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Recommendations to guarantee economic security for Indigenous women in the DTES
Recommendation 60: Implementing existing recommendations from the BC Poverty Reduction Coalition for a whole-of-government poverty reduction strategy.-
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Recommendations to guarantee economic security for Indigenous women in the DTES
Employment security
Recommendation 76: Free skills training, retraining, and apprenticeships for Indigenous women in the DTES.-
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Recommendations to guarantee economic security for Indigenous women in the DTES
Employment security
Recommendation 77: Rectify Indigenous women’s exclusion from the economy by:- Developing equitable and inclusive hiring policy and standards.
- Creating a diversity of low-barrier jobs in the DTES with priority hiring and support for Indigenous women of the community.
- Creating peer-based employment programs including navigation positions throughout the housing, mental health, substance use, and income support systems.
- Ensuring Indigenous women peer workers are paid a living wage, have full benefits, and have the right to unionization.
- Creating jobs that value and compensate skills such as weaving, beading, drum making, food harvesting, and traditional healing, and support the creation of an Indigenous women’s cooperative in the DTES.
- Improving employment supports and workplace accommodations for Indigenous women who are single parents and/or in recovery to ensure that they are not setup to fail in their employment due to systemic barriers.
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Employment security
Recommendation 79: Recognize the role and contribution of volunteers in the DTES, and create accredited volunteer programs to transfer skills and enable access to employment opportunities.-
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Recommendations to guarantee economic security for Indigenous women in the DTES
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Recommendation 80: All levels of government should pay living wages to all direct and contracted government employees, and encourage other employers to do the same.-
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Universal public services
Recommendation 85: Guarantee free and extended transportation:- Free transit pass for children ages 0-18 years old, all youth transitioning out of government care till the age of 25 years old, and for all adults on pensions, income assistance, and disability assistance.
- Expand public transit, including HandyDart and community-based passenger van programs.
- Access to free transportation to and from medical appointments, especially for those with disabilities and the elderly.
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Recommendations to guarantee economic security for Indigenous women in the DTES
Universal public services
Recommendation 86: Implement better educational supports:- Expansion of the Head Start program for Indigenous families.
- Guarantee a school breakfast and lunch food program in all public schools that is free, nutritious, and culturally diverse.
- More Indigenous-focused schools with Indigenous teachers, Indigenousbased educational methodology and curriculum, and that is supportive to urban Indigenous students needs and contexts.
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Recommendations to guarantee economic security for Indigenous women in the DTES
Universal public services
Recommendation 88: Adoption of low-income customer rates and rules by BC Hydro and all energy providers including waiver of security deposits, late payment fees, and reconnection fees; more flexible payment arrangements; and suspension of disconnections during cold weather and for people with medical conditions.-
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Recommendations for safe and affordable housing for Indigenous women in the DTES
Recommendation 90: Comprehensive federal, provincial, and municipal Indigenous Housing policy framework to specifically address Indigenous homelessness.-
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Recommendations for safe and affordable housing for Indigenous women in the DTES
Recommendation 91: Change government definitions of social housing and affordable housing to mean rates that are affordable to people on social assistance, and rents that are income-geared not market-geared.-
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