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Recommendation 113:
What is required is on-going funding to support culturally relevant Aboriginal programming and services that are designed, delivered and implemented by healthy, Aboriginal women, Elders and community workers…Recognition of and changes to…”power dynamics” that support the continuation of violence against Aboriginal women will aid in shaping a community-based response…Advocating for Aboriginal women’s safety includes the establishment of on and off reserve safe houses or shelters, counselling programs and victim assistance programs. (p.17)
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Recommendation 1:
We urge the government of BC to support a rights-based framework for survivors of sexual assault by committing to provide dedicated, secure, and sustainable funding for community-based assault crisis response teams and integrated sexual assault clinics across British Columbia. We support the submissions made by VASC and WAVAW and encourage the government of BC to implement their recommendations by way of both an increase in funding and a legislated right to a community-based assault crisis services.
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Recommendation 309:
We recommend the provincial government, Ministry of the Attorney General establish a special court for family violence, based on the Winnipeg model, and called Criminal Court – Family Violence Division” as a pilot project in Vancouver and, if successful, expand the designated court to other centres, wherever possible. (p.7 – 55) [a subsequent recommendation on p.7 – 88 suggests considering an expansion of this court to include sexual assault if the wife assault project is successful]
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Recommendation 402:
We recommend the Ministry of the Attorney General fund public education programs developed through local organizations to address violence against women. These programs should be sensitive to the social, cultural, and language needs of the multicultural population of British Columbia. These programs must also address the special needs of lesbians and women with disabilities who have been victims of violence. (p. 7 – 131)
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Recommendation 296:
We recommend the Ministry of the Attorney General evaluate the counselling services available for sex offenders and victims of sexual abuse or assault and endorse the recommendations of the British Columbia Task Force on Family Violence in this regard. We believe priority should be given to the treatment of young offenders because counselling in the early years has proven to be more successful. (p.7 –100)
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Recommendation 336:
We recommend police, Crown, victim services, and Corrections staff be given joint training in the dynamics of sexual assault, the physical and psychological impact of abuse upon the victim, and the need for a gender sensitive approach to these cases. This training should be standardized and delivered province-wide to ensure accountability. It should also address the special cultural, social and language needs of immigrant women, women of colour, aboriginal women, lesbians, and women with disabilities, and involved service providers and victims from the community as resource persons, wherever possible….(p.7 – 131)
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- Corrections ,
- Courts ,
- Culture and language ,
- Decolonization and Indigenous rights ,
- Discrimination and hate ,
- Gender-based violence ,
- Health, wellness and services ,
- Indigenous rights and self-governance ,
- Policing and the criminal justice system ,
- Poverty and economic inequality ,
- Public services ,
- Representation and leadership
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Recommendation 75:
We call upon the federal government to work with provincial, territorial, and municipal governments, churches, Aboriginal communities, former residential school students, and current landowners to develop and implement strategies and procedures for the ongoing identification, documentation, maintenance, commemoration, and protection of residential school cemeteries or other sites at which residential school children were buried. This is to include the provision of We call upon the federal government to work with provincial, territorial, and municipal governments, churches, Aboriginal communities, former residential school students, and current landowners to develop and implement strategies and procedures for the ongoing identification, documentation, maintenance, commemoration, and protection of residential school cemeteries or other sites at which residential school children were buried. This is to include the provision of appropriate memorial ceremonies and commemorative markers to honour the deceased children.
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Recommendation 66:
We call upon the federal government to establish multi year funding for community-based youth organizations to deliver programs on reconciliation, and establish a national network to share information and best practices.
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Recommendation 49:
We call upon all religious denominations and faith groups who have not already done so to repudiate concepts used to justify European sovereignty over Indigenous lands and peoples, such as the Doctrine of Discovery and terra nullius.
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Recommendation 87:
We call upon all levels of government, in collaboration with Aboriginal peoples, sports halls of fame, and other relevant organizations, to provide public education that tells the national story of Aboriginal athletes in history.
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