Discusses disparate outcomes in health, socioeconomic, and family welfare between Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations, the importance of early childhood in determining life trajectory, current programs, need for performance data, and future directions.
Primary focus of recommendations was education, both on and off-reserve. The youths had relocated from their home communities to Thunder Bay in order to complete high school.
Reports on results of survey of housing providers conducted between the end of December 2018 and March 2019; explains the changing demographics of Indigenous populations; and gives the background to the Urban Native Housing Program and the Rural and Native Housing Programs and discusses the implications of the expiry of Operating Grants under them.