Development Working Committee TRC Call 92: Business and - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Tripartite Forum Economic Development Working Committee

TRC Call 92: Business and Reconciliation

• We call upon the corporate sector in Canada to adopt the United Nations

Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples as a reconciliation framework and to apply its principles, norms, and standards to corporate policy and core

• perational activities involving Indigenous peoples and their lands and resources.

This would include, but not be limited to, the following:

• i. Commit to meaningful consultation, building respectful relationships, and obtaining

the free, prior, and informed consent of Indigenous peoples before proceeding with economic development projects.

• ii. Ensure that Aboriginal peoples have equitable access to jobs, training, and education
• pportunities in the corporate sector, and that Aboriginal communities gain long-term

sustainable benefits from economic development projects.

• iii. Provide education for management and staff on the history of Aboriginal peoples,

including the history and legacy of residential schools, the United Nations Declaration

• n the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Treaties and Aboriginal rights, Indigenous law, and

Aboriginal–Crown relations. This will require skills based training in intercultural competency, conflict resolution, human rights, and anti-racism.

Economic Development Working Committee

• Highlight four (4) projects
• Social Enterprise Toolkit
• Ukmuljin
• Tourism Capacity Development
• Cultural Awareness Card
• Highlight core principle of communication and

information-sharing

Membership

Mi’kmaq

• Atlantic Policy Congress of First Nation Chiefs, Confederacy of Mainland

Mi’kmaq, First Nation Economic Development Officers, Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre, Kwilmu’kw Maw-klusuaqn (Mi’kmaq Rights Initiative), Mi’kmaq Employment & Training Secretariat, Mi’kmaw Kina’matnewey, Nova Scotia Native Women’s Association, Ulnooweg Development Group Inc., Union

• f Nova Scotia Indians

Province of Nova Scotia

• Department of Labour and Advanced Education, Nova Scotia Business Inc.,

Office of Aboriginal Affairs Government of Canada

• Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, Service Canada, Indigenous and

Northern Affairs Canada

Social Enterprise Toolkit

• Developed 2016-2017
• Offers practical guide to build social enterprise
• Commercial ventures with a social focus on human and

environmental well-being

• Social enterprise reflects Mi’kmaw core values of people and

the environment

• Limited number of hard copies, available online shortly

Ukmuljin

• Developed additional component to Friendship Centre’s Seven

Sparks Healing Path Initiative for Aboriginal Offenders:

• goal to minimize social dependency and redirect the lives of

Mi’kmaq offenders; and

• focused on employment, work placements, entrepreneurship, and

business and economic development outcomes

• Implementation stalled from lack of resources

Tourism Capacity Development

• Edge of the Wedge Sustainable Tourism training for NS

Mi’kmaq Tourism leads, facility operators and community members

• Gros Morne Institute for Sustainable Tourism providing

customized training

• Apply learnings to grow industry in NS

Development of a Cultural Awareness Card

• Develop a pocket guide to create cultural awareness
• Directly related to Recommendation 92, highlighting

need for education on the history of Aboriginal peoples

• Resource to support corporate role in cultural awareness

Information Sharing and Communications

• Ensure committee members are aware of current initiatives and

resources related to economic development and employment

• Presentations from businesses, communities and other

economic development partners

• Promote employment and economic opportunities through

committee meetings and activities

• Facilitate collaboration and information sharing

Prioritize Communication

• Often we categorize issues and opportunities as single source

and end up working in silos

• We must communicate better with communities, organizations,

and committees

• Seek collaboration and partnerships (eg, Ukmuljin with Justice

Committee, and Cultural Card with Education and Culture and Heritage Committee)

• Everything is interconnected: education, social, justice,

culture, and economic development all form a network