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N WA C AC TION PLAN OUR CALLS, OUR ACTIONS 2021 N WA C ’ s A c t i o n P l a n t o E n d t h e A t t a c k A g a i n s t I n d i g e n o u s Wo m e n , G i r l s , a n d G e n d e r - D i v e r s e P e o p l e N WAC . C A
TITLE OF OUR COVER ARTWORK:
MISSING AND MURDERED
INDIGENOUS WOMEN
C R E AT E D B Y L AU R E N P O L C H I E S ,
G R A P H I C D E S I G N E R A N D I L L U S T R AT O R W H O L I V E S I N N E W B R U N S W I C K .
IN THE ARTIST’S WORDS:
T h i s p i e c e w a s c r e a t e d f o r t h e N a t i v e Wo m e n ’ s A s s o c i a t i o n o f C a n a d a f o r t h e i r a c t i o n p l a n , O u r C a l l s ,
O u r Ac t i o n s , r e g a r d i n g M i s s i n g a n d M u r d e r e d I n d i g e n o u s Wo m e n , G i r l s , a n d G e n d e r - D i v e r s e P e o p l e . T h e
number four is featured throughout this piece to represent the four directions; there are four main
women and four animals at the centre of this piece.
T h e f o u r a n i m a l s f e a t u r e d a r e t h e w o l f, t h e e a g l e , t h e b e a r, a n d t h e b u f f a l o . T h e s e a r e t h e a n i m a l s
used to symbolize the four directions. The four women featured are wearing red dresses, a symbol for
M M I WG . The red hand print on the woman’s face symbolizes the voices of the missing and murdered
women being silenced.
The women are various ages to show that this is an issue that affects all generations. I included
2 subtle nods to some of the various Indigenous people all over Canada to show that this is an issue
that affects all Indigenous Peoples. The young girl in the front is wearing a Mé tis sash, the woman on
t h e l e f t i s w e a r i n g t r a d i t i o n a l I n u i t c l o t h i n g , t h e w o m a n i n t h e b a c k r e p r e s e n t s t h e Wo o d l a n d s , a n d
t h e g r a n d m o t h e r r e p r e s e n t s t h e We s t C o a s t . T h e t i p i s o n t h e s h a w l i n t h e b a c k g r o u n d a r e a n o d t o t h e
Prairies. The woman in the background is meant to represent the ancestors, watching over our current
generations. The background behind her is dark, representing the severity of the situation. Her shawl
ser ves as a light backdrop to the main figures, which is meant to symbolize hope in this tragic situation.
O U R C A L L S , O U R A C T I O N S N WA C ’ S A C T I O N P L A NN WA C 2 0 2 1 M M I W G A C T I O N P L A N TA B L E O F CONTENTS 04 I N T R O D U C T I O N T O N WA C ’ S A C T I O N P L A N 05 the bottom line 06 2 3 1 Calls for Justice 08 N WA C ’ s p l a n t o a c t 09 N WA C ’ S P L A N F O R A C T I O N 10 a m e s s a g e f r o m N WA C 11 cutting off the pathways 13 seven principles for change 15 acknowledgement & commitment 16 implementation & monitoring of this plan 17 partners & contributors 18 T H E N WA C 2 0 2 1 M M I W G A C T I O N P L A N 19 TA B L E 1 : Culture and Language 21 T A B L E 2 : H e a l t h a n d We l l n e s s 24 TA B L E 3 : Human Security 31 TA B L E 4 : International 33 TA B L E 5 : Justice 37 T A B L E 6 : P u b l i c Aw a r e n e s s O U R C A L L S , O U R A C T I O N S N WA C ’ S A C T I O N P L A N
THE INDIGENOUS WOMEN OF
CANADA DEMAND AN END TO THE
GENOCIDE THAT CONTINUES TO
THREATEN THEIR LIVES
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THE GENOCIDE MUST BE STOPPED. T H AT I S T H E B O T T O M L I N E !
As we press forward to address the sisters, and aunties have died at the hands
alarmingly high number of missing and of killers. They have seen women they love
murdered First Nations, Mé tis, and Inuit w a l k o u t t h e d o o r, n e v e r t o r e t u r n . T h e y
w o m e n i n C a n a d a , t h e N a t i v e Wo m e n ’ s have lived the agony of regular phone calls
A s s o c i a t i o n o f C a n a d a ( N WA C ) i s u s i n g that suddenly stopped, only to be replaced
its voice to put an end to this genocide– by silence.
the crimes against Indigenous women that
c o n t i n u e t o t a ke l i v e s a n d d e s t r o y m a n y Fa m i l i e s h a v e t o l d u s t h a t t h e t i m e f o r
o t h e r s f r o m t h e l o s s , t r a u m a , a n d g r i e f. talking about what could be done to end the
violence has come and gone, and that now is
Fr o m l o s s o f c u l t u r e a n d i d e n t i t y t o the time for action.
residential and day schools to the Sixties
Scoop to Sisters In Spirit to the launch of the We a g r e e . I t i s t i m e t o w a i t n o m o r e . I t i s
N a t i o n a l I n q u i r y, N WA C h a s r e p r e s e n t e d a n d time to move away from state dependence
defended the human rights of Indigenous to independence and self-de termination. It
women in this countr y for 47 years. is time.
Our grassroots members know the horror
of being told that their mothers, daughters,
O U R C A L L S , O U R A C T I O N S N WA C ’ S A C T I O N P L A NTHE GENOCIDE MUST BE STOPPED.
01 T H AT I S T H E B O T T O M L I N E !
Indigenous women in Canada today are In the summer of 2 0 1 6 , those calls were
s e v e n t i m e s m o r e l i ke l y t h a n n o n - I n d i g e n o u s heeded. The federal government announced
women to be a victim of murder and three that the National Inquir y into Missing and
t i m e s m o r e l i ke l y t o b e v i o l e n t l y o r s e x u a l l y M u r d e r e d I n d i g e n o u s Wo m e n a n d G i r l s
assaulted. would be held to determine the systemic
issues why so many Indigenous women,
The Sisters In Spirit campaign ( 2 0 0 5 – 2 0 1 0 ) girls, and gender-diverse people have gone
gathered qualitative and quantitative m i s s i n g o r a r e m u r d e r e d e a c h y e a r.
information to produce the first national
database of missing and murdered T h e Fi n a l R e p o r t o f t h e N a t i o n a l I n q u i r y
Indigenous women in Canada. Our research offered 2 3 1 Calls for Justice in hopes that
identified the names of 5 8 2 Indigenous Canada would find ways to stop the killings,
women and girls—of whom one-third had and for the healing to begin.
been confirmed as missing and two-thirds
a s m u r d e r e d — w h i c h w e k n e w, e v e n t h e n , The inaction by the government , after the
r e p r e s e n t e d j u s t a f r a c t i o n o f t h e l i v e s t a ke n . N a t i o n a l I n q u i r y r e l e a s e d i t s Fi n a l R e p o r t ,
Spurred by our findings, the Royal Canadian was ex tremely disappointing. Indigenous
Mounted Police issued a report in 2 0 1 4 that women wanted cold cases to be reopened.
said 1 , 0 1 7 murders of Indigenous women They wanted to know what had happened
had been reported to police across Canada to their missing and murdered loved ones.
between 1 9 8 0 and 2 0 1 2 , and another 1 6 4 They wanted assurances that governments 5
women had been reported missing and were going to mee t their constitutionally
never been found. mandated responsibility for ensuring their
s a f e t y. T h e y w a n t e d p e r p e t r a t o r s t o b e
A t N WA C , w e k n o w t h o s e n u m b e r s d i d n o t brought to justice.
adequately depict the magnitude of the
g e n o c i d e . We k n o w t h a t t o o m a n y m u r d e r s It is time for those hopes to be realized.
are wrongly attributed to suicide or
a c c i d e n t . We k n o w t h a t , t o o o f t e n , t h e n a m e s
of missing women are simply not listed in
police files. And, we know that many missing
persons are not reported to the police due THE FINAL REPORT OF THE
to the ongoing breach of trust.
NATIONAL INQUIRY OFFERED
But the R C M P report still served as
an official acknowledgement of what 231 CALLS FOR JUSTICE
Indigenous Peoples have been saying for
d e c a d e s — t h a t Fi r s t N a t i o n s , M é t i s , a n d in hopes that Canada would find
Inuit women are being killed in numbers
grossly dispropor tionate to the size of their ways to stop the killings, and for
population.
the healing to begin, and for
In a groundswell , others joined us in our
demands for the power of governments human rights to be respected.
to be brought to bear on the issue. There
were rising calls for a national inquir y to
document the scope of the violence and to
chart a path to ending it.
O U R C A L L S , O U R A C T I O N S N WA C ’ S A C T I O N P L A NNATIONAL INQUIRY CHARTS A
02 COURSE TO END THE VIOLENCE
WITH 231 CALLS FOR JUSTICE
The National Inquir y into Missing and been murdered or who had gone missing
M u r d e r e d I n d i g e n o u s Wo m e n a n d G i r l s s p e n t over the decades because many of the
more than two and a half years investigating c r i m e s h a d l i ke l y g o n e u n r e c o r d e d .
the systemic issues as to why so many
Fi r s t N a t i o n s , I n u i t , a n d M é t i s w o m e n d i e They also said an absolute paradigm shift
v i o l e n t l y. is required to dismantle the colonialism
within Canadian society and at all levels of
Chief Commissioner Marion Buller and her government , and within public institutions
fellow commissioners, Michèle Audette, that are responsible for perpetuating the
Brian Eyolfson, and Qajaq Robinson, took violence.
the evidence of more than 2 , 3 8 0 family
members of victims, survivors of violence, T H E I N Q U I R Y ’ S F I N A L R E P O R T S PA N S M O R E
experts, Elders, and Knowledge Holders. T H A N 1 , 0 0 0 PA G E S A N D M A K E S 2 3 1 C A L L S
F O R J U S T I C E T H AT , T O G E T H E R , C O M P R I S E
T h e y h e l d h e a r i n g s a c r o s s t h e c o u n t r y. T h e y A ROAD MAP TO END THE KILLINGS. THEY
built their findings on the foundations of A R E N O T R E C O M M E N DAT I O N S . T H E Y A R E
previous investigations such as the Royal L E G A L I M P E R AT I V E S .
Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, which
r e l e a s e d i t s r e p o r t i n 1 9 9 6 , a n d t h e Tr u t h These legal imperatives provide the federal
and Reconciliation Commission, which government with the actions that must be
6 published its 9 8 Calls to Action in 2 0 1 5 . t a ke n t o m e e t i t s C o n s t i t u t i o n a l d u t y t o
protect the Indigenous women of Canada.
A n d , t h e y l i s t e n e d t o e x p e r t s . N WA C This responsibility is also enshrined in
submitted 6 1 recommendations to the international conventions and declarations
N a t i o n a l I n q u i r y, m a n y o f w h i c h a r e r e f l e c t e d such as the United Nations Declaration on
in the Inquir y’s final report. the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
I n R e c l a i m i n g P o w e r a n d P l a c e : T h e Fi n a l Countries that have been found to have
Repor t of the National Inquir y Into Missing committed genocide have moral and legal
a n d M u r d e r e d I n d i g e n o u s Wo m e n a n d G i r l s , o b l i g a t i o n s t o e n d i t a n d t o m a ke r e p a r a t i o n s .
issued on June 3 , 2 0 1 9 , the commissioners
found: “ This violence amounts to a race- While the 2 3 1 Calls for Justice are aimed at
based geno cide of Indigenous Peoples, a wide range of actors—including provincial ,
i n c l u d i n g Fi r s t N a t i o n s , I n u i t a n d M é t i s , territorial , and municipal governments, the
which especially t ar ge ts women, girls and media, health providers, the transpor t ation
2 S LG B T Q Q I A people. This genocide has and hospitality industries, police services,
been empowered by colonial structures, lawyers, educators, social w o r ke r s ,
evidenced not ably by the Indian Act , the resource industries, correctional officers,
Six ties Scoop, residential and day schools, and the Canadian public—it is the federal
and breaches of human and Inuit , Métis and government that has the overarching
Fi r s t N a t i o n s r i g h t s , l e a d i n g d i r e c t l y t o t h e fiduciar y responsibility for ensuring that
current increased rates of violence, death, they are enacted.
and suicide in Indigenous populations. ”
The commissioners said that , despite their
best efforts, there was no way to determine
the exact number of Indigenous women,
girls, and gender-diverse people who had
O U R C A L L S , O U R A C T I O N S N WA C ’ S A C T I O N P L A N7 THE FIRST CALL FOR JUSTICE DEMANDS THAT A NATIONAL ACTION PLAN BE CREATED BY GOVERNMENTS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH INDIGENOUS PEOPLES TO ADDRESS THE VIOLENCE. IT IS TIME FOR THAT C A L L T O B E M E T. O U R C A L L S , O U R A C T I O N S N WA C ’ S A C T I O N P L A N
T H E N AT I V E WO M E N ’ S A S S O C I AT I O N
03 OF CANADA’S ACTION PLAN
T O E N D T H E G E N O C I D E A N D S TA R T T H E
HEALING PROCESS FOR INDIGENOUS WOMEN
T H E I N D I G E N O U S W O M E N O F C A N A D A C A N N O L O N G E R WA I T
FOR GOVERNMENTS TO ACT. THEIR LIVES, AND THOSE OF
T H E I R M O T H E R S , D A U G H T E R S , S I S T E R S , A N D A U N T I E S , H AV E
BEEN SIDELINED FOR TOO LONG.
OUR MEMBERS—THE GRASSRO OT FIRST NATIONS, MÉTIS,
A N D I N U I T W O M E N O F C A N A D A — H AV E T O L D U S T H E Y
WA N T R E A L A C T I O N .
A N D T H E Y WA N T I T N O W .
There can be no more aspirational documents. This can no longer be lef t in the hands of
There can be no more playing around the g o v e r n m e n t s t o m a n a g e a n d a d m i n i s t e r.
edges of this genocide. The next steps must
be concre te, actionable, costed, and quickly At N WA C , w e h a v e b e e n s e r v i n g I n d i g e n o u s
put into effect. w o m e n i n C a n a d a f o r 4 7 y e a r s . We a r e u n i q u e ly
positioned to understand their wants and
8 We k n o w w h a t t h o s e s t e p s a r e b e c a u s e t h e y n e e d s . We h a v e a r e s p o n s i b i l i t y t o e n s u r e
have been spelled out for us by the families those wants and needs are me t and that
and provided to by the commissioners of the human and Indigenous rights are respected.
N a t i o n a l I n q u i r y. T h e y a r e t h e 2 3 1 C a l l s f o r
Justice. We a r e a s s e r t i n g o u r j u r i s d i c t i o n o v e r t h i s
process by developing and implementing this
As the largest national Indigenous women’s action plan.
organization representing Indigenous women
f r o m c o a s t t o c o a s t t o c o a s t , i t i s N WA C ’ s Fo r t h a t r e a s o n , w e h e l d a n a t i o n a l r o u n d t a b l e
responsibility to respond to the demands of to obtain the advice of grassroots Indigenous
o u r m e m b e r s . We c a n n o t i m p o s e a n a c t i o n women and gender-diverse people about how
plan upon governments or other par ties. But t o p r o c e e d o n t h e 2 3 1 C a l l s f o r J u s t i c e . At t h a t
we can create a plan that we can carr y out r o u n d t a b l e , t h e y l a i d o u t t h e i r p r i o r i t i e s . We
ourselves, with the suppor t and par tnerships listened to them.
o f c o m m u n i t y.
We a l s o l i s t e n e d t o t h e f a m i l i e s o f v i c t i m s
That is what has been prescribed by the and to the survivors, to exper ts, to Elders,
commissioners of the National Inquir y into and to Indigenous communities to de termine
M i s s i n g a n d M u r d e r e d I n d i g e n o u s Wo m e n a n d which of the 2 3 1 Calls for Justice are the most
Girls. urgent.
The commissioners said a decolonizing
a p p r o a c h m u s t b e t a ke n t o e n d t h i s c r i s i s a n d
that , while governments and others have a role
t o p l a y, i t i s t h e I n d i g e n o u s w o m e n t h e m s e l v e s
who must guide the pro cess through self-
de termination and self- governance. This
means we need a fundamental change in the
funding model from unstable shor t-term to
stable, long term funding.
O U R C A L L S , O U R A C T I O N S N WA C ’ S A C T I O N P L A N04 A PLAN FOR ACTION
W E T O O K T H AT C O U N S E L A N D F O R M E D
IT INTO A PLAN WITH SHORT-, MEDIUM-,
AND LO N G - T E R M AC T I O N S T H AT W I L L
MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES
OF INDIGENOUS WOMEN, GIRLS, AND
GENDER-DIVERSE PEOPLE.
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T H E R E S U LT I S A L I S T O F
OVER 65 CONCRETE ACTIONS
t h a t w e c a n a c t u p o n q u i c k l y t o i m p r o v e t h e s a f e t y o f Fi r s t N a t i o n s ,
Métis, and Inuit women in Canada, and that will help them to begin
the process of healing from decades of violence.
Our approach is holistic, it is decolonized, and it is trauma-informed.
We w i l l t a ke t h e a c t i o n s t h a t a r e n e e d e d t o e n d t h e v i o l e n c e — t h e
genocide—by upholding dignity and justice for Indigenous women,
girls, and gender-diverse people in ways that are grounded in
h e a l i n g , c u l t u r e , l a n d , l a n g u a g e , a n d c o m m u n i t y.
O U R C A L L S , O U R A C T I O N S N WA C ’ S A C T I O N P L A NA M E S S AG E F R O M T H E N AT I V E
W O M E N ’ S A S S O C I AT I O N O F C A N A DA :
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I N D I G E N O U S W O M E N A R E TA K I N G A C T I O N
T H I S I S O U R AC T I O N P L A N .
A B O V E A L L , A S T H E AC T I O N
It is informed by the 231 Calls for Justice,
which came from the voices of the families PLAN AC TIVITIES ARE
and survivors. It is also informed by our
National Roundtable on Missing and Murdered RES OURCED, IMPLEMENTED,
Indigenous Women that was held in January
2020 with grassroots members to identify AND ENHANCED OVER THE
priority areas in response to the 231 Calls for
YEAR S AHEAD, INDIGENOUS
Justice.
WO M E N M U ST R E M A I N C E N T R A L
It has also been created with advice from
Advisory Committees, NWAC’s grassroots T O T H E PAT H F O R WA R D .
members and with the wisdom and advice of
our board members.
This plan, which includes more than 65
10 concrete and costed actions, is meant to
connect with the work that is being led by
families and survivors and by First Nations,
Métis, and Inuit governments. It is also
intended to support, and be supported by,
the efforts of other Indigenous women’s
groups, the governments of the provinces and
territories, the Government of Canada, and
other organizations.
There is a role for all to play as this country
takes a stand to end the genocide that is taking
lives and ripping families and communities
apart.
At the heart of this plan are the Indigenous
family members, survivors, community
activists, and leaders who have, from the
beginning, been the primary advocates for
justice for missing and murdered women, girls,
and gender-diverse people. We will continue
to listen to them as we enact these measures.
This is a green document. It is the beginning.
It will be revised and improved. All of the 231
Calls for Justice must eventually be acted upon.
O U R C A L L S , O U R A C T I O N S N WA C ’ S A C T I O N P L A NCUTTING OFF THE
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PA T H WAY S
T H AT M A I N TA I N T H E V I O L E N C E AG A I N ST I N D I G E N O U S
WOMEN, GIRLS, AND GENDER-DIVERSE PEOPLE
The commissioners of the National Inquir y found that there are four pathways in the
structure of Canada’s colonial society through which the violence against Indigenous
women, girls, and gender-diverse people is perpetuated and maintained. They are:
F O U R P A T H WAY S
01 03
H I S T O R I C A L , M U LT I G E N E R AT I O N A L , M A I N TA I N I N G T H E S TAT U S Q U O A N D
A N D I N T E R G E N E R AT I O N A L T R A U M A I N ST I T U T I O N A L L AC K O F W I L L
02 04 11
SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC I G N O R I N G T H E AG E N C Y A N D E X P E R T I S E
M A R G I N A L I Z AT I O N OF INDIGENOUS WOMEN, GIRLS, AND
2SLGBTQQIA PEOPLE
T H E AC T I O N P L A N D E V E L O P E D B Y N WAC I S E X P L I C I T LY A I M E D AT E N D I N G E AC H
PAT H WAY T O V I O L E N C E A N D I N J U S T I C E . I T WA S D E V E L O P E D F O R I N D I G E N O U S
WOMEN BY INDIGENOUS WOMEN.
ENDING THE VIOLENCE AND INJUSTICE WILL BE ACHIEVED THROUGH:
• our Resiliency Lodges, which will • advocating for the Government of
facilitate the path to healing and that C a n a d a t o m a ke t h e t r a n s f o r m a t i o n a l
have the power to heal the historical change that is required and not
and intergenerational traumas continue with the ongoing colonial
approach
• our five toll-free Elder support
telephone lines • urging the Government of Canada to
bring Indigenous women to
• providing Indigenous women the tools decision-making tables to influence
they need to enter the labour force the decisions that impact their lives,
and become entrepreneurs and to lift r e j e c t i n g t h e s t a t u s q u o t h a t h a s ke p t
themselves and their families out of the fight to end the violence mired
poverty and economic dependence in endless rounds of meaningless
bureaucratic wrangling
O U R C A L L S , O U R A C T I O N S N WA C ’ S A C T I O N P L A NOUR PLAN IS BASED ON THE ADVICE OF
INDIGENOUS WOMEN ABOUT ACTIONS
THAT MUST BE TAKEN.
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THE COMMISSIONERS SAID IN THEIR
REPORT THAT THE STEPS TO END AND
REDRESS THE GENOCIDE MUST BE NO
L E S S M O N U M E N T A L T H A N T H E C O M B I N AT I O N
O F S Y S T E M S A N D A C T I O N S T H AT H AV E
WORKED TO MAINTAIN COLONIAL
VIOLENCE FOR GENERATIONS.
W E A R E R E A D Y T O TA K E
T H O S E M O N U M E N TA L S T E P S .
O U R C A L L S , O U R A C T I O N S N WA C ’ S A C T I O N P L A NTHE SEVEN PRINCIPLES FOR CHANGE
07 S P E L L E D O U T B Y T H E N AT I O N A L
INQUIRY MUST BE FOLLOWED
The Na tional In qui r y’ s f i n al r e p o r t se t s o u t s ev en p ri n c i ples fo r c h a n g e t h a t m u s t i n fo rm t h e
implement a tio n o f t h e 2 3 1 C all s Fo r J us t ic e i n o rd er fo r t h em t o b e effe c t i v e a n d me a n i n g fu l .
Thos e principl e s a r e c e n t ral t o t h e a c t i o n p l a n c re a t e d by N WAC t o reme d y / re d res s t h e
violence again s t In di g e n o us w o me n , g i r l s, a n d g en d er- d i v ers e p e o ple. T h e y a r e :
A F O C U S O N S U B S TA N T I V E E Q UA L I T Y
01 AND HUMAN AND INDIGENOUS RIGHTS
02 A D E C O L O N I Z I N G A P P R O AC H
T H E I N C L U S I O N O F FA M I L I E S A N D
03 SURVIVOR S
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SELF-DETERMINED AND INDIGENOUS-
04 LED S OLUTIONS AND SERVICES
RECOGNITION OF DISTINC TIONS
05 ( F I R S T N AT I O N S , M É T I S , A N D I N U I T )
06 C U LT U R A L S A F E T Y
07 A T R AU M A - I N F O R M E D A P P R O AC H
O U R C A L L S , O U R A C T I O N S N WA C ’ S A C T I O N P L A N14 I T I S C L E A R T H AT T H E S O L U T I O N S TO THIS GENOCIDE MUST BE DEVISED AND IMPLEMENTED BY INDIGENOUS WOMEN. W E , AT N WA C , A R E R E A D Y T O D O T H AT W O R K , A N D W E H AV E A L R E A D Y S TA R T E D . O U R C A L L S , O U R A C T I O N S N WA C ’ S A C T I O N P L A N
AC K N OW L E D G E M E N T &
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COMMITMENT
N WAC ’s acknowledgement of commitment and
responsibility to the Indigenous women, girls,
and gender-diverse people of Canada
WE ACKNOWLEDGE
the work of the commissioners of the National Inquir y and accept the findings of Reclaiming
P o w e r a n d P l a c e : T h e Fi n a l R e p o r t o f t h e N a t i o n a l I n q u i r y I n t o M i s s i n g a n d M u r d e r e d
I n d i g e n o u s Wo m e n a n d G i r l s .
WE ACKNOWLEDGE
t h e u n c e a s i n g c o m m i t m e n t o f I n d i g e n o u s f a m i l i e s a n d s u r v i v o r s i n p u r s u i n g j u s t i c e , d i g n i t y,
and safe ty for women, girls, and gender-diverse people and family members.
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WE COMMIT
to taking leadership and action to end the violence and genocide and to the full
i m p l e m e n t a t i o n o f t h e N WA C A c t i o n P l a n : E n d i n g t h e G e n o c i d e : N WA C ’ s A c t i o n P l a n t o E n d
t h e A t t a c k A g a i n s t I n d i g e n o u s Wo m e n , G i r l s , & G e n d e r - D i v e r s e P e o p l e a n d i n i t i a t i v e s t h a t
contribute to the vision set out in the Plan.
WE COMMIT
to upholding human rights and Indigenous rights.
WE COMMIT
to ending violence, including all forms of race- and gender-based violence, and to upholding
dignity and justice for Indigenous women, girls, and gender-diverse people in Canada.
WE COMMIT
t o b e i n g a c c o u n t a b l e , t o t h e b e s t o f o u r a b i l i t y, t o t h e f a m i l i e s , s u r v i v o r s , o t h e r p a r t n e r s ,
and contributors for the full implementation of this plan.
O U R C A L L S , O U R A C T I O N S N WA C ’ S A C T I O N P L A NI M P L E M E N TAT I O N A N D
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MONITORING OF THIS PLAN
T he pages tha t follow outline the 6 5+ s teps tha t N WAC commits
t o t ake t oward ending the geno cide agains t Indigenous women, girls, and
gender-diverse p e ople, and t o help them b e gin the pro cess of he aling.
WE WILL
I M P L E M E N T E A C H O N E A S Q U I C K LY A S P O S S I B L E
R E P O R T A N N U A L LY A N D M O R E F R E Q U E N T LY A S R E Q U I R E D T O T H E B O A R D O F
D I R E C T O R S A N D T O T H E P U B L I C T O O U T L I N E T H E P R O G R E S S T H AT H A S B E E N
M A D E , T H E W O R K T H AT H A S L E F T T O B E D O N E , A N D T H E N E X T S T E P S T O B E
TA K E N
WE WILL
I M M E D I AT E LY A N D AC T I V E LY S E E K T H E F U N D I N G T H AT I S R E Q U I R E D T O I M P L E M E N T
THIS PLAN THROUGH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM:
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P R I VAT E A N D C O R P O R AT E D O N O R S
F E D E R A L G O V E R N M E N T D E PA R T M E N T S
P R O V I N C I A L A N D T E R R I T O R I A L D E PA R T M E N T S
T H E U LT I M AT E G OA L S
O F T H I S P L A N O F AC T I O N
TA K E C O N C R E T E A C T I O N S O N T H E C A L L S F O R J U S T I C E
IMPLEMENT HOLISTIC HEALING AND PROGRAMMING , INCLUDING VIOLENCE INTERVENTION AND
P R E V E N T I O N AC R O S S C A N A DA
REDUCE POVERT Y BY SUPPORTING ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCY AND RESILIENCY
I N C R E A S E P U B L I C E D U C AT I O N O N T H E R O O T C A U S E S O F D I S C R I M I N AT I O N A N D V I O L E N C E A G A I N S T
INDIGENOUS WOMEN, GIRLS, AND GENDER-DIVERSE PEOPLE
B R E A K D O W N C O L O N I A L B A R R I E R S A N D P R O M O T E S E L F - D E T E R M I N AT I O N O F I N D I G E N O U S W O M E N .
O U R C A L L S , O U R A C T I O N S N WA C ’ S A C T I O N P L A NPARTNERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
NWAC WILL LO OK TO THE SUPP ORT, ASSISTANCE, AND ADVICE OF PARTNERS
A N D C O N T R I B U T O R S A S F U L L I M P L E M E N TAT I O N O F T H I S P L A N P R O C E E D S .
T H E S E PA R T N E R S A N D C O N T R I B U T O R S I N C L U D E , B U T A R E N O T L I M I T E D T O :
FA M I L I E S O F M M I W G A N D 2 S L G B T Q Q I A
INDIGENOUS WOMEN AND COMMUNIT Y AC TIVISTS
INDIGENOUS MEN
INDIGENOUS ELDERS, YOUTH, AND KNOWLEDGE HOLDERS
I N D I G E N O U S W O M E N ’ S O R G A N I Z AT I O N S
F I R S T N AT I O N S , M É T I S , A N D I N U I T G O V E R N M E N T S
GOVERNMENT OF CANADA
PROVINCIAL AND TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENTS
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C A N A D I A N P O L I T I C A L PA R T I E S
M U N I C I PA L G O V E R N M E N T S
RCMP
N O N - G O V E R N M E N TA L O R G A N I Z AT I O N S ( N G O s )
P R I VAT E - S E C T O R A C T O R S ( I N D U S T R Y , T R A D E , A N D C O M M E R C E )
UNIVERSITIES
H O S P I TA L S
FIRST RESPONDERS
EMPLOYERS
MEDIA
I N T E R N AT I O N A L C O M M U N I T I E S
U N I T E D N AT I O N S O F F I C I A L S
CANADIANS
O T H E R O R G A N I Z AT I O N S A N D A G E N C I E S
O U R C A L L S , O U R A C T I O N S N WA C ’ S A C T I O N P L A NN WA C 2 0 2 1 M M I W G A C T I O N P L A N
N WA C 2 0 2 1 M M I W G
AC TION PLAN
T H E F O L L O W I N G PAG E S O U T L I N E T H E O V E R 6 5 S T E P S T H AT N WAC
COMMITS TO TA K E T O WA R D ENDING THE GENOCIDE AG A I N S T
INDIGENOUS WOMEN, GIRLS, AND GENDER-DIVERSE PEOPLE
N WAC’s activities are inclusive of Indigenous women, girls and gender-diverse people. First Nation,
Metis and Inuit specific approaches to the implementation of the activities will be taken as needed.
18N WA C 2 0 2 1 M M I W G A C T I O N P L A N CULTURE AND LANGUAGE “GENERALLY, THE RIGHT TO CULTURE AND IDENTITY CAN BE DEFINED AS THE RIGHT TO ACCESS, PARTICIPATE IN, AND ENJOY ONE’S CULTURE. THIS INCLUDES THE RIGHT OF INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES TO KNOW, UNDERSTAND, VISIT, MAKE USE OF, MAINTAIN, EXCHANGE, AND DEVELOP CULTURAL HERITAGE 19 AND CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS, AS WELL AS TO BENEFIT FROM THE CULTURAL HERITAGE AND CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS OF OTHERS. IT ALSO INCLUDES THE RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE IDENTIFICATION, INTERPRETATION, AND DEVELOPMENT OF CULTURAL HERITAGE, AS WELL AS IN THE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF POLICIES AND PROGRAMS THAT KEEP THAT CULTURE AND IDENTITY SAFE.” (Reclaiming Power and Place, p. 119) N WA C 2 0 2 1 M M I W G A C T I O N P L A N
N WA C 2 0 2 1 M M I W G A C T I O N P L A N
C U LT U R E A N D L A N G U A G E
Estimated
Actions NWAC Responsibility Measurable Landmarks Calls for Justice References
Annual Budget
Develop a culture Policy Unit Indigenous women’s $150K 2.2 Recognize Indigenous
and language culture and language languages as official
program Resiliency Lodge program developed languages with the same
status as French & English
Provincial Program implemented
and territorial at the National Office 2.3 Ensure Indigenous women have
member (SEIC), through the safe, non-barrier, permanent, &
associations PTMAs, and at the meaningful access to their culture
(PTMAs) Resiliency Lodges & languages
Organize an NWAC MMIWG National call-out for $100K 2.4 Provide resources & permanent
MMIWG art Unit MMIWG/Resiliency funds to preserve Indigenous
exhibition at the Lodge artwork held knowledge
NWAC National Resiliency Lodge
Office (SEIC) and Art purchased and 2.5 Create a permanent
Resiliency Lodges installed empowerment fund for
Indigenous-led initiatives
Public art exhibit and
guided tours organized
Develop land- Resiliency Lodge In consultation with $100K 7.5 Support specialized
based cultural our Elders, developed intervention, healing & treatment
and language a series of land-based programs & services in Indigenous
programming cultural and language languages
programs, both online
and offered at the 16.2 Create laws & services
Resiliency Lodge to ensure the protection &
revitalization of Inuit
culture & language
16.3 Recognize Inuktitut as
founding & official language
in Inuit Nunangat
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OUR CALLS, OUR ACTIONSN WA C 2 0 2 1 M M I W G A C T I O N P L A N
HEALTH AND
WELLNESS
“WHEN RIGHTS TO CULTURE AND IDENTITY ARE IN JEOPARDY, THE
RIGHT TO HEALTH IS ALSO UNDER THREAT. WE DEFINE “HEALTH”
AS A HOLISTIC STATE OF WELL - BEING, WHICH INCLUDES MENTAL,
EMOTIONAL, PHYSICAL, AND SPIRITUAL WELL - BEING, PARTICULARLY
WITHIN INDIGENOUS WORLD VIEWS. IN THIS WAY, HEALTH IS NOT
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SIMPLY AN ABSENCE OF ILLNESS OR DISABILITY.
THE RIGHT TO HEALTH IS LINKED TO OTHER FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN
RIGHTS, SUCH AS ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER AND ADEQUATE
INFRASTRUCTURE IN COMMUNITIES. ON A MORE GENERAL LEVEL,
HOWEVER, THE RIGHT TO HEALTH SPEAKS TO PREVENTING HARM
TO OTHERS, TO PROTECTING THE HEALTH OF CHILDREN AND
FAMILIES, AND TO FOSTERING MENTAL HEALTH. WE RECOGNIZE THAT
AN ABSENCE OF SERVICES, OR A LACK OF CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE
SERVICES IN COMMUNITIES, AS WELL AS OTHER FACTORS LINKED
TO HEALTH, PLACE WOMEN, GIRLS, AND 2SLGBTQQIA PEOPLE IN
VULNERABLE SITUATIONS WHERE THEY BECOME TARGETED FOR
VIOLENCE.”
(Reclaiming Power and Place, p. 120)
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H E A LT H A N D W E L L N E S S
Estimated
Actions NWAC Responsibility Measurable Landmarks Calls for Justice References
Annual Budget
Continue ongoing Health Unit Policy positions developed $1M 7.1 Recognize Indigenous Peoples as the
health, policy, experts in caring for & healing themselves
research, training, Resiliency Lodge Research conducted
7.3 Support Indigenous-led prevention
and programs to Training modules, toolkits, initiatives
support Indigenous- and educational materials
led health initiatives, developed 7.4 Support revitalizing Indigenous health,
including: wellness, and child & Elder care practices
Programs delivered by the
Ending forced 7.6 Ensure health service providers
sterilization Resiliency Lodge
receive ongoing training & education
Mental health and Programs delivered by the
wellness 18.18 Educate service providers on
Health Unit
realities of 2SLGBTQQIA people
Cannabis
Aging 18.19 Educate the public on the history of
Epigenetics non-gender binary people in Indigenous
societies
Harm reduction
Suicide
Establish land-based Resiliency Lodge Resiliency Lodges >$10M 2.5 Create a permanent empowerment
Resiliency Lodges established in Algonquin fund for Indigenous-led initiatives
across Canada for Finance Unit (Quebec) and Wabanaki
3.2 Fund accessible Indigenous-centred,
holistic healing (New Brunswick) community-based health & wellness
Board of Directors
territories services
Legal Unit
Resiliency Lodges 7.1 Recognize Indigenous Peoples as the
established in Alberta experts in caring for & healing themselves
and the North
7.2 Ensure Indigenous-led supports for
Plans for Resiliency healing, from unresolved and ongoing
Lodges established trauma
across the country 7.3 Support Indigenous-led prevention
initiatives
7.4 Support revitalizing Indigenous health,
wellness, and child & Elder care practices
7.5 Support specialized intervention,
healing & treatment programs & services
in Indigenous languages
7.6 Ensure health service providers
receive ongoing training & education
18.18 Educate service providers on
realities of 2SLGBTQQIA people
18.19 Educate the public on the history of
non-gender binary people in Indigenous
societies
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H E A LT H A N D W E L L N E S S
(CONTINUED)
Estimated
Actions NWAC Responsibility Measurable Landmarks Calls for Justice References
Annual Budget
Develop a Resiliency Resiliency Lodge Art-based program with $100K 3.2 Fund accessible Indigenous-
Lodge mother and a focus on MMIWG for centred, community-based health
daughter workshop mothers and daughters & wellness services
program developed and
implemented
Human Trafficking Land healing pilot program $300K 3.4 Provide resources for
Prevention Program: for human trafficking preventative, accessible, holistic
a continuation of victims developed services, mobile trauma, & addictions
research, policy, and recovery
Resiliency Lodge Position paper on
healing program human trafficking and 4.3 Support safety programs for
for gender-diverse international research Indigenous women in the sex
people paper on human industry
trafficking developed
7.1 Recognize Indigenous Peoples as
the experts in caring for & healing
themselves
7.3 Support Indigenous-led
prevention initiatives
18.18 Educate service providers on
realities of 2SLGBTQQIA people
18.19 Educate the public on the
history of non-gender binary people
in Indigenous societies
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OUR CALLS, OUR ACTIONSN WA C 2 0 2 1 M M I W G A C T I O N P L A N
HUMAN
SECURITY
“WE UNDERSTAND THE RIGHT TO SECURITY AS A PHYSICAL
RIGHT, AS WELL AS A SOCIAL RIGHT. PHYSICALLY, THE RIGHT TO
SECURITY INCLUDES THE RIGHT TO LIFE, LIBERTY, AND PERSONAL
SAFETY. THIS INCLUDES CONTROL OVER ONE’S OWN PHYSICAL
AND MENTAL HEALTH, AS WELL THE PROTECTION OF ONE’S 24
OWN PSYCHOLOGICAL INTEGRITY. IN CANADA, THE CANADIAN
CHARTER OF RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS PROTECTS INDIVIDUALS
FROM GRAVE PSYCHOLOGICAL HARM PERPETRATED BY THE
STATE. ON AN INTERNATIONAL LEVEL, IN THE AREA OF SOCIAL
SECURITY, THE RIGHT TO SECURITY MEANS THAT THE STATE MUST
ENSURE PROTECTIVE SERVICES OR SOCIAL SERVICE ASSISTANCE
AND GUARANTEE THE PROTECTION OF THE ENTIRE POPULATION
THROUGH ESSENTIAL SERVICES SUCH AS HEALTH, HOUSING,
AND ACCESS TO WATER, FOOD, EMPLOYMENT, LIVELIHOOD,
AND EDUCATION. BECAUSE OF ITS REDISTRIBUTIVE NATURE,
THE RIGHT TO SOCIAL SECURITY IS AN IMPORTANT FACTOR IN
COMMUNITY HEALTH AND HARMONY AND IN REDUCING POVERTY.”
(Reclaiming Power and Place, p. 121)
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HUMAN SECURITY
Estimated
Actions NWAC Responsibility Measurable Landmarks Calls for Justice References
Annual Budget
Develop and deliver Economic Series of online workshops $75K 4.1 Ensure Indigenous Peoples have
a financial health Development Unit developed to equip services & infrastructures for their
and wealth program Indigenous women with social & economic needs
for Indigenous Resiliency Lodge the tools they need for
women financial health and 4.2 Recognize & resource Indigenous
wealth Peoples’ right to self-determination
in economic social development
4.4 Provide support & resources
for educational & employment
opportunities for Indigenous
women
Research and Policy Unit Basic income strategy $150K 1.3 Prioritize Indigenous rights when
develop a basic developed developing budgets & government
income strategy to Economic activities
address economic Development Unit Strategy presented to
marginalization the government for 4.5 Establish a guaranteed annual
Communications implementation livable income, taking diverse needs
into account
Public awareness
campaign developed 16.20 Support establishment of
programs that support Inuit hunting
& harvesting
Develop a prototype Economic Partner relationships $200K 4.1 Ensure Indigenous Peoples have
for an affordable Development Unit developed services & infrastructures for their
and culturally social & economic needs
appropriate housing Prototype of a ‘small
model, on or off- home’ developed and 4.6 Create & repair safe housing for
reserve constructed. Indigenous women
National strategy to 4.7 Support the creation & funding
finance and construct of Indigenous-led shelters, safe
these homes developed spaces, & homes
with partners
12.14 More rigorous requirements
in group homes & foster care to
prevent child recruitment into the
sex industry
12.11 Reform laws around youth
“aging out” to ensure ongoing
support
16.1 Honour all socio-economic
commitments in land claims &
self-government agreements
16.18 Respect the rights of Inuit
children & people in care
16.19 Fund all housing needed for
Indigenous women fleeing violence
18.25 Build safe spaces for people in need
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HUMAN SECURITY
(CONTINUED)
Estimated
Actions NWAC Responsibility Measurable Landmarks Calls for Justice References
Annual Budget
Preserve NWAC’s Policy Unit SIS files digitized. $100K 2.4. Provide resources & permanent
Sisters in Spirit and funds to preserve Indigenous
other MMIWG files Dedicated staff archivist knowledge
hired
Preserve NWAC’s 5.24 Amend intake processes
MMIWG database Special knowledge portal to gather distinctions-based &
developed intersectional data on Indigenous
women
18.4 Modify data collection to capture
diversity of 2SLGBTQQIA people
Lenders and funders Economic Training materials for $200K 1.8 Create funding; disseminate
training Development Unit lenders and funders prevention programs, education, &
developed awareness campaigns
Additional training delivered 4.2 Recognize & resource Indigenous
to lending institutions Peoples’ right to self-determination in
economic/social development
Develop safety Executive Strategy developed to $75K 1.8 Create funding; disseminate
programs for Management Team partner with cell phone prevention programs, education, &
Indigenous women carrier companies in order awareness campaigns
through technology to equip Indigenous women
in hot spot and other areas 5.5 Fund policing services in northern/
with cell phones remote Indigenous communities with
equitable quality
16.5 Provide infrastructure for all Inuit
to have access to high-speed Internet
Advocate for the Legal Unit Research conducted $150K 4.1 Ensure Indigenous Peoples have
protection of water on bodies of water with services & infrastructures for their
and to give personal Executive “personal rights” social & economic needs including
rights to water in Management Team clean drinking water
Canada Advocacy campaign
Communications directed at government
to assert the protection of
water and to give personal
rights to bodies of water in
Canada
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OUR CALLS, OUR ACTIONSN WA C 2 0 2 1 M M I W G A C T I O N P L A N
HUMAN SECURITY
(CONTINUED)
Estimated
Actions NWAC Responsibility Measurable Landmarks Calls for Justice References
Annual Budget
Provide employer, Economic Sensitivity training and $200K 1.8 Create funding; disseminate
and employee Development Unit cultural and diversity prevention programs, education &
training, including training provided to awareness campaigns
training for employers
workplace and 7.3 Support Indigenous-led
service providers Conflict resolution training prevention initiatives
on gender-based provided to employers with
violence Indigenous employees
Training on gender-based
violence in the workplace
developed for service
providers
Increase ISET Economic Increased funding for ISET $1M 1.3 Prioritize Indigenous rights when
program and skills Development Unit program advocated developing budgets & government
development activities
4.2 Recognize & resource Indigenous
Peoples’ right to self-determination
in economic/social development
Establish a Resiliency Lodge Plan developed to establish $100K 1.3 Prioritize Indigenous rights when
certification a certification program in developing budgets & government
program for three artisan disciplines activities
Indigenous artisans
and an NWAC Curriculum, training 1.8 Create funding; disseminate
artisan institute/ programs, and workshops prevention programs, education, &
school for certification developed awareness campaigns
Plan to establish an artisan 4.2 Recognize & resource Indigenous
institute, resourced with Peoples’ right to self-determination
instructors in economic/social development
Communications strategy
developed to garner
participation
Advocate for the Executive Targeted strategy for the $1M 7.3 Support Indigenous-led prevention
right to have access Management Team right to have access to initiatives
to technology broadband technology,
particularly in remote and 16.5 Provide infrastructure for all Inuit
northern areas, including to have access to high-speed Internet
schools and training
centres, developed and
implemented
Government subsidy to
enable Indigenous women
to access technology at a
reasonable cost
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HUMAN SECURITY
(CONTINUED)
Estimated
Actions NWAC Responsibility Measurable Landmarks Calls for Justice References
Annual Budget
Develop a global Economic Targeted call-outs made to $1M 1.3 Prioritize Indigenous rights when
online platform Development Unit Indigenous artisans from developing budgets & government
for Indigenous Canada and the Americas activities
entrepreneurs Communications soliciting handmade artisan
and establish an products for the NWAC 4.2 Recognize & resource Indigenous
international trade online store Artisanelle Peoples’ right to self-determination in
network economic social development
Wide variety of artisan
products purchased for sale
worldwide
Inventory increased and
support given to Indigenous
artisans, leading to their
economic sustainability
Virtual international
(Americas) economic
development symposium
organized
Advocate for the Executive Government-targeted $1.5M 1.5 Prevent, investigate, punish, &
establishment Management Team strategy to establish a compensate for violence against
of a government government compensation Indigenous women
compensation fund fund for MMIWG families
for MMIWG families and survivors developed
and survivors and implemented
Develop overarching Policy Unit Policy developed on need $150K 13.2 Complete gender-based socio-
strategy on impact for impact assessment economic impact assessments
assessments with by resource extraction
resource extraction industries
industries
Support and promote Resiliency Lodge Agriculture and food $500K 7.3 Support Indigenous-led prevention
national Indigenous sovereignty programs, initiatives
women’s agriculture Agriculture including online workshops,
programs and food to underline the value of
sovereignty and to revive and preserve
Indigenous agriculture
developed
Three greenhouses
constructed to promote
Indigenous agriculture
Agricultural knowledge
programs that transfer
knowledge to the next
generation developed
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OUR CALLS, OUR ACTIONSN WA C 2 0 2 1 M M I W G A C T I O N P L A N
HUMAN SECURITY
(CONTINUED)
Estimated
Actions NWAC Responsibility Measurable Landmarks Calls for Justice References
Annual Budget
Develop a national Policy Unit Research conducted to $200K 7.3 Support Indigenous-led
mapping strategy determine the data each prevention initiatives
to identify fish Environment Unit province collects to identify
contamination and levels of fish contamination
Legal Unit
related illnesses,
and companion Mapping technology
Communications
awareness campaign developed to apply
provincial data to a
map, which identified: i)
Indigenous communities
in Canada; ii) surrounding
bodies of water; iii) fish
species in the surrounding
bodies of water; and iv) level
of contamination in those
species of fish
Awareness campaign
targeting areas with fish
contamination conducted;
awareness of the health
risks associated with this
contamination raised
Establish Executive Corporate partnership $75K 7.3 Support Indigenous-led
partnerships to help management team information package prevention initiatives
us implement a wide developed and distributed
variety of initiatives to potential partners,
related to our including the private sector,
actions and calls individuals, foundations, and
government
Meetings held with CEOs to
establish partnerships
Partnerships and MOUs
established with a number
of corporations
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OUR CALLS, OUR ACTIONSN WA C 2 0 2 1 M M I W G A C T I O N P L A N
HUMAN SECURITY
(CONTINUED)
Estimated
Actions NWAC Responsibility Measurable Landmarks Calls for Justice References
Annual Budget
Youth Engagement NWAC Policy Unit Youth policy positions $200K 7.3 Support Indigenous-led
Program: a developed prevention initiatives
continuation of
focused programs, Youth engagement sessions 11.1 Educate the public about MMIWG
policy, and youth held and the issues & roots of violence
engagement on
Number of workshops 11.2 Implement education programs
MMIWG and causes
or events that are youth- for Indigenous children/youth on
of violence and
specific held (sexual) exploitation
prevention
Phase 2, Safe Passage MMIWG Unit Number of industry-sector $100K 7.3 Support Indigenous-led prevention
Program, to raise training sessions completed initiatives
awareness among the Communications with evaluations
transportation and
hospitality sectors Social and earned media
regarding safety and awareness campaign
to collect MMIWG garnered exposure
data
Map launched and put into
operation
Analytics recorded
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OUR CALLS, OUR ACTIONSN WA C 2 0 2 1 M M I W G A C T I O N P L A N
INTERNATIONAL
THESE ARE INITIATIVES THAT SEEK TO CONNECT OR FURTHER
ENTRENCH INITIATIVES THAT OCCUR ON THE DOMESTIC FRONT
WITH THE INTERNATIONAL ARENA TO PROMOTE AWARENESS, BUILD
COMMUNITIES, AND ENSURE ACCOUNTABILITY.
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I N T E R N AT I O N A L
Estimated
Actions NWAC Responsibility Measurable Landmarks Calls for Justice References
Annual Budget
Advocate for a task International Unit Partnership formed with $250K 9.5 Standardize protocols to ensure
force and establish other stakeholders with all MMIWG cases are thoroughly
an internal liaison to Policy Unit expertise in task forces investigated
develop a strategy
Legal Unit International review of 9.9 National task force to review/
on “unsolved cases”
taskforces conducted reinvestigate each unresolved
NWAC President
Advocate for an MMIWG case
expert task force to Submission provided to
examine the finding the government of Canada 9.10 Produce all unresolved cases
of genocide in the on the constitution and of MMIWG to the national task
National Inquiry establishment of the task force
Final Report force
International International Unit UN submissions $50K 1.2 (iv) Implement & comply with
Engagement completed all relevant rights instruments (ex.
and Treaty Body UNDRIP)
Monitoring Treaty monitoring systems
implemented 9.5 Standardize protocols to ensure
all MMIWG cases are thoroughly
investigated
Prepare UN International Unit Monitoring mechanisms $100K 1.2 (iv) Implement & comply with
submissions for for submission to the all relevant rights instruments (e.g.,
monitoring and UN on issues dealing UNDRIP)
accountability with violence against
Indigenous women 9.5 Standardize protocols to ensure
established all MMIWG cases are thoroughly
investigated
UN submissions on issues
dealing with violence
against Indigenous women
prepared
Publish paper International Unit Paper on international $75K 1.8 Create funding; disseminate
on international perspective on prevention programs, education, &
perspectives on commemoration awareness campaigns
Commemoration published
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INITIATIVES THAT PERTAIN TO POLICE, THE COURT SYSTEM,
AND THE CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM WHICH ARE “CRUCIAL
DISCONNECTIONS BETWEEN INDIGENOUS PEOPLE AND JUSTICE
SYSTEMS THAT COMPROMISE THEIR BASIC RIGHT TO JUSTICE.”
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Actions NWAC Responsibility Measurable Landmarks Calls for Justice References
Annual Budget
Advocate for a task International Unit Partnership formed with $200K 1.2 (iv) Implement & comply with
force and establish other stakeholders with all relevant rights instruments (e.g.,
an internal liaison Policy Unit expertise in task forces UNDRIP)
to develop a
Legal Unit International review of 7.3 Support Indigenous-led
strategy on
“unsolved cases” taskforces conducted prevention initiatives
NWAC President
Submission provided to 9.5 Standardize protocols to ensure
the government of Canada all MMIWG cases are thoroughly
on the constitution and investigated
establishment of the task
force
Advocate for Legal Unit Legal coordinator hired $100K 2.3 Ensure Indigenous women have
the use of the safe, non-barrier, permanent, &
eagle feather for Information package and meaningful access to their culture &
swearing in at court request to the courts languages
procedures across across Canada delivered
Canada 7.3 Support Indigenous-led
Eagle feather protocol prevention initiatives
established in the courts
across Canada
Advocate for Legal Unit High-profile targeted $200K 1.8 Create funding; disseminate
and assert our campaign to government, prevention programs, education, &
legal right to self- Communications developed to assert awareness campaigns
determination and our legal right to self-
to be adequately determination and to be 5.13 Expand & resource legal aid
resourced adequately resourced programs with guaranteed access
in order to best support for Indigenous women
Indigenous women
15.6 Protect & promote the safety
of Indigenous women & the right to
self-determined solutions
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Estimated
Actions NWAC Responsibility Measurable Landmarks Calls for Justice References
Annual Budget
Provide information Legal Unit National online searchable $200K 1.2 (v) Call all governments to
to Indigenous database of laws, treaties, eliminate gender discrimination in
women on their and teachings related the Indian Act
membership rights to membership rights
and research developed
the effects of
discrimination Research conducted on
under the Indian the laws and teachings
Act on Indigenous related to membership
women rights of Indigenous
communities and how
these membership rights
have discriminated against
these women and their
children
Indigenous Policy Unit Partnerships established $3.5M 1.8 Create funding; disseminate
Women’s Safety prevention programs, education, &
Council—monitor Legal Units MOU’s signed awareness campaigns
and educate
Safety council established 7.3 Support Indigenous-led
industry on safety
issues prevention initiatives
Monitoring system is
implemented 9.7 Partner with organizations that
work in safety & service delivery for
Industry training materials
Indigenous women
prepared and sessions
delivered 13.1 Consider Indigenous women’s
safety & their right to equitable
benefit from industry activities
13.3 Include impacts on Indigenous
women in impact-benefit
15.6 Protect & promote the safety
of Indigenous women & the right to
self-determined solutions
Advocate for and Legal Unit Existing alert system $300K 1.9 Develop laws, policies, & public
review changes in process reviewed education campaigns to challenge
the alert system on Communications the normalization of violence
missing Indigenous Changes to the proposed
girls and women system documented 9.7 Partner with organizations that
work in safety & service delivery for
Proposed changes brought Indigenous women
to key stakeholders for
implementation 1.8 Create funding; disseminate
prevention programs, education, &
Awareness campaign awareness campaigns
developed and
implemented
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Actions NWAC Responsibility Measurable Landmarks Calls for Justice References
Annual Budget
Police Training— Policy Unit Specialized training $250K 9.1 Acknowledge the racism,
develop training on modules for policing colonialism, & bias that defines the
Indigenous women developed and delivered Indigenous women–justice system
and gender-based relationship
violence and
9.2 Build respectful working
MMIWG
relationships with Indigenous people
& make efforts to know them
9.3 Fund an increase in recruitment of
Indigenous people to police services,
especially women
10.1 Mandatory training of all involved
in the criminal justice system on
Indigenous cultures & histories
Continuation of Resiliency Lodge National awareness $1M 5.21 Employ recommendations
Policy, Research Legal Unit campaign developed and to reduce over-representation of
and Advocacy implemented Indigenous women in the criminal
Communications justice system
Roundtable with key
stakeholders held 14.1 Establish facilities so
Indigenous women have options for
Indigenous Women’s decarceration
section 81 advisory group
14.3 Rescind maximum-security
established
classification that disproportionately
Pilot program developed limits Indigenous women from
and evaluated accessing supports
Permanent program using 14.5 Apply Gladue factors in all
decision making concerning
a phased-in approach
Indigenous women
developed
Advocate for Legal Unit Partnerships and MOUs, $1M 10.1 Ensure Indigenous people in the
improved legal in the provinces and court system know their rights and are
aid services and Resiliency Lodge territories signed connected to appropriate services.
funding for children
Services provided to 1.8 Create funding; disseminate
and youth
Indigenous Women prevention programs, education &
Set up an MMIWG awareness campaigns
legal team to MMIWG lawyers hired at
support MMIWG the National Office (SEIC)
work
Partnerships with
universities established for
provision of legal services
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CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE EXTENT OF THE ISSUE OF MMIWG IN ORDER
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Actions NWAC Responsibility Measurable Landmarks Calls for Justice References
Annual Budget
Public education for Resiliency Lodge Faceless Dolls material 1.9 Develop laws, policies, & public
the NWAC Faceless developed $250K education campaigns to challenge the
Dolls project in Communications normalization of violence
communities and School boards provided
schools ongoing with a curriculum kit 11.1 Educate the public about MMIWG
and the issues & roots of violence
Dedicated program
officer and staff hired to
implement the program
across the country
Billboard campaign
Develop education MMIWG Unit Scan conducted to $100K 1.9 Develop laws, policies, & public
curriculum on determine the present education campaigns to challenge the
MMIWG for primary Resiliency Lodge status of the curriculum on normalization of violence
and secondary MMIWG
students based 11.1 Education authorities to educate
on “Their Voices Series of online MMIWG and provide awareness to the
Will Guide Us”, workshops to supplement public about missing and murdered
student and youth the present school Indigenous women, girls, and
engagement guide curriculum developed 2SLGBTQQIA people, and about the
issues and root causes of violence
they experience
Create and Communications Two national awareness $100K 1.9 Develop laws, policies, & public
implement campaigns on racism and education campaigns to challenge the
awareness building gender based-violence normalization of violence
campaigns (e.g., anti- developed and launched
racism campaign) 11.1 Educate the public about MMIWG
and the issues & roots of violence
Continue ongoing Communications Several MMIWG-focused $75K 1.9 Develop laws, policies, & public
social media social media campaigns education campaigns to challenge the
advocacy on MMIWG Unit launched normalization of violence
MMIWG
Emerging issues on 11.1 Educate the public about MMIWG
MMIWG responded to and the issues & roots of violence
regularly
Awareness raised and
grassroots members
engaged
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Estimated
Actions NWAC Responsibility Measurable Landmarks Calls for Justice References
Annual Budget
Provide training MMIWG Unit Introductory, intermediate, $250K 1.8 Create funding; disseminate
and workshops and advanced-level prevention programs, education, &
to Canadians Communications workshops and online awareness campaigns
to improve programs developed and
understanding of delivered 11.1 Educate the public about MMIWG
Indigenous history and the issues & roots of violence
and colonization Outreach and marketing
strategy to solicit 11.2 Implement education programs
(workshops for
participation developed for Indigenous children/youth on
introductory,
(sexual) exploitation
intermediate, and
advanced levels),
and develop an
online program
Establish and MMIWG Unit Comprehensive and $250K 1.8 Create funding; disseminate
maintain a national current MMIWG-focused prevention programs, education, &
online MMIWG Communications resource library developed awareness campaigns
Knowledge Centre online
for disseminating 1.9 Develop laws, policies, & public
information more Academic institutions, education campaigns to challenge the
broadly researchers, and public normalization of violence
invited to send in
submissions 11.1 Educate the public about MMIWG
and the issues & roots of violence
11.2 Implement education programs
for Indigenous children/youth on
(sexual) exploitation
Ongoing tracking Economic Partners established to $200K 1.3 Prioritize Indigenous rights when
of economic Development Unit monitor government developing budgets & government
development and spending and hold activities
social indicators External Partners government accountable
of health statistics 1.9 Develop laws, policies, & public
and how MMIWG Findings reported through education campaigns to challenge the
funds are spent media and social media normalization of violence
with strategic channels
4.2 Recognize & resource Indigenous
partners in order to
Statistics template for Peoples’ right to self-determination in
monitor government
government spending economic and social development
spending
developed
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Estimated
Actions NWAC Responsibility Measurable Landmarks Calls for Justice References
Annual Budget
Monitor Communications Quarterly report card on $250K 1.2 (iv) Implement & comply with
governments the progress the federal all relevant rights instruments (e.g.,
progress on the MMIWG Unit government has made in UNDRIP)
implementation of implementing the Calls for
the Calls for Justice Justice issued 1.9 Develop laws, policies, & public
education campaigns to challenge the
Additional monitoring normalization of violence
mechanisms established
to measure the progress of 1.10 Create an independent
provincial governments on mechanism to report on
the implementation of the implementation of these Calls
Calls for Justice
15.8 Help hold government
accountable to act on the Calls for
Justice
Organize Elder-led MMIWG Unit Information kit created $250K 1.8 Create funding; disseminate
children’s tours/ and schools and the public prevention programs, education, &
virtual and in- Resiliency Lodge invited to participate in awareness campaigns
person tours of the tours
cultural spaces in 2.5 Create a permanent
the NWAC ‘s Social empowerment fund for Indigenous-
and Economic led initiatives
Innovation Centre
Host an MMIWG Communications Critical path developed $100K 1.8 Create funding; disseminate
World Summit prevention programs, education, &
and Summit of the Resiliency Lodge International and world awareness campaigns
Americas summit organized and
International Unit hosted 1.9 Develop laws, policies, & public
education campaigns to challenge the
normalization of violence
11.1 Educate the public about MMIWG
and the issues & roots of violence
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