Aboriginal Affairs Advisory Committee
The full agenda, as filed
All 4 items in the clerk’s order. Each carries the city’s own words: the staff recommendation, what the body decided, and its status. Nothing below is written by us.
AA12.1received
The Committee will discuss recommendations from the Toronto Aboriginal Support Services Council on an updated Terms of Reference.
The Aboriginal Affairs Advisory Committee received the item for information.
AA12.2received
Update from the Aboriginal Affairs Advisory Committee Indigenous Identity Vetting Working Group
The Working Group will provide an update on progress to date.
The Aboriginal Affairs Advisory Committee received the item for information.
AA12.3amended
The Committee will discuss exploring opportunities to convey City-owned land that is or may be in the future operated by an Indigenous non-profit organization for housing or shelter purposes.
The Aboriginal Affairs Advisory Committee: 1. Recommended that the Executive Committee recommends that the Deputy City Manager, Community Development and Social Services work with the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat and the General Manager, Toronto Shelter and Support Services, in consultation with the Executive Director, Housing Development Office, and Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, to conduct a review of opportunities and report back on the potential to convey, for nominal consideration,  an ownership interest in City-owned lands that are or may in the future be operated by an Indigenous non-profit organization for housing or shelter purposes by Q2 2027.
AA12.4amended
Exploring opportunities related to the Spirit Garden in Nathan Phillips Square
The Committee will discuss opportunities to establish a reflection of the unique importance of the Spirit Garden site including the possible transfer of ownership to an Indigenous non-profit organization.
The Aboriginal Affairs Advisory Committee: 1. Recommended that the Executive Committee direct the City Manager, or their delegate, to report to Executive Committee in Q2 2027 on the transfer of ownership of the municipal land known as the Spirit Garden site at Nathan Phillips Square from the City of Toronto to the Council of Fire, an Indigenous non-profit organization. 2. Recommended that the report back requested in Recommendation 1 above represents the conclusion of the external discussions related to the ownership of the Spirit Garden site at Nathan Phillips Square.