Status of Women committee  For the shelters in Nunavut and the Northwest Territories, it is the territorial government that makes the decisions. As to the reserve programs of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, the funding will go to the communities through contribution agreements, based on each program.

Status of Women committee  or Nunavut.

Status of Women committee  I will try to answer for all my colleagues. Co-operation does in fact exist. It is not the first time that we have seen each other, those of us here at this table. We know each other and talk to each other. Of course, under each of our departments' mandates, we work on implement

Status of Women committee  Nunavut and the Northwest Territories receive funding from the federal government through the financing formula. It is up to the territories to decide what the priorities are for investment. Indian and Northern Affairs Canada does not fund shelters in Nunavut and the Northwest Te

Status of Women committee  That is right. They are funded by...

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  More or less. Another part of the post-secondary education support program makes it possible to assist post-secondary learning institutions, such as the University of Quebec network, to develop or adapt its courses to a first nations clientele, to provide training to professors

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  As regards measuring the skills, in Quebec, for example, students who complete their secondary studies must sit a standardized Ministry of Education exam. Our action plan talks about the strategy on performance indicators and our management framework. Of course, we must work wit

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I am talking about first nations and schools on reserves.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Normally, they take the ministry's exam, because most of these communities have high school diplomas. However, some communities, like Kitigan Zibi, do their own evaluations and award their own diplomas, which are recognized by the CEGEPs and neighbouring universities, like the Un

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  One of the most important aspects for the Mi'kmaq in Nova Scotia is that it was the communities that really wanted to take responsibility for education. They can develop their own standards. They can establish standards for teachers. In recent years, we have seen an improvement i

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We have our respective approval process, so within the Assembly of First Nations, in our terms of reference for our committee, it says that the draft policy framework will be approved by the AFN chiefs committee on education. Then the document will come to the Department of India

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  No, no. Perfect. These working groups with the Assembly of First Nations continue. We are developing the policy framework right now. We're working with the Assembly of First Nations through a joint steering committee, facilitating regional dialogue sessions across the country s

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, with the Assembly of First Nations, we have a joint steering committee. From the first nations there are 10 representatives and from the Government of Canada there are 10 representatives. Within the steering committee, we have decided on a core drafting team, so the joint st

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  With respect to consultation and involvement of first nations in the area of education over the years, the department has worked with the Assembly of First Nations. We have established a number of working groups. One example I would like to provide to the committee is with resp