Accord Partner Goals and Progress Report, August 2020
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Winnipeg’s Indigenous Accord PARTNER GOALS & PROGRESS REPORT August 2020 Dedicated to the memory of Thelma Meade. Cover photo: Mural at HTFC Planning and Design office by Métis artist Katherine Boyer. Photo credit: Emily Christie Winnipeg’s Indigenous Accord Winnipeg’s Indigenous Accord is a tool in which Indigenous and non-Indigenous Winnipeggers can explore reconciliation together. One of the City of Winnipeg’s key actions in supporting reconciliation was creating the Accord, so that organizations and individuals can come together to learn and share their journeys of reconciliation. This has become our mission while we grow together as a City. The Indigenous Relations Division reached out to Accord partners to identify progress on their commitments from June 2019 to May 2020 (or since becoming a partner after June 2019): • 85 reports were received from Accord partners and compiled in this third annual report of progress involving 61 of 94 TRC Calls to Action; The City of Winnipeg and Accord partners are utilizing several methods to build increasing levels of knowledge and understanding. The following are key highlights of collective partner progress over this past year: • 20,307 members and employees from 51 Accord partner organizations have participated and are continuing to participate in education and training in response to Calls to Action 57 and 92, including 100% of the City of Winnipeg Public Service. • 17,300 students from five school divisions are learning age-appropriate curriculum on residential schools, Treaties and Indigenous peoples’ history and contemporary contributions to Canada, in response to Calls to Action 62 and 63. • 79% of Accord partners are practicing traditional territories acknowledgments as part of daily announcements and at events, meetings and gatherings. • 2,019 collaborations with Indigenous people were reported by 64 Accord partners, obtaining improved capacity and understanding through culturally appropriate guidance to inform the development and implementation of strategies, curriculum, protocols, projects and programming. • 165 policies and practices amended or newly adopted by 35 partner organizations to recognize Indigenous rights, reflect Indigenous priorities and improve Indigenous access and inclusion. The following Partner Goals and Progress Report includes written summaries provided by Accord partners describing annual progress on goals and commitments to advance reconciliation and implementation of the TRC Calls to Action. This information is published at winnipeg.ca/indigenousaccord. The City of Winnipeg would like to thank all Accord partners who provided their reports during these uncertain times and for their commitment to our shared journey of reconciliation. Winnipeg’s Indigenous Accord Partner Goals & Progress Report — August 2020 i Table of Contents SECTION I The report is organized by the following sector groups (alphabetical order): Arts, Culture and Heritage 5 - 12 Festival Du Voyageur Inc. Folk Arts Council of Winnipeg Inc./Folklorama Inc. Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre Royal Winnipeg Ballet Sarasvati Productions St. Andrew’s Society Winnipeg Folk Festival Businesses and Associations 13 - 31 Assiniboine Credit Union Association of Fundraising Professionals, Manitoba Chapter Canada Life Assurance Company CentrePort Canada Inc. Downtown Winnipeg BIZ ft3 Architecture Landscape Interior Design HTFC Planning & Design IG Wealth Management KPMG LLP Manitoba Bar Association Manitoba Blue Cross Manitoba Construction Sector Council Manitoba Heavy Construction Association RBC Convention Centre Winnipeg The North West Company World Trade Centre Winnipeg City of Winnipeg Departments and Members of Council 33 - 43 Indigenous Relations Division Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service Winnipeg Police Service Winnipeg Transit Councillor Brian Mayes Councillor Cindy Gilroy Councillor Matt Allard Councillor Sherri Rollins Winnipeg’s Indigenous Accord Partner Goals & Progress Report — August 2020 1 Community Organizations 45 - 60 Building Urban Industries for Local Development (BUILD) Inc. Canadian Homeless Resources Inc. End Homelessness Winnipeg Immigrant & Refugee Community Organization of Manitoba (IRCOM) Immigrant Centre Immigration Partnership Winnipeg Ka Ni Kanichihk Inc. Momenta Inc. North End Community Renewal Corporation Pembina Active Living (PAL 55+) Rotary Club of Winnipeg, Honouring Indigenous Peoples (HIP) Committee SEED Winnipeg Inc. The Forks Renewal Corporation The Winnipeg Foundation United Way Winnipeg Wolseley Family Place Education – Post-Secondary Institutions 61 - 72 Booth University College Red River College University of Manitoba University of Manitoba Rady Faculty of Health Science University of Winnipeg Education – Schools and Associations 73 - 81 Balmoral Hall School Glenlawn Collegiate Institute Gonzaga Middle School John G. Stewart School Manitoba Teachers’ Society Success Skills Centre Education – School Divisions 83 - 89 Louis Riel School Division Pembina Trails School Division River East Transcona School Division Seven Oaks School Division Winnipeg School Division 2 City of Winnipeg — Indigenous Relations Division Faith and Religion 91 - 101 Anglican Diocese of Rupert’s Land Kairos Canada, Manitoba & North Western Ontario Region (formerly Kairos Cambrian Agassi Region) Manitoba Northwestern Ontario Synod-Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada Mennonite Central Committee Manitoba River East Church TRC Cluster of UC (formerly Winnipeg United Churches’ TRC Action Group) Youth for Christ Winnipeg Health and Associations 103 - 112 Association of Regulated Nurses of Manitoba Life’s Journey Inc. Manitoba College of Social Workers The Sanatorium Board of Manitoba/The Lung Association, Manitoba Two-Spirited People of Manitoba Inc. Indigenous Knowledge and Excellence 113 - 116 Circles for Reconciliation The Winnipeg Boldness Project Museums and Galleries 117 - 123 Canadian Museum for Human Rights Manitoba Children’s Museum Manitoba Museum Transcona Historical Museum Inc. (Transcona Museum) Sports and Athletics 125 - 131 Manitoba Aboriginal Sports and Recreation Council Manitoba Lacrosse Hall of Fame and Museum Sport Manitoba Youth 1st Lacrosse Winnipeg’s Indigenous Accord Partner Goals & Progress Report — August 2020 3 SECTION II Shared Indicators of Progress 133 - 147 Arts, Culture and Heritage Business and Associations City of Winnipeg Departments and Members of Council Community Organizations Education – Post-Secondary Institutions Education – Schools and Associations Education – School Divisions Faith and Religion Health and Associations Indigenous Knowledge and Excellence Museums and Galleries Sports and Athletics Arts, Culture and Heritage Festival Du Voyageur Inc. Our Goal Call to Action: 45.ii, 48.iii, 57, 84.i, 92 • Review our hiring and HR practices and policies to ensure there are no barriers, real or perceived, toward members of the Indigenous community; • Acknowledge the Indigenous land that Fort Gibraltar and our festival is located on and educate the public on Treaty No.1; • Formalize inclusion of Treaty No. 1 and Métis land acknowledgment on our website and in all our events; • Inclusion of Indigenous languages in park signage during the festival; • Plan & initiate a review of our heritage & education program to ensure Indigenous perspectives are reflected; • Establish an Indigenous consultation group that will meet at least twice per year; • Develop more partnerships with Indigenous groups & organizations to strengthen relations; • Better inclusion of Indigenous artists in Festival du Voyageur programming. Our Progress Festival du Voyageur promotes the celebration of Indigenous people and culture. We’re focused on reconciliation by hiring more Indigenous artists, staff and in creating partnerships in order to implement Indigenous programing and educational activities throughout the year. The first step of our Indigenous initiatives was hiring an Indigenous initiatives coordinator. This full-time Indigenous staff person was responsible for developing new partnerships, establishing an Indigenous advisory committee, hiring Indigenous artists and implementing new training for staff, board members and volunteers. The 51st edition of Festival du Voyageur, held from February 14th-23rd, 2020, brought to life these new partnerships and initiatives. Festival hired more than 90 Indigenous performers, visual artists, storytellers and celebrated this Indigenous culture with over 70,000 festivalgoers. We’re proud to have included Michif, Cree, Anishinaabemowin and Inuktitut languages into our programming. In addition to performances, a special art project, in collaboration with Jaime Black from the REDress project, celebrated Indigenous voices. Promotions for the festival focused on celebrating the kinship between voyageurs and Indigenous Peoples with the creation of a new designed by a local Indigenous artist. In order to ensure that our festival is a safe space for everyone to celebrate, our staff and volunteer training manual was reviewed to include educational information on Treaty No.1, residential schools and the Sixties Scoop. This educational information was also shared with festivalgoers on-site. From an operational stand-point, Indigenous individuals and organizations contributed to the festival by helping out at our Safer Space (Maia Wellness), collaboration with our security team (Bear Clan MB) and helping share educational handouts (Red Rising Magazine). Winnipeg’s Indigenous Accord Partner Goals & Progress Report — August 2020 7 Folk Arts Council of