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TRC: Calls to Action
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Child Welfare Section
1. Commitment to reducing the number of Indigenous children in care
2. Count the number of Indigenous children vs. non-Indigenous children in care, and evaluate reason of apprehension and effectiveness of intervention
3. Full implementation of Jordan's Principle
4. Enact child-welfare legislation that establishes national standards that give Indigenous communities the right to have their own child-welfare system, and to consider residential school and cultural appropriateness in placement in care
5. Development of culturally appropriate parenting programs for Indigenous families
Education Section
6. Repeal section 43 of the Criminal Code of Canada that states it's okay for teachers and parents to hurt kids when they are not following the rules
7. Work with Indigenous Peoples to develop a strategy to help eliminate the educational and employment gaps between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people
8. Equal funding for Indigenous children being educated both on and off reserves
9. Publish annual reports comparing the funding of education for First Nations children on and off reserves, and if they are getting a fair education
10. Draft new Indigenous education legislation that provides sufficient funding, protects language, and ensures culturally appropriate curricula
11. Provide adequate funding to end the backlog of First Nations students seeking a post-secondary education
12. Develop culturally appropriate early childhood education programs for Indigenous families
Language and Culture
13. Acknowledge that Indigenous rights includes the right to Indigenous languages
14. Enact legislation that preserves and strengthens Indigenous languages
15. Appoint, in consultation with Indigenous groups, an Indigenous Language Commissioner to help promote Indigenous languages and ensure adequate funding for language initiatives
16. Post-secondary institutions to create degree and diploma programs in Indigenous languages
17. Enable residential school survivors and their families to reclaim names changed by the residential school system, and make this change to their legal documents at no cost
Health
18. Acknowledge that the current health struggles of Indigenous Peoples is the direct result of Canadian Government policies, and to respect the health-care rights of Indigenous Peoples
19. Establish measurable goals to close the gaps in health outcomes between Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities, and publish an annual report outlining this disparity
20. Respect the health needs of ALL Indigenous Peoples on- and off- reserves
21. Provide sustainable funding for healing centers that address the harm caused by residential schools
22. Health-care leaders to respect traditional Indigenous healing practices, and working with Elders and Healers to incorporate these practices into treatment if the patient requests it
23. Increase the number of Indigenous health-care professionals working in the field and within Indigenous communities, and provide culturally competent training for all health-care professionals
24. Medical and health schools in Canada to ensure all students are taught about Indigenous culture, health issues, and health needs
Justice
25. Establish a written policy that enables the RCMP to independently investigate crimes in which the Canadian Government may be at fault
26. Review and amend the laws that prevent Indigenous Peoples from obtaining justice for the historical abuse of their people
27. Lawyers receive appropriate cultural competent training, including residential schools, treaties, and Indigenous rights and laws
28. Law schools to teach their students on Indigenous affairs, including residential schools, treaties, and Indigenous rights and laws
29. Canada to work with people not included in the Indian Residential School Settlement Agreement to ensure their legal problems are fixed
30. The government to commit to eliminating the overrepresentation of Indigenous Peoples in custody, and release an annual report detailing the monitoring and evaluation of this
31. Provide sufficient funding that will evaluate and offer alternatives to imprisonment for Indigenous offenders
32. Amend the Criminal Code to allow judges to use fair, conditional sentences
33. Recognize the need to address and prevent FASD a high priority, end develop FASD preventative programs that can be delivered in a culturally appropriate way
34. Consideration of FASD in judicial sentencing, and providing community and correctional resources for offenders with FASD
35. Eliminate barriers to creating traditional healing lodges within the correctional system
36. Provide culturally appropriate services for inmates to help them heal
37. Provide more supports for Indigenous programming in halfway houses and parole services
38. Commit to eliminating the overrepresentation of Indigenous youth in the justice system
39. Develop a national plan to collect and publish data on the criminal victimization of Indigenous Peoples
40. Collaborate with Indigenous Peoples to create accessible Indigenous-specific victim programs and services
41. Appoint a public inquiry into the causes of the disproportionate victimization of Indigenous women and girls (MMIW)
42. Commit to the recognition and implementation of Indigenous justice systems with respect to Indigenous rights and the UNDRIP
Canadian Government and the UNDRIP
43. Fully adopt and implement the UNDRIP as the framework for reconciliation
44. Develop a national action plan and strategies to achieve the goals of the UNDRIP
Royal Proclamation and Covenant of Reconciliation
45. Work with Indigenous Peoples to create a Royal Proclamation of Reconciliation that states: Indigenous Peoples have a right to take care of their own people in their own way; renew or establish treaty relationships; and that Indigenous Peoples are full partners in Confederation
46. Parties of the Indian Residential School Settlement Agreement develop and sign a Covenant to reconciliation that would identify principles of working collaboratively to advance reconciliation in Canadian society
47. Stop using laws that justify colonizing Indigenous Peoples and taking their land
Settlement Agreement Parties and the UNDRIP
48. Church parties, faith groups, and social justice groups to comply with the principles, norms, and standards of the UNDRIP
49. All religious denominations and faith groups to refuse concepts used to justify European sovereignty over Indigenous Peoples and lands
Equity for Aboriginal People in the Justice System
50. The establishment and funding of institutions for the development, use, and understanding of Indigenous laws
51. The Government of Canada, develop transparency about the law and their actions or intended actions in regard to Indigenous and Treaty rights
52. Indigenous title claims are accepted once an Indigenous nation has established occupation over a particular territory for a particular amount of time, and that nation should not have to fight for the rights related to title
National Counsel for Reconciliation
53. Parliament of Canada to establish, in collaboration with Indigenous Peoples, a National Council for Reconciliation to ensure Canada is doing everything it should when it comes to reconciliation
54. Government of Canada to ensure the National Council for Reconciliation has the financial, human, and technical resources required to conduct its work
55. Provide annual reports requested by the National Council of Reconciliation to report the progress being made toward reconciliation
56. Prime Minister of Canada to provide annual reports outlining the government's plans for advancing the cause of reconciliation
Professional Development and Training for Public Servants
57. Provide education to public servants on the history of Indigenous Peoples, including residential schools, Treaties, and Indigenous rights and laws
Church Apologies and Reconciliation
58. The Pope to issue an apology to the Survivors of residential schools, and their families, for the abuse ensued upon the children in these schools
59. All churches who are part of the Indian Residential School Settlement Agreement to educate their congregations about the church's role in colonization and residential schools, and why a formal apology was necessary
60. All churches who are part of the Indian Residential School Settlement Agreement, in collaboration with Indigenous leaders, to educate their clergy and staff on the impact of residential schools and the church's role within that system, to respect Indigenous spirituality and to prevent future spiritual violence
61. All churches who are part of the Indian Residential School Settlement Agreement to establish permanent funding for Indigenous reconciliation projects
Education for Reconciliation
62. Create a curriculum, in collaboration with Indigenous Peoples, that educates truthfully about the history of Indigenous Peoples, their contribution to Canada, the Treaties, and residential schools, and make this education mandatory
63. Council Members of Education, Canada to continue to work towards improving the education of Indigenous Peoples and cultures
64. All government of Canada that provide funding to denominational schools to include education on Indigenous spiritual beliefs and practices, in collaboration with Indigenous Elders
65. Federal Government in collaboration with Indigenous Peoples, post-secondary institutions and educators, the National Council for Reconciliation, and other partner institutions, to research and study to advance the understanding of reconciliation
Youth Programs
66. Create and fund community-based youth programs on reconciliation
Museums and Archives
67. Collaborate with Indigenous Peoples to fund and help museums adopt policies that comply with the UNDRIP
68. Collaborate with Indigenous Peoples and museums to mark Canada's 150th birthday by establishing a dedicated national funding program for commemoration projects focused on reconciliation
69. Library and Archives Canada to adopt the UNDRIP to ensure public education of residential schools by making this information easily accessible to the public
70. Provide funding to the Canadian Association of Archivists to review policies, in collaboration with Indigenous Peoples, to ensure they are respectful of Indigenous rights and work towards reconciliation
Missing Children and Burial Information
71. All chief coroners, and other professionals or agencies, to make their records of the deaths of Indigenous children at residential schools available to the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation
72. Help the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation to provide accurate records of the deaths of Indigenous children at residential schools
73. Work in collaboration with churches, Indigenous Peoples, and residential school Survivors to maintain an online registry and map of residential school cemeteries
74. Work with churches and Indigenous leaders to inform the families of children who died at residential schools of their burial location, and to o respond to families’ wishes for appropriate commemoration ceremonies, and reburial in home communities where requested
75. Work with churches, and Aboriginal people to find, fix, and protect residential school cemeteries and other places where residential school children were buried
76. The people who are finding and protecting residential school cemeteries to work with Indigenous communities in the area and follow the community’s rules for respecting children who died at residential schools
National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation
77. All archives in Canada to work with the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation to help with the records and information on residential schools
78. Government of Canada to commit to making a funding contribution of $10 million over 7 years to the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation to assist communities to research and produce histories of their own residential school experience and their involvement in truth, healing, and reconciliation
Commemoration
79. The federal government, in collaboration with Survivors, Indigenous organizations, and the arts community, to develop a reconciliation framework for Canadian heritage and commemoration
80. The federal government, in collaboration with Indigenous Peoples, to establish, as a statutory holiday, a National Day for Truth and Reconciliation to honour Survivors, their families, and communities
81. The federal government, in collaboration with Survivors to make a publicly accessible, highly visible, Residential Schools National Monument, in Ottawa, to honour the Survivors of and all the children lost in residential schools
82. Work with residential school Survivors to make a monument in each capital city in Canada to honour all the children who went to residential school and their families and communities
83. The Canada Council for the Arts and artists to undertake collaborative projects and produce works that contribute to the reconciliation process
Media and Reconciliation
84. The federal government to restore and increase funding to the CBC/Radio-Canada, to enable Canada’s national public broadcaster to support reconciliation, by increasing Indigenous programming and coverage relating to Indigenous affairs
85. The Aboriginal Peoples Television Network, as an independent non-profit broadcaster with programming by, for, and about Indigenous Peoples, to support reconciliation
86. All journalism and media schools in Canada to teach students about Indigenous people and cultures, including residential schools, Treaties, and Indigenous rights and laws
Sports and Reconciliation
87. Work with Indigenous Peoples and sport leaders to tell the national story of Indigenous athletes in history
88. Support Indigenous athlete development and growth, and continued support for the North American Indigenous Games
89. Amend the Physical Activity and Sport Act to support reconciliation by ensuring that policies reduce the barriers to sports participation and ensuring that the Canadian sports system is inclusive of Indigenous Peoples
90. We call on Canada to make sure that national sports respect, support, represent, and include Indigenous Peoples
91. The officials and host countries of international sporting events such as the Olympics, Pan Am, and Commonwealth games to ensure that Indigenous peoples’ territorial protocols and culture are respected
Business and Reconciliation
92. Large companies in Canada to adopt the UNDRIP as a guideline for reconciliation and to apply its principles, norms, and standards to corporate policies
Newcomers to Canada
93. Work in collaboration with Indigenous peoples to make sure newcomers to Canada will learn about Indigenous Peoples and cultures, including residential schools, Treaties, and Indigenous rights and laws
94. The Government of Canada to replace the Oath of Citizenship with the following: I swear (or affirm) that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada, Her Heirs and Successors, and that I will faithfully observe the laws of Canada including Treaties with Indigenous Peoples, and fulfill my duties as a Canadian citizen
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