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Recommendation 62:
We call upon the federal, provincial, and territorial governments, in consultation and collaboration with Survivors, Aboriginal peoples, and educators, to:
- Make age-appropriate curriculum on residential schools, Treaties, and Aboriginal peoples’ historical and contemporary contributions to Canada a mandatory education requirement for Kindergarten to Grade Twelve students.
- Provide the necessary funding to post-secondary institutions to educate teachers on how to integrate Indigenous knowledge and teaching methods into classrooms.
- Provide the necessary funding to Aboriginal schools to utilize Indigenous knowledge and teaching methods in classrooms.
- Establish senior-level positions in government at the assistant deputy minister level or higher dedicated to Aboriginal content in education.
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Recommendation 10:
Establish a BC Provincial Plan to End Youth Homelessness that is developed and endorsed by Youth First Voices, Indigenous Voices, community stakeholders and governments.
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Recommendation 46:
We call upon the parties to the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement to develop and sign a Covenant of Reconciliation that would identify principles for working collaboratively to advance reconciliation in Canadian society, and that would include, but not be limited to:
- Reaffirmation of the parties’ commitment to reconciliation.
- Repudiation of concepts used to justify European sovereignty over Indigenous lands and peoples, such as the Doctrine of Discovery and terra nullius, and the reformation of laws, governance structures, and policies within their respective institutions that continue to rely on such concepts.
- Full adoption and implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples as the framework for reconciliation.
- Support for the renewal or establishment of Treaty relationships based on principles of mutual recognition, mutual respect, and shared responsibility for maintaining those relationships into the future.
- Enabling those excluded from the Settlement Agreement to sign onto the Covenant of Reconciliation.
- Enabling additional parties to sign onto the Covenant of Reconciliation.
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Recommendation 79:
We call upon the federal government, in collaboration with Survivors, Aboriginal organizations, and the arts community, to develop a reconciliation framework for Canadian heritage and commemoration. This would include, but not be limited to:
- Amending the Historic Sites and Monuments Act to include First Nations, Inuit, and Métis representation on the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada and its Secretariat.
- Revising the policies, criteria, and practices of the National Program of Historical Commemoration to integrate Indigenous history, heritage values, and memory practices into Canada’s national heritage and history.
- Developing and implementing a national heritage plan and strategy for commemorating residential school sites, the history and legacy of residential schools, and the contributions of Aboriginal peoples to Canada’s history.
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Recommendation 3:
Develop strong networking opportunities with the Vancouver Island Tribal Groups to better address the high number of individuals who identify as having Vancouver-Island ancestry.
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Recommendation 4:
Develop and implement culturally safe, self-determined processes that facilitate robust data collection to monitor the health and wellness of all Métis people living in BC. This must include upholding Métis data governance standards, and accurate identification of registered Métis citizens and self-identified Métis people within provincially held datasets.
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Recommendation 3:
Develop and action a Métis “Lifestyle as Medicine” Health and Wellness Strategy that recognizes and reflects Métis cultural traditions and values.
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Recommendation 2:
Develop a Métis Mental Health and Wellness Action Plan to improve mental wellness, reduce problematic substance use, and address the harmful effects of colonialism, assimilation attempts, and the residential school system.
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Recommendation 4:
Culturally appropriate tools and resources to increase awareness and understanding of consent, personal safety and available resources.
Government of B.C. Reflection on Ending Violence Against Indigenous Women and Girls: A Statement on the Anniversary of the Release of the Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
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Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General
Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General
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2020
2020
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Recommendation 1:
Create accountabilities to Métis health and wellness within the MNBC—Province of British Columbia Métis Relations Working Table by establishing a Health and Wellness sub-Working Table that includes leadership from MNBC, BC Ministry of Health, BC Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions, the Office of the Provincial Health Officer, and regional health authorities.
- The Health and Wellness sub-Working Table should report regularly to the Métis Relations Working Table on progress related to co-development and implementation of strategies, programs, policies, and services to support the following:
- Enhancing cultural safety and cultural wellness for Métis people;
- Ensuring that provincial health systems are responsive to and inclusive of the unique needs and cultural traditions of Métis people;
- Developing Métis-specific cultural safety and cultural wellness training; and
- Increasing the numbers of Métis health care providers (physicians, nurses, etc.).
- Use the MPHS program report findings as indicators of the Métis Relations Working Table’s progress on improving determinants of health and health outcomes for Métis people.
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