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Emergency response
Recommendation 19:
We call upon the federal government, in consultation with Aboriginal peoples, to establish measurable goals to identify and close the gaps in health outcomes between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal communities, and to publish annual progress reports and assess longterm trends. Such efforts would focus on indicators such as: infant mortality, maternal health, suicide, mental health, addictions, life expectancy, birth rates, infant and child health issues, chronic diseases, illness and injury incidence, and the availability of appropriate health services.
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Recommendation 1:
Training and education to support community capacity to lead conversations and develop safety plans that can be actioned;
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Recommendation 118:
That this Emergency Readiness Plan contain a missing persons Alert and Response component in the form of community emergency readiness teams. (p.27)
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Recommendation 117:
That the Highway of Tears Community Governing Body, undertake the development of an Emergency Readiness Plan…This emergency readiness plan must specifically delineate all actions to be undertaken, and all services provided, by a Governing Body and the RCMP for the victim’s family and for the missing victim (p.26)
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Recommendation 15:
That the B.C. government, First Nations governing bodies and representative organizations, MNBC, the Provincial Health Officer and the Indigenous Health Officer develop a robust Indigenous pandemic response planning structure that addresses jurisdictional issues that have arisen in the context of COVID-19, and which upholds the standards of the UN Declaration.
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Recommendation 71:
That a Highway of Tears Legacy Fund be established as one source, among others, to develop and support multi-community, and multi-agency efforts in victim prevention, emergency readiness planning and team response, and victim family counselling and support. (p.31)
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Recommendation 70:
That [an] Emergency Readiness Plan be communicated to an Emergency Readiness Team(s) located in each city, town and First Nation community located along the entire length of the Highway of Tears. (p.27)
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Recommendation 116:
Provide 24 hour, 7-day access to assistance from first responders within reasonable proximity to communities. (p.9)
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Recommendation 238:
Police should work closely with Indigenous women’s organizations and other frontline groups to identify and implement appropriate and effective protocols for action on missing persons cases, with a view to developing standards for police response in keeping with the risks to Indigenous women and girls. (p.65)
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- Decolonization and Indigenous rights ,
- Discrimination and hate ,
- Emergency response ,
- Gender-based violence ,
- Health, wellness and services ,
- Indigenous issues in policing and justice ,
- Missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, Two-Spirit, and LGBTQ2SIA+ people ,
- Policing and the criminal justice system ,
- Poverty and economic inequality ,
- Public services
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Recommendation 19:
MCFD must continue to work with communities to ensure that they are being adequately funded to provide child welfare services.
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