Call for change 6

Action Area 1: Education, Training, and Employment Focus Area B: Professional Training and Development

Build strategic partnerships to support the development and delivery of sector-specific anti-racism training in essential areas such as health, law, education, engineering, and government services.

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First Voice has formed the Indigenous Justice Action Circle to advance work on aspects of this Call for Change in conjunction with 6 others.

Related national efforts include TRC Call to Action 57 and MMIWG Call for Justice 7.6.

Action Area 1: Education, Training, and Employment

We envision a city where all residents have a sound understanding of the diverse histories and cultures of the Indigenous Peoples of Newfoundland and Labrador and where they mobilize such understanding to close gaps in education and employment outcomes. To realize this vision, we call on all residents of St. John’s to help advance change in the following ways:

Focus Area A: Curriculum Development and Deployment

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Focus Area C: Employment Equity

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Build strategic partnerships to support the development and delivery of sector-specific anti-racism training in essential areas such as health, law, education, engineering, and government services.

Action Area 1: Education, Training, and Employment

Focus Area A: Curriculum Development and Deployment

Promote and support the addition of appropriate Indigenous content in early childhood education, including cultural practices, stories, languages, and land based activities.

Collaborate with post-secondary institutions to ensure that programs in essential areas such as health, law, education, engineering, and public policy incorporate mandatory content on antiracism and the histories and cultures of Indigenous Peoples.

Promote and support the development of post-secondary courses and degree programs in Indigenous languages.

Focus Area B: Professional Training and Development

Support and promote the establishment of designated Indigenous seats in essential post-secondary programs such as health, law, education, engineering, and public policy.

Build strategic partnerships to support the development and delivery of sector-specific anti-racism training in essential areas such as health, law, education, engineering, and government services.

Collaborate with professional licensing bodies in essential areas such as health, law, education, and engineering to establish appropriate requirements that encompass antiracism and the histories and cultures of Indigenous Peoples.

Focus Area C: Employment Equity

Promote and support the development, implementation, and enforcement of inclusive human-resources policies.

Support the recruitment and retention of Indigenous people into essential industries and professions such as health, law, education, engineering, and government services.

Action Area 1: Education, Training, and Employment

Focus Area A: Curriculum Development and Deployment

Promote and support the addition of appropriate Indigenous content in early childhood education, including cultural practices, stories, languages, and land based activities.

Collaborate with post-secondary institutions to ensure that programs in essential areas such as health, law, education, engineering, and public policy incorporate mandatory content on antiracism and the histories and cultures of Indigenous Peoples.

Promote and support the development of post-secondary courses and degree programs in Indigenous languages.

Focus Area B: Professional Training and Development

Support and promote the establishment of designated Indigenous seats in essential post-secondary programs such as health, law, education, engineering, and public policy.

Build strategic partnerships to support the development and delivery of sector-specific anti-racism training in essential areas such as health, law, education, engineering, and government services.

Collaborate with professional licensing bodies in essential areas such as health, law, education, and engineering to establish appropriate requirements that encompass antiracism and the histories and cultures of Indigenous Peoples.

Focus Area C: Employment Equity

Promote and support the development, implementation, and enforcement of inclusive human-resources policies.

Create and support a network of businesses and business stakeholders to promote training and the sharing of wise practices in alignment with TRC 92.

Support the recruitment and retention of Indigenous people into essential industries and professions such as health, law, education, engineering, and government services.