Aboriginal Affairs Advisory Committee
The full agenda, as filed
All 6 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.
AA5.1received
Indigenous Affairs Office - Update
Selina Young, Director, Indigenous Affairs Office, City of Toronto, will give an update on the Indigenous Affairs Office.
The Aboriginal Affairs Advisory Committee received the item for information.
AA5.2received
Aboriginal Affairs Advisory Committee's Membership Composition
The Co-Chairs, Aboriginal Affairs Advisory Committee, will lead a discussion on the Committee's membership composition, including gaps, needs, and interests, and seek input from Committee members on including additional Indigenous voices/sectors.
The Aboriginal Affairs Advisory Committee received the item for information.
AA5.3received
Emma Dack, Researcher, Indigenous Housing and Resource Collective of Tkaronto, will give a presentation on the Indigenous Housing Survey Report - Amplifying Indigenous Voices to Inform the HousingTO 2020-2030 Action Plan, a snapshot of barriers to social participation faced by the Indigenous community that can be addressed through various types of social/affordable housing solutions.
The Aboriginal Affairs Advisory Committee received the item for information.
AA5.4received
Toronto Aboriginal Support Services Council's COVID-19 Response
Lindsay Kretschmer, Executive Director, Toronto Aboriginal Support Services Council (TASSC), will give a presentation on TASSC's COVID-19 response, including the collective efforts and achievements to respond to the needs of urban Indigenous communities and the work of TASSC's 18-member organizations.
The Aboriginal Affairs Advisory Committee received the item for information.
AA5.5amended
Trauma-Informed Land-Based Response to COVID-19
Siobhan McCarthy, Director, Holistic Services, Native Child and Family Services of Toronto, and Mark Atanasoff, Director, Quality Assurance and Decolonization, Native Child and Family Services of Toronto, will give a presentation on Trauma-Informed Land-Based Response to COVID-19.
The Aboriginal Affairs Advisory Committee recommends to the Economic and Community Development Committee that: 1. City Council request the Director, Indigenous Affairs Office, in consultation with relevant City staff and divisions, to engage with Native Child and Family Services of Toronto to explore how the land-based programs in the presentation from Siobhan McCarthy, Director, Holistic Services, Native Child and Family Services of Toronto, and Mark Atanasoff, Director, Quality Assurance and Decolonization, Native Child and Family Services of Toronto, can be incorporated in the City of Toronto's Indigenous place-making strategy.
AA5.6deferred
Indigenous Community Safety and Mental Health Responses in Toronto
Within the context of current discussions related to persistent structural racism within police service nationally and discussions about the reallocation of funds to enable community responses, we, as the Co-Chairs of the Aboriginal Affairs Advisory Committee, would like to table a discussion on possibilities for Indigenous community safety and mental health responses in Toronto. We recognize that a variety of programs and responses may be necessary to improve community safety and responses to mental health concerns for Indigenous communities across Toronto. We would like to have a discussion with the Committee and receive presentations from organizations working with Indigenous communities to develop pilots, programs, and/or other potential responses. We would also like to have a presentation from the Indigenous Affairs Office on how it will support the Committee to work with City staff and City Council to identify the resources necessary to fund Indigenous-led responses to community safety and mental health in Toronto.
The Aboriginal Affairs Advisory Committee: 1. Deferred consideration of the item until the Aboriginal Affairs Advisory Committee meeting on August 26, 2020.
Staff recommendation as filed
The Aboriginal Affairs Advisory Committee recommends to the Executive Committee that: 1. City Council request the Director, Indigenous Affairs Office, to work with the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer and other relevant City staff and divisions, and report to the Aboriginal Affairs Advisory Committee at its meeting on October 13, 2020 on a process to identify funding needs and sources to fund Indigenous-led responses to community safety and mental health in Toronto.