nations and Inuit.
Aboriginal
Head Start On Reserve
The Aboriginal Head Start On Reserve initiative
is designed to prepare young First Nations children for their school years, by
meeting their emotional, social, health, nutritional and psychological needs.
Public
Health Agency of Canada
Public
Health Agency of Canada
Programs for Aboriginal Peoples
-
focus on * Diabetes * Healthy Living * Substance Use & Treatment * Suicide
Prevention
Division
of Childhood and Adolescence
The Division Childhood and Adolescence
is a focal point for policy development, research, and strategic analysis of trends
regarding broad determinants of health regarding children and youth in Canada.
Canadian
Heritage
"The Canadian Heritage Portfolio,
which includes the Department of Canadian Heritage and our major national cultural
institutions, plays a vital role in the cultural and civic life of Canadians.
We work together to promote culture, the arts, heritage, official languages, citizenship
and participation, and Aboriginal, youth, and sport initiatives."
- incl.
links to : A to Z Index - Arts and Culture - Citizenship and Identity - Diversity
and Multiculturalism - International - Sport - Youth - The Department - About
us - What's new - Application Forms - Funding Programs - Legislation - Organizational
View - Publications - Regional Offices - Agencies and Corporations
Aboriginal
Peoples' Program
The Aboriginal Peoples' Program (APP) supports the
full participation and cultural revitalization of Aboriginal People in Canadian
society. It enables Aboriginal Peoples to address the social, cultural, economic
and political issues affecting their lives.
[ Aboriginal
Programs, Policy, and Research ]
Human
Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC)
Aboriginal
Skills and Training Strategic Investment Fund
Through Canada’s
Economic Action Plan, the federal government is investing $75 million of new funding
over two years to establish the Aboriginal Skills and Training Strategic Investment
Fund. The fund will support short-term, focused initiatives designed to help Aboriginal
people get the specific skills they require to benefit from economic opportunities,
including those generated by the federal stimulus package.
See
also:
* Aboriginal
Skills and Employment Partnership
*
Aboriginal
Human Resources Development Strategy
*
Apprenticeship
Completion Grant
* Apprenticeship
Incentive Grant
Source:
Economic
Action Plan – Support for Workers and the Unemployed
[ Human
Resources and Skills Development Canada ]
---
Exposing
the aboriginal industry
Canada spends billions on
its native people, yet many aboriginals remain plagued by poverty, addiction and
other social ills.
Meanwhile, a handful of lawyers, band leaders and chiefs
prosper, argue the authors of a controversial new book
April
25, 2009
By Frances Widdowson and Albert Howard
CALGARY–One of the
most pressing problems in Canada today is the terrible social conditions that
exist in many aboriginal communities. It is well known that the rates of poverty,
substance abuse and violence are much higher for the native population, and that
health and educational levels remain far below the national average. Even more
disturbing is the fact that the alarming statistics persist despite billions of
dollars being spent on programs and services to alleviate these Third World conditions.
Why has so much government funding had so little impact?
Source:
The
Toronto Star
Order
the Book ($85) from McGill-Queen's University Press
Book
review by the National Post:
Disrobing
the Aboriginal Industry (by Frances Widdowson and Albert Howard)
A
National Post Review:
Leftist couple's stance on aboriginals leaves them in
the cold
Kevin Libin, National Post
October 31, 2008
"(...)
Disrobing the Aboriginal Industry, due out this month, is 260 pages of
unspeakable challenges to what they consider the "romantic mythology"
of native culture, the "quackery" of promoting traditional healing,
the meaninglessness of "traditional knowledge" and treacherous assertions
that Indians were "barbarians" before Europeans introduced to them "civilization."Their
scholarship has been denigrated. They have been denounced as racists. At this,
they shake their heads and chuckle. None of it seems to bother them nearly as
much as accusations that they are in collusion with, of all people, Fraser Institute
types like Tom Flanagan and Melvin Smith.
---
Finally!
Ontario allocates Aboriginal housing dollars, claims credit for federal funds
April
16, 2009
By Michael Shapcott
The Ontario government announced earlier today
that it will allocate the remaining $60 million of an $80 million federal off-reserve
Aboriginal housing trust fund to the Ontario Aboriginal Housing Support Services
Association. The federal dollars were authorized by Parliament in 2005 and assigned
to Ontario in 2006. It has taken Ontario almost three years to allocate the federal
dollars. (...) Aboriginal affairs Minister Brad Duguid claimed full credit. Minister
Duguid said: "This initiative is another example of the Ontario government
taking action to improve social conditions for Aboriginal people," without
thanking or acknowledging that the funds came entirely from the federal government.
Source:
Wellesley
Institute
---
Exposing
the aboriginal industry
Canada spends billions on
its native people, yet many aboriginals remain plagued by poverty, addiction and
other social ills.
Meanwhile, a handful of lawyers, band leaders and chiefs
prosper, argue the authors of a controversial new book
April
25, 2009
By Frances Widdowson and Albert Howard
CALGARY–One of the
most pressing problems in Canada today is the terrible social conditions that
exist in many aboriginal communities. It is well known that the rates of poverty,
substance abuse and violence are much higher for the native population, and that
health and educational levels remain far below the national average. Even more
disturbing is the fact that the alarming statistics persist despite billions of
dollars being spent on programs and services to alleviate these Third World conditions.
Why has so much government funding had so little impact?
Source:
The
Toronto Star
Order
the Book ($85) from McGill-Queen's University Press
Book
review by the National Post:
Disrobing
the Aboriginal Industry (by Frances Widdowson and Albert Howard)
A
National Post Review:
Leftist couple's stance on aboriginals leaves them in
the cold
Kevin Libin, National Post
October 31, 2008
"(...)
Disrobing the Aboriginal Industry, due out this month, is 260 pages of
unspeakable challenges to what they consider the "romantic mythology"
of native culture, the "quackery" of promoting traditional healing,
the meaninglessness of "traditional knowledge" and treacherous assertions
that Indians were "barbarians" before Europeans introduced to them "civilization."Their
scholarship has been denigrated. They have been denounced as racists. At this,
they shake their heads and chuckle. None of it seems to bother them nearly as
much as accusations that they are in collusion with, of all people, Fraser Institute
types like Tom Flanagan and Melvin Smith.
---
Finally!
Ontario allocates Aboriginal housing dollars, claims credit for federal funds
April
16, 2009
By Michael Shapcott
The Ontario government announced earlier today
that it will allocate the remaining $60 million of an $80 million federal off-reserve
Aboriginal housing trust fund to the Ontario Aboriginal Housing Support Services
Association. The federal dollars were authorized by Parliament in 2005 and assigned
to Ontario in 2006. It has taken Ontario almost three years to allocate the federal
dollars. (...) Aboriginal affairs Minister Brad Duguid claimed full credit. Minister
Duguid said: "This initiative is another example of the Ontario government
taking action to improve social conditions for Aboriginal people," without
thanking or acknowledging that the funds came entirely from the federal government.
Source:
Wellesley
Institute
---
Exposing
the aboriginal industry
Canada spends billions on
its native people, yet many aboriginals remain plagued by poverty, addiction and
other social ills.
Meanwhile, a handful of lawyers, band leaders and chiefs
prosper, argue the authors of a controversial new book
April
25, 2009
By Frances Widdowson and Albert Howard
CALGARY–One of the
most pressing problems in Canada today is the terrible social conditions that
exist in many aboriginal communities. It is well known that the rates of poverty,
substance abuse and violence are much higher for the native population, and that
health and educational levels remain far below the national average. Even more
disturbing is the fact that the alarming statistics persist despite billions of
dollars being spent on programs and services to alleviate these Third World conditions.
Why has so much government funding had so little impact?
Source:
The
Toronto Star
Order
the Book ($85) from McGill-Queen's University Press
Book
review by the National Post:
Disrobing
the Aboriginal Industry (by Frances Widdowson and Albert Howard)
A
National Post Review:
Leftist couple's stance on aboriginals leaves them in
the cold
Kevin Libin, National Post
October 31, 2008
"(...)
Disrobing the Aboriginal Industry, due out this month, is 260 pages of
unspeakable challenges to what they consider the "romantic mythology"
of native culture, the "quackery" of promoting traditional healing,
the meaninglessness of "traditional knowledge" and treacherous assertions
that Indians were "barbarians" before Europeans introduced to them "civilization."Their
scholarship has been denigrated. They have been denounced as racists. At this,
they shake their heads and chuckle. None of it seems to bother them nearly as
much as accusations that they are in collusion with, of all people, Fraser Institute
types like Tom Flanagan and Melvin Smith.
---
Finally!
Ontario allocates Aboriginal housing dollars, claims credit for federal funds
April
16, 2009
By Michael Shapcott
The Ontario government announced earlier today
that it will allocate the remaining $60 million of an $80 million federal off-reserve
Aboriginal housing trust fund to the Ontario Aboriginal Housing Support Services
Association. The federal dollars were authorized by Parliament in 2005 and assigned
to Ontario in 2006. It has taken Ontario almost three years to allocate the federal
dollars. (...) Aboriginal affairs Minister Brad Duguid claimed full credit. Minister
Duguid said: "This initiative is another example of the Ontario government
taking action to improve social conditions for Aboriginal people," without
thanking or acknowledging that the funds came entirely from the federal government.
Source:
Wellesley
Institute
---------------------
Not
Strangers in These Parts : Urban Aboriginal Peoples (PDF file - 3MB,
281 pages)
December 2003
"Edited by Professors David Newhouse, Trent
University, and Evelyn Peters, University of Saskatchewan, this volume is a collection
of papers devoted to analyzing the realities of urban Aboriginal peoples in Canada.
It is the first volume in a series of thematic publications of proceedings from
the Aboriginal Policy Research Conference. Held in November 2002, the conference
was co-hosted by Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) and the University
of Western Ontario (UWO), with the participation of over a dozen federal departments
and agencies as well as four national Aboriginal organizations. The conference
was the largest of its kind ever held, with over 640 Aboriginal community leaders,
academics, and policy-makers coming together to examine and discuss state of the
art research on Aboriginal conditions in Canada."
Source:
Policy
Research Initiative (PRI)
News
Release (PRI)
October 2, 2003
Justice
Canada
Aboriginal
Rights in Canada since 1900
- links to info about key court cases
and laws that have shaped human rights in Canada since 1900
Source:
Human
rights in 20th Century Canada - A Historical Perspective
[
Justice Canada ]
Also
from Justice Canada:
Second
National Study Shows Fewer Aboriginal Youth In Custody
November
22, 2004
"OTTAWA – The Department of Justice, with the support of
the provinces and territories, today released the second One Day Snapshot of Aboriginal
Youth in Custodyacross Canada . The report documents the number of Aboriginal
youth in custody on a single day - June 4, 2003 - and is a follow up to the first
Snapshot done in 2000. The 2003 Snapshot shows a 36% reduction in the number of
Aboriginal youth in custody from three years earlier: down from 1,128 in 2000
to 720 in 2003."
Backgrounder
Complete
report:
A One-Day Snapshot of Aboriginal
Youth in Custody Across Canada : Phase II
February 2004
HTML
version - table of contents, links to each section (all in HTML)
PDF
version (421K, 45 pages)
Library
of Parliament
Parliamentary
Research Branch Publications
Large collection - links to almost 200
studies and reports!
Source:
Library
of Parliament (Click on Virtual Library on the home page)
Here
are some sample studies (click on the Publications link above to access these
reports):
The Aboriginal Fisheries and The Sparrow Decision
Aboriginal
Fishing Rights: Supreme Court Decisions
Aboriginal Peoples and the 1995 Quebec
Referendum: A Survey of the Issues
Aboriginal Self-Government[In Brief]
Aboriginal Self-Government
Aboriginal Title: The Supreme Court of Canada
Decision in Delgamuukw v. British Columbia
Bill S-24: The Kanesatake Interim
Land Base Governance Act
Indian Status and Band Membership Issues
The
Nisga'a Final Agreement
The Report on the Royal Commission on Aboriginal
Peoples[In Brief]
Settling Land Claims [In Brief]
Suicide among Aboriginal
People: Royal Commission Report
Auditor
General of Canada
2008
May Report of the Auditor General of Canada
May
6, 2008
The latest Report of the Auditor General of Canada was tabled in the
House of Commons today.
[NOTE: click the link above to access all of the chapters
below; only the intro and chapter 4 (+ news release) are hyperlinked below.]
*
A Message from the Auditor General of Canada
* Chapter 1—Management of
Fees in Selected Departments and Agencies
* Chapter 2—Support for Overseas
Deployments—National Defence
* Chapter 3—Oversight of Air Transportation
Safety—Transport Canada
* Chapter 4—First
Nations Child and Family Services Program—Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
*
Chapter 5—Surveillance of Infectious Diseases—Public Health Agency of
Canada
* Chapter 6—Conservation of Federal Official Residences
* Chapter
7—Detention and Removal of Individuals—Canada Border Services Agency
*
Chapter 8—Special Examinations of Crown Corporations—An Overview
Related
news releases (one news release per chapter)
------------------------
2006
Report of the Auditor General of Canada - May 2006
- go to the link
above to download small PDF files for each of the following chapters
NOTE:
because of the social program focus of Canadian Social Research Links, the only
chapter that's hyperlinked below is Chapter 5, because it deals with First Nations,
which is one of the thematic pages of this site
A Message from the Auditor
General of Canada
Chapter 1 — Managing Government: Financial Information
Chapter
2 — National Defence—Military Recruiting and Retention
Chapter 3
— National Defence—NATO Flying Training in Canada
Chapter 4 —
Canadian Firearms Program
Chapter
5 — Management of Programs for First Nations
Chapter 6 —
Management of Voted Grants and Contributions
Chapter 7 — Acquisition
of Leased Office Space
Chapter 8 — Canada Revenue Agency—Collection
of Tax Debts
Government Decisions Limited Parliament's Control of Public Spending
From
the 1994
Report of the Auditor General of Canada:
Chapter
23—Indian and Northern Affairs Canada—Social Assistance
Reports
to Parliament by Topic:
Aboriginal Affairs
- links to 30 reports
from 2008 back to 1986
Library
and Archives Canada
Aboriginal
Peoples
(Click the link above to access any of the features below)
*
Aboriginal Documentary Heritage
* Aboriginal Peoples - Guide to the Records
of the Government of Canada
* Aboriginal Resources and Services
* The
Canadian West
* Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
* Government of
Canada Files (ArchiviaNet Research Tool)
* Indian Affairs Annual Reports 1864-1990
* Indian Reserves - Western Canada (ArchiviaNet Research Tool)
* Louis Riel,
the Red River Rebellion (Unpublished Thematic Guides)
* Métis Land
Claims
* Métis Scrip Records (ArchiviaNet Research Tool)
* Naskapi
Lexicon
* Native Residential Schools in Canada: A Selective Bibliography
* Pride and Dignity: Aboriginal Portraits
* Project Naming (available in Inuktitut)
* Red and Black Series (ArchiviaNet Research Tool)
* Treaties, Surrenders
and Agreements (ArchiviaNet Research Tool)
* Treaty 8: 1899-1999
* Western
Land Grants, 1870-1930 (ArchiviaNet Research Tool)
Canada
Mortgage
and Housing Corporation
Aboriginal
Housing
Browse by Topic:
* On-Reserve Housing
* Off-Reserve
Housing
* Northern Housing
Source:
Aboriginal
Justice Inquiry - Child Welfare Initiative (AJI-CWI) - Manitoba
The
AJI-CWI is focused on restructuring the child and family services system in Manitoba
to make it a system of concurrent jurisdiction in which the responsibility for
CFS services will be based on a person's culture not where they live. Through
this First Nations and Metis CFS agencies will serve members no matter where they
live in the province. The AJI-CWI recently (August 9th) released a vision paper
describing the proposed plan and has launched a public feedback process that will
be underway until the end of September. The AJI-CWI represents a joint initiative
among four parties: The Province of Manitoba - The Manitoba Metis Federation -
The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs - The Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak. The purpose
of the joint initiative is to work together through a common process to develop
and subsequently oversee the implementation of a plan to restructure the child
welfare system in Manitoba.
Also about Manitoba:
Aboriginal
People in Manitoba (872K, 101 pages)
April
2006
The information contained in this publication is intended to:
* Serve
as a resource for policy makers
* Provide general information for those who
want to learn about Aboriginal Manitobans
* Provide factual information to
aid in eliminating misinformation and stereotypes
* Provide baseline information
for measuring program results.
Aboriginal People in Manitoba was produced by
Service Canada in co-operation with the Province of Manitoba.
Source:
Service
Canada
Aboriginal
Early Childhood Development Links Issue
File: Aboriginal Early Childhood Development
- this Issue File is
intended to promote discussion about how Aboriginal child care features within
Canada’s early learning and childcare system.
-
incl. links to over a dozen reports and a dozen related websites
Source:
Childcare
Resource and Research Unit (Toronto) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Aboriginal
Children's Circle of Early Learning
"The Aboriginal Children’s
Circle of Early Learning (ACCEL) is a bilingual, web portal clearinghouse on Aboriginal
early childhood development (ECD). Visitors can consult the site to review, research
and discuss best and promising practices; to exchange with a highly engaged network
of Aboriginal ECD practitioners and researchers; and to keep in touch with the
emerging needs of communities across Canada." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dedicated
Services for First Nations and Other Aboriginal Children and Families
Source:
Federal/Provincial/Territorial
Early Childhood Development Agreement:
Report on Government of Canada Activities
and Expenditures 2000-2001 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Division
of Childhood and Adolescence - part of the Public
Health Agency of Canada
The Division Childhood and Adolescence is a focal
point for policy development, research, and strategic analysis of trends regarding
broad determinants of health regarding children and youth in Canada. Aboriginal
Head Start
Aboriginal Head Start in Urban and Northern Communities
is a Public Health Agency of Canada and Health Canada-funded early childhood development
program for First Nations, Inuit and Métis children and their families. Community
Action Program for Children (CAPC)
CAPC provides long term funding
to community coalitions to deliver programs that address the health and development
of children (0-6 years) who are living in conditions of risk. It recognizes that
communities have the ability to identify and respond to the needs of children
and places a strong emphasis on partnerships and community capacity building. Canada
Prenatal Nutrition Program.Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program (CPNP)
CPNP
is a comprehensive community-based program designed to meet the needs of pregnant
women facing difficult life circumstances that threaten their health and the development
of their babies. CAPC/CPNP
National Projects Fund
The CAPC/CPNP National Projects Fund (NPF) provides
financial assistance to initiatives supporting the objectives of CAPC/CPNP projects
and has direct relationships with projects across Canada. The NPF is designed
to support time-limited projects sponsored by voluntary, non-profit, non-governmental
organizations, which will be national in scope and result in the strengthening
of CAPC/CPNP projects. Fetal
Alcohol Syndrome
The goal of the national Fetal Alcohol Syndrome /
Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAS/FAE) Initiative is to develop a broad-based collaborative
effort to prevent FAS/FAE and improve the quality of life of all people affected
by FAS/FAE.
|
Together
to make a difference. Québec, 2003.
34 pages in 5 separate
PDF files --- (1092K - 1088K - 1071 - 1209 K - 1058 K)
Other title:
Aboriginal
people in Quebec: together to make a difference
http://dsp-psd.communication.gc.ca/Collection/R2-251-2003E-1.pdf
http://dsp-psd.communication.gc.ca/Collection/R2-251-2003E-2.pdf
http://dsp-psd.communication.gc.ca/Collection/R2-251-2003E-3.pdf
http://dsp-psd.communication.gc.ca/Collection/R2-251-2003E-4.pdf
http://dsp-psd.communication.gc.ca/Collection/R2-251-2003E-5.pdf
Source:
Weekly
Checklist - Govt. of Canada Publications
Hope
or Heartbreak: Aboriginal Youth and Canada’s Future (PDF - 2MB,
104 pages)
Horizons, Volume 10 Number 1
March 2008
This
special issue of Horizons was a joint collaboration between the Government of
Canada’s Policy Research Initiative and the Research and Analysis Directorate
at Indian and Northern Affairs Canada. This volume is part of one of the PRI's
current interdepartmental projects,
Investing in Youth: Evidence from Research, Policy and Practice. This
special issue presents the latest research and analysis to highlight emerging
trends, challenges and opportunities related to the rapidly growing population
of Aboriginal youth within an aging and changing Canada.
[
PRI Publications
- click on "All Research Projects" to open a drop-down box to select
a particular project, or scroll down the page to see all reports, including earlier
issues of Horizons. ]
Source:
Policy
Research Initiative (Government of Canada)
The Policy Research Initiative
conducts research in support of the Government of Canada’s medium term agenda.
Its core mandate is to advance research on emerging horizontal issues, and to
ensure the effective transfer of acquired knowledge to policy-makers.
Bill
C-21: An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act
29
May 2008
Bill C-21 repeals section 67 of the federal human rights statute,
which has restricted access to the legislation’s redress mechanisms with
respect to “any provision of the Indian Act or any provision made under or
pursuant to that Act.”(2) In December 2007 and January 2008, the Aboriginal
Affairs Committee considered Bill C-21 clause by clause in four meetings, adopting
five significant opposition amendments having to do with interpretive and process
matters, and leaving the repeal provision itself intact. On 28 May, by unanimous
consent of the House of Commons, the bill was deemed concurred in at report stage,
with government amendments modifying two of the Committee’s proposals, and
deemed read a third time and passed.
Source:
Parliamentary
Research Branch Publications
[ Library
of Parliament (Click on Virtual Library on the home page) ] |
Bolder action needed to give Aboriginal children and youth a decent
life
September 18, 2007
Press Release
A new report released today concludes that bolder, more innovative
government action is needed to give Aboriginal children and youth
a decent chance in life. The report, First Nations, Métis
and Inuit Children and Youth: Time to Act, was prepared
by the National Council of Welfare (NCW), a federal advisory body,
to draw attention not only to the discrimination and poverty faced
by many Aboriginal children and youth but also to the many success
stories. It combines statistical evidence with interviews with Aboriginal
women and men who work with children and youth. The report notes
that Council members, in the process of researching the report,
were astounded at the patience of Aboriginal people and themselves
felt a sense of frustration and impatience for bolder action.
First
Nations, Métis and Inuit Children and Youth: Time to Act
(PDF file - 4.6MB, 138 pages)
Source:
National Council of Welfare
|
Aboriginal
Treaties and Relations
"Since the time of European First Contact,
the course of Aboriginal history in Canada has been deeply altered by relations
with Europeans and the laws they imposed on aboriginals - laws like the Indian
Act. Furthermore, major and minor treaties played a significant and important
role in charting the course of European - Aboriginal relations within the country.This
section of the Canada in the Making site will look at these treaties and laws,
and the events that preceded and followed these changes."
Source:
Canada
in the Making (Govt. of Canada site)
"Built
around the Government Documents collection of the Early Canadiana Online collection,
[this site] integrates narrative text with links to primary source texts. This
site is has been designed for students and teachers of Canadian studies, history
and law, but will also be useful to researchers and anyone else interested in
Canada's past."
Meeting
of First Ministers and National Aboriginal Leaders (PDF file - 63K,
19 pages)
Kelowna, British Columbia
News Release
November 24-25, 2005
"First
Ministers and National Aboriginal Leaders agree to take immediate action to improve
the quality of life for the Aboriginal peoples of Canada in four important areas
– health, education, housing and relationships. They also agree that enhancing
economic opportunities is a key priority area for multilateral action. To ensure
that tangible progress is made, First Ministers and National Aboriginal Leaders
have set goals and agreed on the need for indicators to measure progress."
Source:
Canadian
Intergovernmental Conference Secretariat
Meeting
of First Ministers and
National Aboriginal Leaders
November
24-25, 2005
Kelowna, British Columbia
- includes links to:
* Address
by Prime Minister Paul Martin at the First Ministers Meeting External link to
a Government of Canada site - A new browser window will open.
* BACKGROUNDERS
- Meeting of First Ministers and National Aboriginal Leaders External link to
a Government of Canada site - A new browser window will open.
* External link
to a Government of Canada site - A new browser window will open.
* Prime Minister
invites Premiers, Territorial Leaders, and Leaders of National Aboriginal Organizations
to a First Ministers' meeting External link to a Government of Canada site - A
new browser window will open.
* Frequently Asked Questions about Aboriginal
Peoples
Source:
Indian
and Northern Affairs Canada Google
Web Search Results : "Meeting, First Ministers,
National Aboriginal Leaders, Kelowna, 2005"
Google News search Results
: "Meeting, First Ministers, National
Aboriginal Leaders, Kelowna, 2005"
Source:
Google.ca |
Prime
Minister Harper announces major reforms to address the backlog of Aboriginal treaty
claims
News Release
June 12, 2007
Ottawa -- Prime Minister
Stephen Harper today announced plans for a decisive new approach that will fundamentally
change the way specific claims are handled in Canada. The Specific Claims Action
Plan addresses the huge backlog of unresolved treaty claims that has been the
source of division and conflict in communities across the country. “Instead
of letting disputes over land and compensation drag on forever, fuelling frustration
and uncertainty, they will be solved once and for all by impartial judges on a
new Specific Claims Tribunal,” Prime Minister Harper said.
Source:
Government
of Canada News Centre
Related links:
Backgrounder
- Specific Claims in Canada
- from the website
of Canada's New Prime Minister
National
Chief Phil Fontaine Applauds today’s Announcement by Prime Minister to Resolve
Backlog of Specific Land Claims
News Release
June 12, 2007
Assembly
of First Nations National Chief Phil Fontaine said today's announcement by the
Prime Minister is a positive response to what our people have advocated for decades,
and it is a testament to the perseverance and dedication of our people.
Source:
Assembly
of First Nations
Related
articles in the news media (Google.ca search results)
British
Columbia: Pathways
to Health and Healing (PDF - 8.9MB)
Second Report on the Health
and Well-being of Aboriginal People in British Columbia
Provincial Health
Officer's Annual Report 2007
Release date June 25, 2009
This report
contains eight chapters encompassing discussions on determinants of health, pregnancy,
infants and children, diseases and injuries, physical environment, and health
services, with a chapter devoted to recommendations on improving the health of
the Aboriginal population in BC. In addition, with the availability of the 2006
Métis Nation BC Survey, a chapter is also provided on the health and wellbeing
of the Métis population in the province. The report also includes examples
of best practices, programs, and success stories in various Aboriginal communities
in the province. Appendix
(PDF 1MB, 211 pages)
- extensive collection of vital statistics and demographic
tables, including some comparisons of mortality and morbidity between status Indians
and non-Aboriginal people. Source:
Office
of the Provincial Health Officer
[ Ministry
of Healthy Living and Sport ]
[ Government
of British Columbia ] |
Non-Government
Sites
Assembly of
First Nations
"The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) is the national
representative organization of the First Nations in Canada. There are over 630
First Nation's communities in Canada. The AFN Secretariat, is designed to present
the views of the various First Nations through their leaders in areas such as:
Aboriginal and Treaty Rights, Economic Development, Education, Languages and Literacy,
Health, Housing, Social Development, Justice, Taxation, Land Claims, Environment,
and a whole array of issues that are of common concern which arise from time to
time."
- incl. links to: Calendar - National Achief Phil Fontaine - About
AFN - Resolutions - Contact Us - Executive Committee - Links
Links to programs
incl. Communicartions - Econpmic Development - Education - Environment - Finance
- Fiscal Relations - Health - International - Justice and Firearms - Lanhuages
- Residential School Issues - Social Development*
- Treaties and Lands - Veterans - Youth
*Social
Development
[Click on "Social Development" in the sidebar on
the left side of the AFN home page]
- includes an overview of AFN activities
in the area of social development programs - DIAND Renewal of Authorities - Income
Assistance - Assisted Living - First Nations Child and Family Services - Family
Violence Prevention - National Child Benefit Reinvestment - Social Development
Program Management Infrastructure Initiative - DIAND Anomalies in Current Practices
- Income Security Reform - First Nations Child and Family Services - Early Childhood
Development - National Child Benefit - Adult Care - Key Planned Acivities - Issues,
Challenges and Opportunities - more...
Sample website
content:
AFN
National Chief applauds today’s passage of the
UN Declaration on the
Rights of Indigenous Peoples – Recognizing 30 years of work in the making
September
18, 2007
Source:
Assembly of
First Nations (AFN)
Related
links: Declaration
on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Updated
14 September 2007:
UN General Assembly adopts the Declaration in September
2007
With an overwhelming majority of 143 votes in favour, only 4 negative
votes cast (Canada, Australia, New Zealand, United States) and 11 abstentions,
the United Nations General Assembly (GA) adopted the Declaration on the Rights
of Indigenous Peoples on September 13, 2007. The Declaration has been negotiated
through more than 20 years between nation-states and Indigenous Peoples.
Source:
International
Work Group for Indigenous Affairs Canadian
vote left stain on country's reputation
September 26, 2007
Thursday
Sept. 13 was a sad day for Canada and its partnership with First Nations peoples
– a partnership that has had too many sad chapters. It was also a sad day
for Canada's international reputation. The Government of Canada accomplished a
stunning about-face in voting against the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous
Peoples before the world that day.
Source:
The
Toronto Star Related Web/News/Blog
links: Google Search Results
Links - always current results!
Using the following search terms
(without the quote marks):
"UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous
Peoples"
- Web search results page
- News search results page
- Blog
Search Results page
Source:
Google.ca |
AFN
National Chief Phil Fontaine and Former Conservative Minister
Urge Support
for passage of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
News
Release
August 9, 2007
The
$9 Billion Myth Exposed: Why First Nations Poverty Endures (PDF file
- 460K, 4 pages)
February 2007
AFN
Publications
First
Nations National Day of Action - June 29
- incl. links to two videos
- one on the "Make Poverty History for First Nations" initiative and
one announcing the National Day of Action - as well as messages of solidarity
and more...
National
Day of Action - June 29 (PDF file - 79K, 1 page)
Poster
The National
Day of Action is an opportunity for First Nations and Canadians to stand together
in a spirit of unity to support a better life for all First Nations peoples. Let
us stand together to put an end to First Nations poverty as the greatest social
injustice in Canada. Together, we can demonstrate that the relationship between
First Nations and Canadians is based on principles of RESPECT, DIGNITY and FAIRNESS.
On
June 29th, National Chief Phil Fontaine will give voice to First Nations CHILDREN,
YOUTH, AND ELDERS – who will be leading our March of Solidarity.
The March
will start at 12:00 Noon on Friday, June 29th from Ottawa City Hall (Festival
Plaza) at 110 Laurier Avenue West to Victoria Island, traditional land of the
Algonquin Nation.
Questions
& Answers
about the National Day of Action
How
can I support the support the National Day of Action?
- how to
show your support for the National Day of Action whether you're part of the general
public, the private sector, a trade union, a citizen's coalition or a public advocacy
organization
National
Event Schedule
March 15, 2007
National
Chief welcomes today’s 2007 Alternate Federal Budget’s
commitment
to close the First Nations poverty gap with rest of Canada
"(...)The
2007 Alternate Federal Budget, released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy
Alternatives, allocates a total of $6.1 billion in spending for First Nations
over the next three years. 'This represents an ideal budgetary response to the
needs of First Nations. It meets the requirements of First Nations after years
of failed promises and commitments that have not been met. It is also consistent
with what was promised in the 2005 Kelowna Accord,' said National Chief Phil Fontaine."
Source:
Assembly
of First Nations
Related links from
the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives:
Federal
surplus evaporating: Think-tank
Harper plan at odds with Canadian priorities
Press
Release - Alternative Federal Budget
March 15, 2007
OTTAWA — The Harper
government is on the brink of exhausting its fiscal surplus on a pre-election
spending plan that is at odds with what Canadians want, says the Canadian Centre
for Policy Alternatives.The Centre released a national Environics poll today showing
that any government that takes concrete action to reduce Canada’s growing
income gap would enjoy support from the majority of Canadians.
* Alternative
Federal Budget 2007: Strength in Numbers - PDF File, 855 Kb
*
Alternative
Federal Budget 2007: Poverty Primer: A Comprehensive Strategy to Reduce Poverty
and Inequality in Canada - PDF File, 119 Kb
* What
Can Governments Do About Canada's Growing Gap? Canadian Attitudes Towards Income
Inequality - PDF File, 1065 Kb
* Alternative
Federal Budget 2007: Budget in Brief - PDF File, 159 Kb
A
Call to Action on First Nations Poverty
A Communiqué from National Chief
Phil Fontaine
March 2007
The second phase of our campaign --
Make Poverty History: The First Nations Plan for Creating Opportunity – was
launched Friday, February 23, on Parliament Hill. A Call to Action Against First
Nations Poverty was attended by Members of Parliament, Senators, and representatives
from national and international humanitarian organizations. Buzz Hargrove, President
of the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) was our special guest speaker and announced
the support of the entire Canadian labour movement for the campaign. We gathered
in solidarity to show Canadians, and the global community, that we will no longer
tolerate the abject levels of poverty facing too many of our First Nations people.
The AFN also launched a new report, The $9 Billion Myth Exposed: Why First Nations
Poverty Endures.
Source:
The First
Perspective (National Aboriginal News)
The
$9 Billion Myth Exposed:
Why First Nations Poverty Endures (PDF
file - 561K, 4 pages)
February 2007
Speaking
Notes for Assembly of First Nations National Chief Phil Fontaine
From Poverty
to Prosperity: Creating Opportunity, Shared Responsibility
The
Economic Club of Toronto
February 22, 2007
My address to you today consists
of 4 points:
First, I will set out the facts…..what our poverty looks
like compared to the rest of Canadian society.
Second, I will tell you why
we are so poor: what causes and perpetuates our poverty.
Third, I will talk
about how, working together, we can create conditions to alleviate that poverty;
and
Fourth, I will describe how the Corporate Challenge will work and list
some of the benefits that will flow to all Canadians as a result.
Source:
Assembly
of First Nations (AFN)
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Canadian
Human Rights complaint on First Nations child welfare filed today by
Assembly
of First Nations and First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada
February
23, 2007
Today, the Assembly of First Nations and the First Nations Child and
Family Caring Society of Canada formally filed a complaint today with the Canadian
Human Rights Commission regarding lack of funding for First Nations child welfare.
“There are more than 27,000 First Nations children
in state care. This is a national disgrace that requires the immediate and serious
attention of all governments to resolve,” said National Chief Phil Fontaine.
“Rational appeals to successive federal governments have been ignored. After
years of research that confirm the growing numbers of our children in care, as
well as the potential solutions to this crisis, we have no choice but to appeal
to the Canadian Human Rights Commission.”
First
Nations Child and Family Services - Questions and Answers
February
2007
Leadership
Action Plan On First Nations Child Welfare (PDF File - 1.5MB, 16 pages)
November
2006
Related link:
Cindy
Blackstock Speaking Notes
Human Rights Complaint News Conference (PDF
file - 107K, 6 pages)
February 23, 2007
Ottawa
Source:
First
Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada
From
Make Poverty History (Canada):
Make
Poverty History: The First Nations Plan for Creating Opportunity
November
20, 2006
In Canada, the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) recently launched Make
Poverty History: The First Nations Plan for Creating Opportunity. We are asking
all members of the public to sign our on-line petition to ensure that the Government
of Canada sees that First Nations poverty is a truly shared issue for all Canadians.
Royal
Commission on Aboriginal People at 10 Years:
A Report Card (351K,
20 pages)
November 2006
"(...) summary analysis points to a clear lack
of action on the key foundational recommendations of RCAP and a resultant lack
of progress on key socio-economic indicators. Based on our assessment, Canada
has failed in terms of its action to date. (...) The reality for First Nations
communities today is ongoing poverty, and an increasing gap in living conditions
with other Canadians, which were reported during the RCAP hearings."
Source:
Assembly
of First Nations (AFN)
Related Link:
Royal
Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (1996)
- includes links to the full
final report, highlights and a speech
Source:
Indian
and Northern Affairs Canada
First
Nations early learning and child care action plan
April
2005
Report from the Assembly of First Nations sets out their vision for a
“First Nations controlled and sustainable child care system that adopts a
holistic, culturally appropriate approach.”
First
Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada
The purpose of the
Caring Society is to promote the well being of all First Nations children, youth,
families and communities with a particular focus on the prevention of, and response
to, child maltreatment.
- incl. links to : About the FNCFCS (mission, mandate,
org chart, strategic plan, board of directors) - Membership - Projects (First
Nations Research Site, Voluntary Sector Initiative, Disabilities Research) - Publications
(Databases, On-Line Journal, Fact Sheets, FNCFCS publications, recommended readings)
- Resources (Agency List, Child Welfare Law, Links) - Event
Five
Ways to Make a Difference:
1. Register your individual or organizational
support for Jordan's
Principle which is a child first principle to resolving inter governmental
jurisdictional disputes.
2. Help reshape the child welfare system so that
it better supports Aboriginal children, youth and families by endorsing the Reconciliation
in Child Welfare:
Touchstones
of hope for Indigenous children and youth.
3. Join
Amnesty International Canada in putting an end to inequitable child welfare
funding for First Nations children
4.Join us in supporting the Many
Hands One Dream principles to guide improvements to Aboriginal health care
resulting in healthier Aboriginal children and young people.
5. Learn how
to respectfully engage young people in your organization's work by registering
your support for the Declaration
of Accountability on the Ethical Engagement of Young People and Adults in Canadian
Organizations.
Related
links: Jordan's
Principle, governments' paralysis
Noni MacDonald,
M.D., M.Sc, and Amir Attaran, L.L.B., Ph.D.
August 14, 2007
Children are
vulnerable members of our society. They are voiceless in decision-making, subject
to the judgments and actions of others. First Nations people are also vulnerable
— victims of ill-will and broken promises and suffering from the worst social,
economic and health conditions in Canada. So imagine the unenviable situation
to be a First Nations child, very sick and living on a reserve where there are
minimal children's services.
Source:
Canadian
Medical Association Journal
[ Canadian Medical
Association ] Related links: Governments
failing native children, report says
By André Picard
August
14, 2007
Hundreds of aboriginal children with severe medical problems are being
reluctantly surrendered to welfare authorities and moved to institutions in big
cities because federal and provincial health authorities cannot agree on who should
pay to care for them in their home communities.
Source:
The
Globe and Mail |
First
Peoples Child & Family Review - Volume 4, Number 1, 2009
A
Journal on Innovation and Best Practices in
Aboriginal Child Welfare Administration,
Research, Policy and Practice
Table
of Contents for this issue:
* Foreword
* Editorial
* YOUTH PERSPECTIVE:
Reflections on Racism
* POEM: Can You Hear me Through the White Noise?
*
Going Back to the Roots: Using the Medicine Wheel in the Healing Process
*
Mental Health Promotion as a Prevention and Healing Tool for Issues of Youth Suicide
in Canadian Aboriginal Communities
* Occasional Evil of Angels: Learning from
the Experiences of Aboriginal Peoples and Social Work
* Utilization of the
Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect in First Nations
Child Welfare Agencies in Ontario
* Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Standards:
Supporting Children in the Care of Children’s Services
* One Indigenous
Academic’s Evolution: A Personal Narrative of Native Health Research and
Competing Ways of Knowing
* Metaphorical Reflections: The Colonial Circus of
the Drunken Indian and the Kidney Machine
* COMMENTARY: Knowledge Mobilization
for the Real World - Seeking Wisdom
* THE LAST WORD: After the Residential
School Apology: Why all Canadians Should Care about a Racial Equality Case Before
the Canadian Human Rights Commission
Source:
First
Peoples Child & Family Review
- incl. links to five earlier issues
of the Review back to 2004
[ First
Nations Child & Family Caring Society of Canada (FNCFCS)"
Making a Difference for First Nations Children and Families" ]
FNCFCS
Newsletter - summer 2007 issue (PDF file - 931K, 4 pages)
[ links
to earlier issues of the newsletter - back to 2002]
First
Peoples Child & Family Review - 2007 issue
[ links
to earlier issues of the review + call for papers for December 2007 issue
]
First
Nations Links
First
Peoples Child & Family Review
Volume 3, Number 2, 2007
Table
of contents:
* Guest Editorial - Adolescent Development, Mental Health, and
Promising Research Directions for Aboriginal Youth
* Adolescence: A Window
of Opportunity for Positive Change in Mental Health
* An Alcohol Abuse Early
Intervention Approach with Mi’kmaq Adolescents
* Building a Collaborative
Understanding of Pathways to Adolescent Alcohol Misuse in a Mi’kmaq Community:
A Process Paper
* The Effects of Self Harming Behaviours of Youth in Child
Welfare Care
* The Maltreatment and Adolescent Pathways (MAP) Project: Using
Adolescent Child Protective Services Population-Based Research to Identify Research
Questions
* A Commentary on Alternative Approaches to the Research Process
with Canadian First Nation Communities
* A Smoking Prevention Program for Aboriginal
Youth
* Housing for Aboriginal Youth in the Inner City of Winnipeg
* Is
Attachment Theory Consistent with Aboriginal Parenting Realities?
* A Change
of Residence: Government Schools and Foster Homes as Sites of Forced Aboriginal
Assimilation – A paper Designed to Provoke Thought and Systemic Change
First
Peoples Child & Family Review
Volume 3 Number 1
January
2007
"The latest issue of First Peoples Child & Family Review is
now available online. We encourage you to check out our latest articles, as well
as our offerings from past issues. If you are interested in contributing to the
First Peoples journal, as an author or as a reviewer, information can be found
on our website or by contacting the coordinating editor at mbennett@fncfcs.com.
The deadline for the next call for papers is March 31st, 2007."
Excerpts
from the
Table
of Contents of the January 2007 issue:
- Ensuring Knowledge Transmission
in the Aboriginal Child Welfare Field
- Keeping First Nations children at home:
A few Federal policy changes could make a big difference
- The politics of
kith and kin: Observations on the British Columbia government's reaction to the
death of Sherry Charlie
- Reflections of a Mi’kmaq social worker on a
quarter of a century work in First Nations child welfare
- Promising practice
for maintaining identities in First Nation adoption
- Identity lost and found:
Lessons from the sixties scoop
More...
Source:
First
Peoples Child & Family Review [<=== incl. links to two earlier issues
of the review]
A Journal on Innovation and Best Practices in
Aboriginal
Child Welfare Administration, Research, Policy and Practice
[ First
Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada ]
A
Literature Review and Annotated Bibliography
on Aspects of Aboriginal Child
Welfare in Canada (PDF file - 2.8MB, 254 pages)
Second
Edition - 2005 (File dated June 2005)
By Marlyn Bennett, Cindy Blackstock and
Richard De La Ronde
"This
comprehensive and user friendly literature review and annotated bibliography has
been prepared at the request of the First Nations Child & Family Caring Society
of Canada as part of the research activities undertaken by the First Nations Research
Site as noted in its 2002 Work Plan to the Centre of Excellence for Child Welfare.
It was designed to incorporate research and articles from all disciplines relevant
to Aboriginal children, youth and the well being of the Aboriginal family. This
literature review includes many unpublished papers, program descriptions and reports
produced by, or for, Aboriginal Child Welfare agencies, as well as resources from
many provincial, state, and federal governments in Canada and the United States.
In addition, this review includes a consideration of some of the research conducted
and produced by Masters and Doctoral students within Canada in relation to matters
that touch on child welfare and/or social related issues benefiting or impacting
on all aspects and well-being of Aboriginal children, families and communities."
Source:
The
First Nations Research Site
of the Centre of Excellence for
Child Welfare and
The First Nations
Child & Family Caring Society of Canada (FNCFCS)
Also
from FNCFCS:
Jordan’s
Principle Joint Declaration to Resolving
Jurisdictional Disputes Affecting
Services to First Nations Children
"Jordan's Principle presents
a child first policy to resolving inter and intra governmental jurisdictional
disputes that arise around services for a Status Indian child which are otherwise
available to other Canadian children. All provincial/territorial and federal governments
are encouraged to endorse this cost neutral policy without delay. Jordan's Principle
was unanimously endorsed by the Chiefs in Assembly of the Assembly of First Nations
in December. For more information on Jordan’s Principle, please visit the
First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada’s website."
Fall
2005 Newsletter (PDF file - 1.9MB, 4 pages)
Second Edition of the First
Peoples Child and Family Review - National Policy Review Phase Two Research Project
Update - United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Peoples: Promoting Indigenous
Child Rights
Aboriginal
Children’s Circle of Early Learning (ACCEL) "is a fully-functioning
bilingual, web portal clearinghouse on Aboriginal early childhood development
(ECD). You can consult the site to review, research and discuss best and promising
practices; to exchange with a highly engaged network of Aboriginal ECD practitioners
and researchers; and to keep in touch with the emerging needs of communities across
Canada. (...) The ACCEL is being developed by and for Aboriginal communities in
partnership by two national non-profit organizations –the First Nations Child
and Family Caring Society (FNCFCS) and the Canadian
Child Care Federation (CCCF).
Indigenous
child welfare conference features Canadian, U.S., international perspectives
Child
advocates, political leaders share common goal to build better foundation for
child welfare system
October 24, 2005
"An
unprecedented gathering of Canadian, U.S., and international child advocates and
political leaders convenes in Niagara Falls on Oct. 26, to begin meaningful reform
of Indigenous child welfare systems.
Reconciliation: Looking Back, Reaching
Forward—Indigenous Peoples and Child Welfare is a three-day event, Oct. 26
to 28, at the White Oaks Conference Centre in Niagara Falls, Ontario. “Our
intention is to start a sustainable movement to reshape child welfare systems,
which have disproportional numbers of Aboriginal children in both Canada and the
U.S. We need to recognize the rights and abilities of Indigenous peoples to make
the best decisions for Indigenous children,” said event organizer Cindy Blackstock,
Executive Director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society. Conference
Link: Reconciliation:
Looking Back, Reaching Forward—Indigenous Peoples and Child Welfare conference
Niagara
Falls, October 26 - 28, 2005
You'll find detailed information about the Niagara
Falls conference under Initiatives
on that page (see "Participants' Information")
--- and don't miss
the excellent Resources
section! Source:
NEWS@UofT
(University of Toronto) Related Links
(Sponsoring Organizations): First
Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada
National
Indian Child Welfare Association
Child Welfare
League of America
Child Welfare League of
Canada
Centre of Excellence
for Child Welfare
Federation of Saskatchewan
Indian Nations
Six Nations Council
First
Nations Orphans Association |
Miscellaneous
non-governmental links concerning Aboriginal Peoples and First Nations
Native
Social Issues in Canada
- incl. links to : Introduction » Aboriginals
in Canada » Two-tier Health Care » Alienation » Native Cultural
Survival » Assembly of 1st Nations » Indigenous Self-gov't »
The Future for Natives » Links to More Info
Nunavut:
The story of Canada's Inuit People
- incl. links to : Intro »
The History » Land Claims Agreement » The Government » Future
Challenges » Quick Facts + More Information (Nunavut Election Profile, Territory
Newspapers)
Source:
Mapleleafweb
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Canada:
Indifference to the safety of Indigenous women must end
Press
Release
October 4, 2004
"Canadian officials have too long ignored the
threat to Indigenous women in Canadian towns and cities. Many are missing, some
have been murdered and Canadian authorities are not doing enough to stop the violence,
says Amnesty International in a report, Stolen Sisters: A Human Rights Response
to Discrimination and Violence Against Indigenous Women in Canada, released
today."
Stolen
Sisters: Discrimination and Violence
Against Indigenous Women in Canada
A
Summary of Amnesty International’s Concerns
"Indigenous
women and girls deserve the protection of Canadian authorities and Canadian society.
The failure to provide that protection is a personal tragedy for their families
who have lost sisters, daughters and mothers to racist and sexist violence. It
is also a human rights tragedy."
Source:
Amnesty
International
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Aboriginal
Peoples and Postsecondary Education in Canada (PDF file - 1.1MB, 52
pages)
Michael Mendelson
July 2006
The success of Aboriginal people
in our postsecondary education (PSE) system is of vital interest to all Canadians.
Aboriginal Peoples and Postsecondary Education in Canada reviews the empirical
data about how Aboriginal peoples are doing in the PSE system and what the data
suggests about strategies to improve these results. The report finds some positive
signs. In community colleges, Aboriginal PSE graduation is almost at a level with
that of the general population. However, on the negative side, there are many
fewer Aboriginal graduates from university, and the situation did not improve
over the last several years. Most troubling, Aboriginal people are still failing
to complete high school in hugely disproportionate numbers; for example, on Manitoba
reserves as many as 70 percent of Aboriginals between the ages of 20 and 24 failed
to complete high school (compared to about 16 percent among everyone aged 20 to
24). A surprising and important finding in this paper is that Aboriginal high
school graduates have about the same probability as anyone else (75 percent) of
graduating with a PSE degree or diploma; the problem therefore is the rate of
failure to complete high school. The author argues that, while it is unusual for
a quantitative analysis to have direct policy implications, the data in this report
clearly shows that high school graduation is the key to improving PSE outcomes
for Aboriginal peoples.
Source:
Caledon
Institute of Social Policy
Where
to from here?: Building a First Nations early childhood strategy
by
Greenwood, Margo
Discussion paper for the Assembly of First Nations is part
of a national dialogue on a First Nations early childhood strategy to inform the
federal government policy positions
Source:
Childcare
Resource and Research Unit
April 2005
-----------------------------------------------------------
First
Nations Seeker:
Directory of Canada's First Nations Portals
"Visit First Nations communities through websites they
have created!"
-----------------------------------------------------------
Jordan’s
Principle
CCSD supports Jordan’s Principle, which urges a child-first
approach to the resolution of jurisdictional disputes involving the care of First
Nations children.
Source:
Canadian
Council on Social Development
-----------------------------------------------------------
II
Indigenous Peoples Summit of the Americas
The First Indigenous Peoples
Summit of the Americas took place in Ottawa, Canada, in 2001. This Summit represented
the first step in the creation of an indigenous peoples’ movement that parallels
the Summit of the Americas process. The 2005 Indigenous Summit provided a forum
whereby more than 500 participants developed the Declaration of the Second Summit
of the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas.
Related
Links:
Assembly
of First Nations
"The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) is the national
organization representing First Nations citizens in Canada. The AFN represents
all citizens regardless of age, gender or place of residence."
- The
Second Indigenous Peoples Summit Of The Americas
Google
Web Search Results : "Second Indigenous
Peoples Summit Of The Americas"
Google News search Results : "Second
Indigenous Peoples Summit Of The Americas"
Source:
Google.ca
Jurisdiction
and funding models for Aboriginal child and family service agencies
(PDF file - 220K, 8 pages)
December 2005
Gough, P., Blackstock, C., &
Bala, N.
Source:
Centre
of Excellence for Child Welfare
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First
Nations Research Site On-line Journal
Volume 1, Number 1, 2004
September
2004
"The First Peoples Child & Family Review is a new, online journal,
published jointly by the First Nations Research Site, Centre of Excellence for
Child Welfare, and the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada.
This e-journal focuses primarily on First Nations and Aboriginal child welfare
practices, policies, and research. It is a journal that privileges the "voice
and perspectives" of First Nations and Aboriginal child welfare scholars,
researchers, practitioners, trainers, students, volunteers and community developers.
The journal was developed by the First Nations Research Site, Centre of Excellence
for Child Welfare and First Nations Child & Family Caring Society of Canada,
Inc. and will be published twice a year."
Journal
Table of Contents - incl. links to each of the eight articles (individual
PDF files) in this 110-page online journal
Sample content:
Foreword
by Cindy Blackstock (PDF - 540K, 1 page)
Editorial
by Marlyn Bennett (PDF - 600K, 3 pages)
[NOTE: the editorial includes a synopsis
of each of the articles in the journal]
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Quality
of Life of Aboriginal People in Canada: An Analysis of Current Research
By
Daniel Salée
November 28, 2006
News
release (PDF file - 30K, 2 pages)
Summary
(PDF file - 46K, 1 page)
Study
(PDF file - 232K, 40 pages)
Source:
Institute
for Research on Public Policy
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Dedicated
Services for First Nations and Other Aboriginal Children and Families
Source:
Federal/Provincial/Territorial
Early Childhood Development Agreement:
Report on Government of Canada Activities
and Expenditures 2000-2001
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Online
database will give Aboriginal post-secondary school students access to scholarships,
bursaries, and award money
"The Information
Centre on Aboriginal Health (ICAH) is helping Aboriginal students go back
to school by offering a
database of funding sources. This free online service provides information
on more than 850 scholarships, bursaries, and awards available to Aboriginal students
pursuing health careers."
Source:
PovNet
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National
Aboriginal Women's Association
"[T]he National Aboriginal Women's
Association (NAWA) aspires to empower women as the means to provide for the betterment
of the political, economic, and social conditions for Aboriginal peoples, families,
communities, and Nations."
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National
Aboriginal Health Organization (NAHO)
"The National Aboriginal
Health Organization, an Aboriginal designed and controlled body, will influence
and advance the health and well-being of Aboriginal Peoples through carrying out
knowledge-based strategies"
- incl. links to : First Nations Centre -
Ajunnginiq Centre - Métis Centre - Information Centre on Aboriginal Health
- Research Circle - Communications Circle - Gatherings - Careers in
Aboriginal
Health - Links - Board of Director's Portal - Legal
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Aboriginal
People in Canada's Labour Market: Work and Unemployment, Today and Tomorrow
April
2004
Abstract in English and French + link to the complete report in both official
languages (46 pages in English)
[ version française : Les Autochtones
sur le marché du travail canadien : travail et chômage, aujourd'hui
et demain ]
"Has the labour market situation of Aboriginal people
in Canada been improving over the last several years? This paper uses data from
the 1996 and 2001 censuses to present comprehensive, factual answers to this question.
The paper looks at two main indicators of labour market activity – unemployment
and participation rates – past, present and future. It reviews the labour
market position of Aboriginal people in comparison to the general population in
the provinces and territories, in cities with large Aboriginal populations, and
on and off reserve. The report shows that there were 122,390 more working age
people of Aboriginal identity in 2001 than 1996. Despite this large increase in
Aboriginal persons seeking employment, the Aboriginal unemployment rate dropped
by one-fifth from 24.0 percent in 1996 to 19.1 percent in 2001."
Michael
Mendelson
April 2004
Source:
Caledon
Institute of Social Policy
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A
New Social Model for Canada: Revamping Policies for Aboriginal Peoples
News Release
April 23, 2004
"Aboriginal peoples face a predicament.
Dated assumptions and ingrained relationships hinder appropriate responses to
changing social realities."
[Note: click "Download"
to open files on these pages]
Associated Documents:
Lessons
from Abroad: Towards a New Social Model for Canada's Aboriginal Peoples
Research
Report - 41 pages
Lessons
from Abroad: Towards a New Social Model for Canada's Aboriginal Peoples
Summary
- 3 pages
Urgent Need,
Serious Opportunity: Towards a New Social Model for Canada's Aboriginal Peoples
Research Report - 57 pages
Urgent
Need, Serious Opportunity: Towards a New Social Model for Canada's Aboriginal
Peoples
Summary - 3 pages
Source:
Family
Network
[ Canadian Policy Research Networks
]
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Income
On- and Off-Reserve: How Aboriginals are Faring (PDF file - 240K,
27 pages)
C.D. Howe Commentary
March 2003
"Over the last two decades,
aboriginal concerns moved to the centre of Canadian policy debates. However, most
public attention is devoted to on-reserve communities, which is inadequate because
growing numbers of the aboriginal population live off-reserve and in cities. The
social, educational and employment problems facing both groups are daunting."
Source
: C.D. Howe Institute
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National
Children’s Alliance Policy Paper on Aboriginal Children (PDF
file - 224K, 15 pages)
April 2003
Cindy Blackstock with assistance from
Marlyn Bennett
- incl. Contextual History - Overview of Key Issues for Aboriginal
Children and Families - United Nations’ Convention on the Rights of the Child
- Recommendations - About the Authors - Glossary - References
Source
: National Children’s
Alliance
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A
Circle of All Nations: A Culture of Peace
"The
Circle of All Nations is not an organization or a network but rather a global
eco-community linked by the Elder's unshakeable conviction that in a very fundamental
way, we all belong together, as children of Mother Earth, irrespective of colour,
creed or culture."
- incl. links to : Grandfather William Commanda - Sacred
Wampum Belts - "Circle of All Nations"logo - Grandfather's Gatherings
- Guest Book - Contact Grandfather
Circle
of Healing
"Our mission is to provide a comprehensive treatment
program for individuals with issues arising from drug and/or alcohol addiction
and for those who have suffered
psycho-social trauma in their lives. Services
will be open to people of all backgrounds regardless of race, sex, disability,
age or economic reality.
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Metis
National Council
The Métis National Council is the national
representative of the Métis Nation in Canada. The Métis National
Council was established in 1983, following recognition of the Métis as
a distinct people with Aboriginal rights in the Constitution Act, 1982. The MNC
has been recognized as the voice of the Métis Nation in constitutional
negotiations at the national level, and acts as an advocate and negotiator for
the Métis people with the Government of Canada and at national conferences
and fora. It also represents the interests of the Métis people on the international
stage.
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Federation
of Saskatchewan Indian Nations (FSIN)
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Louis
Riel Metis Council
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Innu
Nation
Approximately 16,000 Innu (formerly known as Montagnais
or Naskapi) inhabit Nitassinan (eastern Quebec and Labrador). The political realities
of two provincial boundaries and the land rights negotiation process have led
to the creation of regional political organizations which collectively represent
the Innu people of Nitassinan.
Visit this site - it contains an incredible
wealth of information. Hundreds of links...
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Enhanced
Urban Aboriginal Programming in Western Canada
January 2002
Executive
Summary
- includes a link to the full
report (in PDF format)
Source : Canada West Foundation
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Aboriginal
Youth Network (Canada)
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NAPE
Aboriginal Links - Canada's Source for Native Sites - from the Native
Access Program for Engineering, Lakehead University (Thunder Bay, Ontario)
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Council
for the Advancement of Native Development Officers (CANDO)
CANDO
is a national Aboriginal organization based in Alberta that provides economic
development officers who work in Aboriginal communities and organizations with
professional development, education, and networking opportunities.
- incl.
: The CANDO Story - Memberships - CANDO Bookstore - Membership Newsletter - National
Conference / Economic Developer of the Year - Highlights from CANDO 2000 National
Conference - Special Projects - Certification Program - Related Sites - Employment
Opportunites - Speeches of Interest - Highlights of a National
Survey of Canadian Attitudes Towards First Nations
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Aboriginal
Governance Publications - links to almost two dozen PDF reports covering
a wide range of topics, including Self-Government - Aboriginal Governance - Accountability
- Dispute Resolution Systems - Final Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal
Peoples - and more.
Source : Institute On Governance
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First
Nation Information Project (FNIP)
Incl. links to :
NATIVE BUSINESSES
- Information and listings for Native Businesses
CULTURE - Information and
listings on Aboriginal Art and Culture; Listings for Cultural Centres, Friendship
Centres, etc.
FIRST NATION ORGANIZATIONS - Listings and information on First
Nation and other Aboriginal organizations
NEWSPAGE - Current news stories,
archives, event listings
FIRST NATIONS - Listings and information on Canadian
First Nations Forms for free listing and Web Page
NATIVE LINKS - Links to
Information Sites (see below)
RESEARCH FOCUS
FNIP
Native Links
Large list of links in the following areas : First
Nations - First Nation Organizations - Government Treaties, Law and Land Claims
- Royal Commission[RCAP] - Education and Culture - Training - Publications - Newspapers
- Economic Development and Tourism Native Links - General Housing
/ Construction - Other Useful Links - History - Selected Bibliographies/Statistics
- EARTH Links - Health/Healing
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Aboriginal
Peoples’ Commission
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Aboriginal
Links: Canada and U.S. (LARGE list)
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Bill's
Aboriginal Links
Aboriginal
Law and Legislation Online
Innu Nation-Mamit
Innuat WWW Site
NativeWeb
- Resources for Indigenous Cultures around the World
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First
Nations, First Thoughts Conference
Centre of Canadian Studies
The
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, Scotland
May 5-6, 2005
"This
interdisciplinary conference will explore the significance of Aboriginal peoples
in the development of cultural and intellectual thought in Canada. The conference
is designed to bring Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal scholars together to consider
the development and transmission of Indigenous thought and the impact of Aboriginal
perspectives on cultural, political, environmental, historical, legal, philosophical
and anthropological thought in Canada."
Abstracts
and papers - links to the full text of 47 papers prepared for this
conference, all in PDF format, and the possibility of more to come ("abstracts
and papers will be posted online as they are received")
Highly recommended
reading --- there's a wealth of information here, mostly by Canadian experts
and almost all of it about First Nations in Canada!
The complete collection
of studies (plus abstracts of other papers presented at the conference) is on
two pages - "Authors A-M" and "Authors N-Z" (don't miss that
second page!)
Source:
Centre
of Canadian Studies
[ The University of
Edinburgh ]
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From
Australian Policy Online:
Indigenous
Health:
Saving children's lives is a matter of long-term will (Australia)
Posted:07-08-2007
You can't protect children without supporting and involving
their community, argues Fiona Stanley, director of the Telethon
Institute for Child Health Research
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