Item - 2020.EC15.6

Tracking Status

  • City Council adopted this item on September 30, October 1 and 2, 2020 without amendments and without debate.
  • This item was considered by Economic and Community Development Committee on September 8, 2020 and was adopted with amendments. It will be considered by City Council on September 30, October 1 and 2, 2020.

EC15.6 - Trauma-Informed Land-Based Response to COVID-19

Decision Type:
ACTION
Status:
Adopted on Consent
Wards:
All

City Council Decision

City Council on September 30, October 1 and 2, 2020, adopted the following:

 

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.

 

2. City Council request the Director, Indigenous Affairs Office to report back to the Economic and Community Development Committee by the second quarter of 2021 on the outcome of Part 1 above.

Background Information (Committee)

(July 7, 2020) Letter from the Aboriginal Affairs Advisory Committee on Trauma-Informed Land-Based Response to COVID-19
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2020/ec/bgrd/backgroundfile-154854.pdf

EC15.6 - Trauma-Informed Land-Based Response to COVID-19

Decision Type:
ACTION
Status:
Amended
Wards:
All

Committee Recommendations

The Economic and Community Development Committee recommends 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.

 

2. City Council request the Director, Indigenous Affairs Office report back to the Economic and Community Development Committee by the second quarter of 2021 on the outcome of Part 1 above.

Origin

(July 7, 2020) Letter from the Aboriginal Affairs Advisory Committee

Summary

At its meeting on July 7, 2020, the Aboriginal Affairs Advisory Committee considered Item AA5.5, Trauma-Informed Land-Based Response to COVID-19.

Background Information

(July 7, 2020) Letter from the Aboriginal Affairs Advisory Committee on Trauma-Informed Land-Based Response to COVID-19
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2020/ec/bgrd/backgroundfile-154854.pdf

Motions

1 - Motion to Amend Item (Additional) moved by Councillor Shelley Carroll (Carried)

That the Director, Indigenous Affairs Office report back to the Economic and Community Development Committee by the second quarter of 2021 on the outcome of Part 1 above.


Motion to Adopt Item as Amended moved by Councillor Michael Thompson (Carried)
Source: Toronto City Clerk at www.toronto.ca/council