INDIGENOUS ENGAGEMENT
Our mission is to optimize Indigenous engagement on this project.
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Working Together
The project is committed to Truth and Reconciliation with Indigenous communities and establishing meaningful relationships built on mutual respect, trust, and shared prosperity. The project is collaborating with Indigenous communities with the shared vision for sustainable and continued economic development in their communities.
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Circle
As part of the project’s goal to advance Truth and Reconciliation with the Indigenous communities, the project promotes the inclusion and participation of Elders, knowledge keepers and Indigenous representatives. Reconciliation requires understanding the past, recognizing treaty agreements, building equitable relationships, and restoring Indigenous Peoples' language, culture, and communities.
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Indigenous Engagement
The project has advanced engagements with First Nations in Cold Lake and surrounding area. These relationships and collaborations will ensure that the project optimizes Indigenous inclusion.
ADOPT & IMPLEMENT
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Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action
In order to redress the legacy of residential schools and advance the process of Canadian reconciliation, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission makes the following calls to action.
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United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act
Whereas the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples provides a framework for reconciliation, healing and peace, as well as harmonious and cooperative relations based on the principles of justice, democracy, respect for human rights, non-discrimination and good faith.
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United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, and good faith in the fulfilment of the obligations assumed by States in accordance with the Charter, Affirming that indigenous peoples are equal to all other peoples, while recognizing the right of all peoples to be different, to consider themselves different, and to be respected as such.