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The COVID-19 Pandemic: Informing Policy Decision-Making for a Vulnerable Population
Examines the vulnerability of Indigenous communities during the COVID-19 pandemic and how this data can help guide policies to protect Indigenous populations.
Meeting the Needs of Victims and Offenders
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Individual Presentation by Linda Chipesia
Presentation relating to land claims and self-government. The presenter believes that "(T)he difficulty of self-government and land claims is that although it is aimed at reviving the culture and identity of Indian people, it is only accessible to those who are educated and trained in the political, legal and economic intricacies of a non-Indian system."
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Marlene Villebrun, Canadian Mental Health Association
Villebrun discusses discrimination and low self-esteem issues; alcohol and drug abuse; the need to make Aboriginal history mandatory and a priority in Canadian schools; the intergenerational effects of cultural deprivation; and the need to better equip youth for "living in two cultures."
Urban Land-Based Healing: A Northern Intervention Strategy
Looks at the use of land as a healing tool to improve the conditions of Indigenous substance abuse and homelessness.