Indigenous Resources

The stories below, from Kelowna, British Columbia, the northern territories, and Quebec City, highlight three unique ways to connect the local to the global and galvanize action for the SDGs. [...] The team reviewed and aligned the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s (TRC) Calls to Action with the SDGs. [...] The SDG Photography Project and the Northern SDG Map are just the beginning of NCGC's work towards localizing the SDGs in the North. [...] Within the Strategy as a whole and each of the Action Plans, the SDGs are the guiding framework. [...] The opinions and interpretations in this publication are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the Government of Canada.

The goal of this discussion guide is to provide information to First Nations on the ACA and to examine how the ACA will significantly impact First Nations and First Nations Persons with Disabilities (FNPWD). [...] This period of consultation is vitally important for First Nations governments and organizations considering the high rates of disability within the First Nations population, the Crown’s systemic method of poor infrastructure planning for First Nations, and the inadequate and inaccessible buildings on reserve lands. [...] The legislation gives broad administration and enforcement powers to the Accessibility Commissioner, including the power to inspect First Nations at any time and the ability to levy significant fines. [...] The serious financial risk of liability, paired with First Nations inability to fund the necessary activities to make a First Nation fully accessible and a failure to consider the 8 unique needs of First Nations is a disaster in the making. [...] A DISTINCT FIRST NATIONS ACCESSIBILTY LAW (DFNAL) Due to the ACA’s shortcomings, its imminent application to First Nations and institutions is far reaching and extends to housing, First Nations governments and administration, and health care services.

Verna St. Denis (2011) Silencing Aboriginal Curricular Content and Perspectives Through Multiculturalism: “There Are Other Children Here”, Review of Education, Pedagogy, and Cultural Studies, 33:4, 306-317, DOI: 10.1080/10714413.2011.597638

There are a number of steps that may follow, such as mediation, referral to another recognizing the inherent humanity of the organization, or being referred to the Canadian Human people we deal with, and listening actively Rights Tribunal, which has the power to determine whether and with empathy to the people we serve. [...] In cases where the issue has the potential to either affect the rights of many people in Canada or help define or clarify human rights law, or in cases where the complainant is in a vulnerable situation, the Commission’s legal team will participate in the hearing and represent the public interest all the way through the process. [...] The Canadian Human Rights Commission’s 2021 Annual Report to Parliament 65 Here are just some of the highlights of our other 2021 anti-racism actions: ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY • We had an independent third-party employment equity audit • At the request of the Clerk of Privy Council in response to the conducted to examine the representation of Indigenous 2021 Call to Action on Anti-Racism, E. [...] In 2021, we received the Follow-up Report to the Canadian Human Rights Commission on the 72 The Canadian Human Rights Commission’s 2021 Annual Report to Parliament The Follow-up. [...] We are responsible for representing the public and the Pay Equity Act give the Commission the authority interest and holding the Government of Canada to account on to work with federally regulated employers to ensure they are matters related to human rights.

Our work will reflect the intention of the Treaties, the intention of peace, friendship and understanding, and that the purpose of this Agreement is: (a) To maintain a harmonious and co-operative relationship between the Employer and the Employees covered by the Union’s certification Number CR-05173. [...] • From the collective agreement between The Community Health Services (Saskatoon) Association Limited and the Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 974, April 1, 2017 – March 31, 2022: The parties to the agreement recognize that the Employer objectives include service to First Nations, Métis and other ethnic communities and the promotion, preservation, protection and interpretation of their his. [...] 92 (NISGA’A) have been given a mandate from the people of the Nass via the Nisga’a Tribal Council to maintain Nisga’a control of Nisga’a Education; and WHEREAS the Union shares the philosophy of Nisga’a control of Nisga’a Education; and WHEREAS it is the desire of the Board and the Union: 5 1. [...] The parties acknowledge that the understandings reached in that letter will continue to govern the designation of positions at the Westside Clinic to aboriginal people until such time as another letter of understanding concerning the designation of positions at the Westside Clinic to aboriginal persons and the procedures of recruitment for them is arrived at. [...] • From the collective agreement between University of Saskatchewan and the Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 3287, September 1, 2019 – August 31, 2021: 16.06 SUNTEP Program In accordance with the objectives of SUNTEP as set out in the Agreement between the Gabriel 10 Dumont Institute, the Province of Saskatchewan, and the University of Saskatchewan and the affirmative action initiatives of.