Item - 2018.AA14.1

The Aboriginal Affairs Committee recommends to the Executive Committee that:

1.  City Council request all City of Toronto agencies and corporations to:

a.  incorporate the City of Toronto's traditional Aboriginal land acknowledgement statement in their board meetings; and

b.  require their board members and staff to participate in the City of Toronto's Indigenous Cultural Competency Training.

2.  City Council request the Toronto Police Service Board to:

a.  incorporate the City of Toronto's traditional Aboriginal land acknowledgement statement in their board meetings;

b.  participate in the City of Toronto's Indigenous Cultural Competency Training; and

c.  request the Chief of Police to give consideration to providing all Toronto Police Service staff with the City of Toronto's Indigenous Cultural Competency Training.

The Aboriginal Affairs Consultant, Equity, Diversity and Human Rights, gave a verbal presentation on the City of Toronto's Indigenous Cultural Competency Training.

Jeffrey Schiffer, Aboriginal Affairs Consultant, Equity, Diversity and Human Rights, will provide an update on the co-development and piloting of the City of Toronto's Indigenous Cultural Competency Training.