Reports results of Indspire's 2020 National Education Survey which was developed to gather information on post-secondary and labour market outcomes, recipients' experience with the program, and areas where additional support is required. Sample size was 6,500.
Includes timeline of major events, statistics on pre-pandemic and current market status of lobster, snow crab, northern shrimp, oyster, scallop, and Atlantic halibut, federal government aid overview, projections for state of the industry in the near and moderate future, and recommendations.
Te Puni Kōkiri = Ministry of Māori Development
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Analysis estimates the additional numbers of unemployed Māori workers as a result of the pandemic and the impact on average real wages of unemployed who regain employment.
Statistics on self-employment and vulnerable employment by industry and province/territory, skill gaps, top three industries with highest percentage of jobs at risk, and differential risk from automation for Indigenous vs. non-Indigenous workers.
Information from interviews with chiefs, community officials and businesses and existing knowledge. Includes statistics on the pandemic's effect on community well-being, individual and community-owned businesses, the Atlantic First Nations fishery, employment, community program resources, health outcomes, food security, and use of relief supports.
Information gathered from the 2020 Indigenous Futures Survey which had 6,460 respondents from across the United States. Focuses on how the pandemic has impacted income, employment, and mental health.
The Impact of COVID-19 on Maori Land Entities: Part: 1: How to Respond
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Deloitte Māori Services
Description
Focuses on Māori economy in sectors such as agriculture, forestry and logging, arts and recreation, and tourism. Topics include business continuity, opportunities and risks, impacts on key sectors and ramifications for cash flow.
Related material:
Part 2: Preparing to RecoverPart 3: Preparing to Thrive
Uses data from the National Education Survey of Building Brighter Futures financial support program to review the characteristics of recipients who have gone on to be employed by Indigenous businesses, organizations and government, and those who are self-employed. Primary finding was that those working for Indigenous employers in Ontario reported higher levels of satisfaction than those working for non-Indigenous employers.
Focused on education, work, unemployment, housing, family and agriculture. Biggest problems were found with non-market activities such as subsistence fishing and hunting.
Statistics for total population, labour force, participation rate, and employment rate listed by month.
Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey, Special Tabulations.
Ka Whati te Tai = A Generation Disrupted: The Challenges and Opportunities for Maori in the New Work Order Post COVID-19
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Author/Creator
Hillmare Schulze
Konrad Hurren
Description
Discusses the economic inequities faced by the Māori pre-pandemic, how the situation has worsened since its occurrence, and the future of employment in its wake.
Labor Market Impacts of COVID-19 on Indigenous People: March to August 2020
StatCan COVID-19: Data to Insights for a Better Canada
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Author/Creator
Amanda Bleakney
Huda Masoud
Henry Robertson
StatCan COVID-19
Description
Uses monthly data from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) to examine trends in employment, unemployment, and labour force participation by identity as well as sex and age group.
Details five key recommendations in the areas of the right to self-determination, health and mental health workforce, social and cultural determinants of health, digital and telehealth inclusion, and Indigenous data sovereignty.
Policy Brief (Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy)
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Author/Creator
John Richrds
E-Brief (C.D. Howe Institute)
Description
Summarizes Community Well-Being Index information from the 2016 Census, argues for more policy attention on the issue of low employment, and provides disaggregated data each of the four sub-indices (income, employment, housing, and education).
Related material:Policy Brief from Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy.
Uses the results of the National Education Survey to examine whether there is a relationship between PRWE and student outcomes, its impact on satisfaction with current employment opportunity, and how participation might have effected annual income.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 17, no. 2, 1993, pp. 153-173
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Investigates the attitudes of Native Americans living in Rapid City, South Dakota regarding issues on the economy, educational services, housing, transportation, recreation and employment.
Statistics from web survey conducted from May 1 to May 10, 2020. There were responses from 19,959 Canadians, including an Indigenous oversample of 450.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
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This file contains a portion of Volume 2 of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at Akwesasne Mohawk School, Cornwall Island, Ontario. This portion of the Volume includes a presentation given by Barbara Barnes and Glenn Morrison for the National Association of Cultural Education Centres on the subject of the survival of Native culture.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Vincentte Cook
Description
This file contains a portion of Volume 2 of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at Akwesasne Mohawk School, Cornwall Island, Ontario. This portion of the Volume includes a presentation given by Vincenette Cook for Akwesasne Adult Education Program on the subject of the educational system in Akwesasne. Questions from assembled Commissioners follow.
This file contains a transcript of a part of a portion of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at Prince George, British Columbia. This part includes a presentation by Corporal Wayne Plimmer regarding relations of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Aboriginal Community in Prince George. Questions from the assembled commissioners are also included with the answers that were provided.
This file contains a portion of a transcript of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at Hotel Saskatchewan, Regina, Saskatchewan. This portion of the Commission includes a presentation by Dr. John Hylton concerned with the provision and distribution of Social, health and education services to the Aboriginal Community. Questions from the assembled commissioners are also present.
The file contains a presentation by Hari Dimitrakopoulon, Northern Women's Development Network. Dimitrakopoulon discusses a report submitted to the Commission on women's economic development. Dimitrakopoulon highlights some of the content of the report which deals specifically with the socio-economic position of Aboriginal women in Northern Manitoba, and some of the reasons behind that position going back to pre-European contact days. Following the presentation Commissioners Chartrand and Wilson discuss some of the reports findings with Dimitrakopoulin.
This file contains a portion of a transcript of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at Hotel Saskatchewan, Regina, Saskatchewan. This portion of the Commission includes a presentation by Lorna Standingready concerning the access to higher education by the Aboriginal Community and Urban Indian rights. Questions from the assembled commissioners are also present.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux
Greer Atkinson
Laurie Flynn
Jeff Monague
Mel Jacobs
Description
This file contains a transcript of a portion of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at The Fern Resort, Orillia, Ontario. This portion includes a presentation by the United Indian Councils given by Vice-Chief Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux; Greer Atkinson; Laurie Flynn; Chief Jeff Monague and Vice-Chief Mel Jacobs, at a Round Table discussion of Self-Government.
This file contains a portion of a transcript of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at The Citadel Inn, Ottawa, Ontario. This portion is of a presentation for Children of the Earth School by Mary Courchene preceding the Round Table discussion on education.
This file contains a transcript of a portion of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at Vancouver, British Columbia. This portion includes a presentation for the Aboriginal Peoples Business Association by David Seymour concerning economic development and housing in the Aboriginal Community. Also included are questions from the assembled commissioners Co-Chair George Erasmus and Viola Robinson.
This file contains a transcript of a portion of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at Vancouver, British Columbia. This portion includes a presentation of the Vancouver Native Health Society by Alan Kennard and Deborah Mearns concerning health care systems and services in the Aboriginal Community. Questions from the assembled Commissioners follow the presentation.
File contains a portion of the transcript of the National Round Table on Aboriginal Health and Social Issues of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at Vancouver, British Columbia. This volume contains a presentation of Discussion Paper G by Alma Favel-King on community control of services and the recognition of treaty rights to health affect holistic strategies to maintain and restore health on Day 2. Also included are questions and answers regarding this paper and those Discussion Papers previously presented.
This file contains a transcript of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at The Citadel Inn, Ottawa, Ontario. This is a presentation of Discussion Paper No. 9 on what steps are needed to increase the participation of Aboriginal students in sciences, maths, technical and health professions. The presentation is by the paper's author, Brenda LaFrance.
This file contains a portion of a transcript of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at Hotel Saskatchewan, Regina, Saskatchewan. This portion of the Commission includes a presentation of the Regina Chamber of Commerce given by Bill McFarlane concerned with the economic development on the Aboriginal Community in Regina.
National Round Table on Aboriginal Health and Social Issues
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains volume 3 of the transcript of the National Round Table on Aboriginal Health and Social Issues of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at Vancouver, British Columbia. This portion of the volume contains a Round Table Discussion on the roles and responsibilities of the health care partners in ensuring that non-Aboriginal institutions are responsible to Aboriginal needs, as discussed on Day 3.
This file contains a transcript of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at The Citadel Inn, Ottawa, Ontario. This is a Round Table Session on Education as a Tool for Self-sufficiency. Participating in the session are Elder Noel Knockwood, Brenda LaFrance, Sandra Delaronde, Lionel Orlikow, Dr. Isaac Mabindisa, George Calliou, Deanna Nyce, Gilbert Whiteduck, Joyce Goodstriker, Sheri Chisan, Del Anaquod, Jean Goodwill. Comments from the floor were made by Keith Goulet, Ruth Norton, Gordon Poulson, Charles CooCoo, Josepi Padlayat and Harvey McCue.
The file contains a second presentation by Dave White (for the first see "presentation by Dave White in Volume 1 of this sitting of the Commission, on this site). White, speaking as an individual addresses topics of concern to urban Aboriginal people. Included in his discussion are issues such as demographics in Sudbury, rights issues in the urban context, employment and government programs, co-operative and affordable housing programs, student issues, and justice issues in the urban and off-reserve settings.
Presents infographics of results from survey which focused on social determinants of health (housing, employment, education, health, and essential supplies), and demographics and was conducted May 6 and June 15, 2020.