Aboriginal land claims and agreements

Aboriginal people

Aboriginal people

Information on Aboriginal land claims can also be found in Canada's Fifth Report on the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

c. Aboriginal Hostels

Aboriginal Hostels provide 3,300 beds for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples across the country.

Current negotiated land claims agreements between Canada and aboriginal peoples are intended to provide certainty and predictability, but require aboriginal people to waive certain rights in exchange for specific compensation packages, a situation that has led in several instances to legal controversy and occasional confrontation.

In February 2000, the Aboriginal Representative Workforce Council was established through the Aboriginal Employment Development Program.

Health of Aboriginal peoples

Canada Aboriginal Peoples Roundtable

The Government of Canada has demonstrated strong commitment to working with Aboriginal organizations and communities to address the disparity in health status between Aboriginal and non Aboriginal people in Canada.

Since April 1999, the Aboriginal Human Resources Development Strategy (AHRDS), renewed until March 31, 2009, has been helping Aboriginal communities strengthen the ability of Aboriginal people to compete in the Canadian job market.

The PEI Department of Health and Social Services is gathering information relative to the Aboriginal Health Transition Fund, Aboriginal Blueprint process and the Aboriginal Human Resource initiative (see the Introduction to this report).

In addition, through an Aboriginal Family Violence Initiative, funding is provided to eight community based programs that assist urban Aboriginal families.

In addition, MOHLTC has worked with Aboriginal organizations to develop a culturally sensitive and easily accessible network of services for Aboriginal communities.

Three Aboriginal Artists' Roundtables have been held.

Foundation for Aboriginal and Islander Research Action

Since its inception in 2002 2003, the Aboriginal Employment Partnership Initiative established seven job training agreements between government, employers and Aboriginal organizations to ensure better access to jobs for Aboriginal persons and improved cultural awareness in private sector companies.

Federal Provincial Territorial Ministers responsible for Health and Aboriginal Affairs have been tasked to work in partnership with Aboriginal Leaders to develop the blueprint.

Beginning in October 2003, Alberta has posted the results of the Aboriginal Labour Force Survey for off reserve Aboriginal people on its Web site.

During his visit to Canada, the Special Rapporteur noted the persistent disparities between aboriginal Canadians and the rest of the population with regard to the progress achieved in areas such as access to basic social services, and collected information about disputes between the various levels of government and aboriginal people concerning rights to land and natural resources.

Royal Commission on Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, Reports of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (available at www.austlii.edu.au au special rsjproject rsjlibrary rciadic index.html).

Aboriginal people are of particular interest in this initiative.

PEI is participating in the Aboriginal Health Reporting Framework.

This included transferring 217 children from the care of the Ministry of Children and Family Development to the care of an Aboriginal agency with authority for child welfare services, planning for at risk Aboriginal children, and developing and providing services for Aboriginal children and families having difficulties.

An Aboriginal Working Group was established in January 2003 to provide advice for successful implementation of the Provincial Diabetes Plan in First Nations, Aboriginal, Métis and Inuit communities.

The Committee is concerned about the abolition of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC), the main policymaking body in Aboriginal affairs consisting of elected indigenous representatives.

Additional information on Aboriginal land claims and agreements can be found in the following provincial sections of this report Alberta (Smith's landing (Salt River) and Fort McKay land claims), British Columbia (the status of ongoing treaty negotiations), and Québec (agreements with the Mohawk and Cree communities).

He's an Australian Aboriginal elder, and he's also an artist.

New measures to foster increased employment for Aboriginal peoples include

In meeting the labour market needs of Aboriginal people throughout Canada, the direct involvement of Aboriginal organizations and the emerging network of partnerships are among the Strategy's strongest hallmarks.

Established in 1998, the Aboriginal Languages Initiative (ALI) supports community and home initiatives for the revitalization and maintenance of Aboriginal languages leading to an increased number of speakers, the expansion of the areas in which Aboriginal languages are spoken in communities and inter generational transmission of the languages.

11.5 The State party further explains that under the major land cession treaties of Canada, including the Williams Treaties, what were once aboriginal rights to hunt and fish were redefined and reshaped through the treaties.

Second, a policy retreat was held on 31 May 2005 between the Prime Minister, members of the Cabinet Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and the leaders of five National Aboriginal organizations.

As a consequence, the author claims that he does not enjoy the same special legal and constitutional status as all other Aboriginal peoples of Canada enjoying Aboriginal or treaty rights.

The provincial government has provided financial and consultation support to the PEI Aboriginal Women's Association to enable the organization to stabilize operations, build capacity and nurture leadership particularly with young Aboriginal women.

So the culture, the northern aboriginal culture, traditionally has been highly seasonal.

As of December 2004, there were 702 active self declared Aboriginal apprentices.

200 million for an Aboriginal Health Transition Fund (AHTF) to enable governments and communities to devise new ways to integrate and adapt existing health services to better meet the needs of Aboriginal people.

In 2002 2003, regional health authorities developed and implemented regional Aboriginal Health Plans to ensure coordination and integration of Aboriginal health services into the overall planning and delivery of health programs within the province.

The court rejected arguments of a constitutional right to fish based on the protection in section 35 of the Constitution Act 1982 concerning existing aboriginal and treaty rights of the aboriginal peoples of Canada .

And then aboriginal women in Africa would come and say, This is it!

Alberta helped to initiate the Aboriginal Youth Suicide Prevention Strategy in 2003 2004.

The AHTF comprises three funding areas pan Canadian provincial and territorial and regional and local initiatives 100 million for an Aboriginal Health Human Resources Initiative to increase the number of Aboriginal people choosing health care professions adapt current health professional curricula to provide a more culturally sensitive focus and improve the retention of health workers serving Aboriginal people.

Health Canada is currently working with Aboriginal organizations, women, academic experts and stakeholders to develop an action plan to address the health issues of Aboriginal women and girls, and to articulate a vision of wellness.