Ms. Margaret Buist at the Status of Women Committee

On January 30th, 2018. See this statement in context.

January 30th, 2018 / 4 p.m.

Director General, Children and Families Branch, Education and Social Development Programs and Partnerships Sector, Department of Indigenous Services, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development

Margaret Buist

A broad range of educational and social programming is available to first nations women on reserve. It's not specifically targeted to women who have experienced incarceration. There's programming for family violence prevention. A whole suite of educational programming is designed, in part, for indigenous women. Whether it's early education, high school, or post-secondary education, a huge funding envelope has been developed for the funding of education on reserve over the last two years. There's income assistance programming, child care—

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