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ReconciliAction YEG |: TRC: 5 Years Later

TRC Report Card: Calls to Action #l-#49 ; IS CANADA MAKING THE GRADE?;

CURRENT OVERALL GRADE

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Child Welfare: Calls »l-#5

	DH	-

#1: Reduce the number of Indigenous children in care

#2: Publish annual reports on the number of Indigenous children in care

#3: Fully implement Jordans Principle

#4: Legislate a national standard for Indigenous child welfare

#5: Develop culturally appropriate parenting programs

F

F

C

O

C-

Education: Calls #6-#12

#6: Repeal Section 43 of the Criminal Codę    F

#7: Eliminate educational & employment gaps between Indigenous & non- indigenous people in Canada	F
#8: Eliminate funding discrepancies between on and off reserve education	D
#9: Reporting to compare funding differences and outcomes	F
#10: Federal Education Legislation	D
#11: Provide adequate funding for Indigenous people for post-secondary	F

#12: Develop culturally appropriate early childhood education programs C

Language & Culture: Calls #13-#17

E	i

Health:

#13: Acknowledge language as an Aboriginal right

#14: Develop Indigenous language legislation

#15: Establish an Office of the Commissioner for Indigenous Languages

#16: Creation of post-secondary programs in Indigenous Languages

#17: Fee waivers for Indigenous name reclamation

Calls #18-#24

B♦

B

B*

B-

O

#18: Acknowledge that current State of Indigenous health is a direct result of colonialism & government policies; and recognize & implement Indigenous healthcare rights as per law and Treaties	D
#19: Develop measurable goals to improve Indigenous health outcomes	D
#20: Address Jurisdictional Disputes concerning Aboriginal people who do not reside on reserves	F
#21: Funding of healing centres in Nunavut and the Northwest Territories to address harms caused by residential schools.	B
#22: Recognize the value of Aboriginal healing practices and use them in the treatment of Aboriginal patients	D

#23h Increase number of Aboriginal professionals in health care field

#23ii: Ensure retention of Aboriginal health care workers in Aboriginal p communities

#23iii: Provide cultural competency training for all health care professionals

#24: Require all medical and nursing students to take a course in Aboriginal „ health issues

Justice: Calls #25-#42

#25: Written policy to reaffirm independence of the RCMP	F
#26: Amend Statutes of Limitation to allow Indigenous civil claims	F
#27: Federation of Law Societies of Canada requirement	D
#28: Require law students to take a course on Aboriginal people & law	O
#29: Collaborate with the survivors excluded from IRSSA	D
#30: Eliminate overrepresentation of Indigenous people from custody	F
#31: Provide sufficient and stable funding for community based alternatives to improsonment.	C
#32: Allow deviation from mandatory minimum sentences & conditional sentence restrictions	F
#33: Address FASD & collaborate with Indigenous people on prevention	B
#34: lmprove outcomes of offenders with FASD in justice system	F
#35: Creation of additional healing lodges	C-
#36: Work with Aboriginal communities to provide culturally relevant services to 1 nmates	D*
#37: Provide morę supports for Aboriginal programming in halfway houses and parole services	F
#38: Commit to eliminating the over-incarceration of Indigenous youth	F
#39: Better statistics on the criminal victimization of Indigenous people	B
#40: Indigenous specific victims services	B-
#41: Reporting on MMIWG	B
#42: Commitment to reconciliation in accordance with Treaties & UNDRIP	D-

Canadian Governments and UNDRIP: Calls #43-*$44

#43: Fully adopt and implement UNDRIP as framework for reconciliation D-

#44: Develop a national action plan, strategies, and other concrete    ^

measures to achieve the goals of UNDRIP

Proclamation & Covenant of Reconciliation Calls #45-#46

	F
L

#45: Co-develop a Proclamation of Reconciliation    F

#46: Parties to IRSSA to sign a Covenant of Reconciliation    F

#47: Repudiate the Doctrine of Discovery and Terra Nullius    F

Settlement Agreement Parties and UNDRIP: Calls #48-#49

#48: Church parties to IRSSA to fully adopt and implement UNDRIP    N/A

#49: Religious denominations and faith groups to denounce the Doctrine of Discovery & Terra Nullius

N/A