Health committee  With regard to first nations and Inuit, the evidence has clearly shown—and this is supported in our national aboriginal youth suicide prevention strategy—that the solution lies in providing some hope for the youth in our communities. Some of this has to do with recognizing identi

Status of Women committee  As we do Treasury Board submissions and other policy development work, we are required to do gender-based analysis.

Status of Women committee  Thanks for the question. First of all, the resolution health support program does not have the mandate to replace the Aboriginal Healing Foundation projects. That's clear. However, we have a mandate to serve former students and their family members as they are going through the

Status of Women committee  Of course. Health Canada is very involved in the changes to the Food Mail program and since Canada Post is no longer doing the deliveries, our role is to provide support for this program through nutrition advice. We will also launch education initiatives on nutrition in communiti

Status of Women committee  We know that the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development has reviewed the program, and we have been authorized to go ahead with this program.

Status of Women committee  Unfortunately, at this time, with our reporting we aren't tracking the sex of the participants in our healing programs, but it's something we're planning to do in terms of being able to give the breakdown between males and females who access our program. I can tell you the numbe

Status of Women committee  Perhaps I could just respond to indicate that through the--

Status of Women committee  Through the resolution health support program, we have contribution agreements with 123 community-based organizations that are aboriginally run organizations. I have now found my data on the numbers to indicate that the community has indeed bought into this program. In 2008-09

Status of Women committee  For the purposes of our program, we have established our own definition of “family member”, which allows us to work with family members from several generations. We have established that family members of those who went to residential schools are not only the spouse or partner, b

Status of Women committee  Absolutely, yes.

Status of Women committee  Absolutely, yes.

Status of Women committee  We establish contribution agreements with local aboriginal organizations. There are organizations that serve the groups that are members of specific cultures. They employ aboriginal people belonging to the same cultural group to deliver the services. Our resolution health support

Status of Women committee  Yes, it must.

Status of Women committee  Nonetheless, amongst both first nations and Inuit, the rates are significantly greater than they are for the mainstream population. One thing to remember is that what's hidden within the national number is the fact that in some communities there are absolutely no suicides and the

Status of Women committee  Well, certainly the research that's been done in British Columbia by Dr. Chandler and Dr. Lalonde from the University of British Columbia has identified four key factors that are present in a community where there are no suicides. Those are the presence of a land claim; self-gove