M INISTERIAL P ANEL ON C HILD I NTERVENTION M EETING S UMMARY

Wednesday, December 13, 9:00am to 12:00am Introduction The meeting of the Ministerial Panel on Child Intervention was held in Room 512 of the Legislature Building, on traditional Treaty 6 territory and Métis homeland. Elder Gilman Cardinal offered a prayer to start the meeting.

The Chair acknowledged those members of the public present and thanked them for their attendance. The meeting was supported through an audio livestream and the archive is available on the panel website childinterventionpanel..ca.

Panel Members Present: Debbie Jabbour, Chair, MLA for Peace River Maria Fitzpatrick, MLA for -East , MLA for -Castle Downs Graham Sucha, MLA for -Shaw Leela Aheer, United Conservative Party caucus, MLA for Chestermere-Rocky View Ric McIver, United Conservative Party caucus, MLA for Calgary-Hays Greg Clark, caucus, MLA for Calgary-Elbow Dr. Peter Choate, MSW, PhD, Mount Royal University Bruce MacLaurin, MSW, University of Calgary Dr. Patti LaBoucane-Benson, PhD, Native Counselling Services of Alberta

Regrets: Heather Sweet, MLA for Edmonton-Manning Cameron Westhead, MLA for Banff-Cochrane Dr. David Swann, Alberta Liberal caucus, MLA for Calgary-Mountain View Tyler White, CEO, Siksika Health Service

Presentations Damien Traverse, Community Development Facilitator, led the Panel through a continued discussion of criteria for recommendations, principles and systems drivers which had begun the previous week. The Panel determined the following.

1. Criteria for recommendations must:

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• be concrete and actionable • support desired changes over the long term with a focus on outcomes • address changes beyond legislation • be focused and intentional

2. The following principles must guide system change:

• jurisdictional challenges (Alberta must not wait for the federal government to equally fund Indigenous children in care) • reconciliation as an overarching driver • a trauma-informed system of care • sustaining family and cultural connections • the role of data • focus on workplace capacity and culture • fundamental measures of success will be that appropriate programs and services are increasingly created and managed by Indigenous Peoples as they move to self- government

3. Recommendations will be grouped under six drivers for success:

• supporting families and communities • supporting the workforce • cultural connections and child well-being • improving mental health and addictions • family systems and kinship care • other: public education

To inform the development of recommendations, the Panel then identified the current reality and ideal future state for each of the six drivers of success.

Next Steps Building on the submissions received throughout the review process, as well as the research, best practices and meetings involving the public, experts and Indigenous Peoples and communities, the Panel will now move forward with developing recommendations. No additional public meetings are scheduled.

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