Master List of Report Recommendations Organized By Theme and Colour-Coded by Jurisdiction Table of Contents Overview ....................................................................................................................................................... 3 Theme 1: The need for a national inquiry into violence against Indigenous women and girls. .................... 5 Theme 2: The need for a federally-coordinated, cross-jurisdictional national action plan to address violence against Indigenous women and girls. ............................................................................................. 9 Theme 3: The need for federal, provincial and territorial governments to publicly acknowledge and condemn violence against Indigenous women and girls. ............................................................................ 14 Theme 4: The need for public education and greater public awareness of violence against Indigenous women and girls. ......................................................................................................................................... 15 Theme 5: The need for more frequent and accessible transportation services to be made available to Indigenous women ...................................................................................................................................... 23 Theme 6: The need to fully ratify and implement international human rights instruments. ....................... 25 Theme 7: The need for compensation for family members and/or a healing fund for survivors and families. ....................................................................................................................................................... 28 Theme 8: The need for properly resourced initiatives and programming to address root causes of violence against Indigenous women and girls. .......................................................................................................... 30 8a: The need for responsive, accountable, and culturally appropriate child and family services ........... 36 8b: The need to bridge education (primary to post-secondary), skills training, and employment gaps between Indigenous people and non-Indigenous people ........................................................................ 40 8c: The need to address disproportionate rates of poverty among Indigenous people, and Indigenous women specifically ................................................................................................................................. 66 8d: The need to improve access to safe housing (along the housing spectrum, from emergency shelters to secure permanent housing) ................................................................................................................. 67 8e: The need for accessible and culturally appropriate health, mental health, and addictions services for Indigenous women .................................................................................................................................. 71 8f: The need to support the continued retention and revitalization of Indigenous identity, including cultures, lifeways, and languages ............................................................................................................ 81 8g: The need to heal Indigenous male perpetrators of violence and prevent the perpetuation of cycles of gender violence in Indigenous communities ........................................................................................... 85 Theme 9: The need for programming that addresses violence against Indigenous women and girls led by Indigenous people. ...................................................................................................................................... 88 Theme 10: The need for more information concerning the performance of programs and strategies meant to address violence against Indigenous women and girls. ........................................................................ 106 Theme 11: The need for law reform of discriminatory legislation. .......................................................... 111 Theme 12: The need for more comprehensive information-sharing concerning violence against Indigenous women. ................................................................................................................................... 116 Theme 13: The need for better supported community-based first response. ............................................ 123 Theme 14: The need to better protect Indigenous women involved in survival sex work or who are being trafficked for sex. ...................................................................................................................................... 127 14a: The need to address human trafficking of Indigenous women and girls ....................................... 131 Theme 15: The need for measures to improve relationships between police services and Indigenous communities. ............................................................................................................................................. 133 15a: The need for greater Indigenous representation in Canadian police forces and the need for expanded Indigenous police forces ....................................................................................................... 154 15b: The need for improved victim services ......................................................................................... 156 Theme 16: The need for more responsive, transparent, and accountable policing: investigations and oversight .................................................................................................................................................... 159 Theme 17: The need for culturally appropriate and equitable judicial processes and supports ................ 175 Theme 18: the need for alternatives to Euro-Canadian judicial mechanisms, including community and restorative justice models .......................................................................................................................... 182 18a: The need for properly funded and supported community justice plans ........................................ 182 18b: The need for better supported and more accessible alternatives to court, including restorative justice .................................................................................................................................................... 183 Theme 19: the need to address the overrepresentation of Indigenous women in correctional facilities, and ensure culturally-appropriate programming and services for incarcerated Indigenous women ............... 187 Overview This document contains recommendations from the 100 reports reviewed by the National Inquiry up to spring 2018. All recommendations are in their original wording. They are organized into 19 overarching themes, and characterized under three umbrella categories: PART ONE: Immediate and concrete activities 1) The need for a national inquiry into violence against Indigenous women and girls. 2) The need for a federally-coordinated, cross-jurisdictional national action plan to address violence against Indigenous women and girls. 3) The need for federal, provincial and territorial governments to publicly acknowledge and condemn violence against Indigenous women and girls. 4) The need for public education and greater public awareness of violence against Indigenous women and girls. 5) The need for more frequent and accessible transportation services to be made available to Indigenous women. 6) The need to fully ratify and implement international human rights instruments. 7) The need for compensation for family members and/or a healing fund for survivors and families. PART TWO: Addressing the root causes for the disproportionate violence, the need for preventative action 8) The need for properly resourced initiatives and programming to address root causes of violence against Indigenous women and girls. a) The need for responsive, accountable, and culturally appropriate child and family services b) The need to bridge education (primary through to post-secondary), skills training, and employment gaps between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people c) The need to address disproportionate rates of poverty among Indigenous people, and women specifically d) The need to improve access to safe housing (across the housing spectrum from emergency shelters to secure permanent housing) e) The need for accessible and culturally appropriate health, mental health, and addictions services for Indigenous women f) The need to support the continued retention and revitalization of Indigenous cultures, lifeways, and languages g) The need to heal Indigenous male perpetrators of violence and prevent the perpetuation of cycles of gender violence in Indigenous communities 9) The need for programming that addresses violence against Indigenous women and girls led by Indigenous people 10) The need for more information concerning the performance of programs and strategies meant to address violence against Indigenous women and girls. 11) The need for law reform of discriminatory legislation. PART THREE: Failures of the justice system to respond to the disproportionate violence, the need for improved reactive measures 12) The need for more comprehensive information-sharing concerning violence against Indigenous women. 13) The need for better supported community-based first response. 14) The need to better protect