Veterans Affairs committee  I would say for sure, just like they've done with Correctional Service Canada for a couple of years, they have brought in the aboriginal culture so the inmates can do their own healing in the traditional way. As soon as we speak about the traditional way, people will go into it.

Veterans Affairs committee  I have never seen a service dog with aboriginal people.

Veterans Affairs committee  In terms of the support provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs, I have not really come up against any obstacles. As for other individuals, it is a matter of finding the first door to knock on, as I said at the outset. To communicate with people in that situation, you need

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes, sure. During National Veterans Week, the first week in November, more and more indigenous veterans are volunteering to give presentations in schools. The goal of the presentations is really to talk to young schoolkids about the indigenous contributions in the first and seco

Veterans Affairs committee  Veterans Affairs has been doing well lately. They are just about to start or have already started a trip to show they are there to help. Sometimes it's hard to find out where to get help, but when people from Veterans Affairs go to those places, people will go because the word wi

Veterans Affairs committee  I know it is already being done, but it's to get the word from the elders. An elder is someone aboriginal people respect a lot. Whatever those people think, we need to think about what they are telling us to do. If we're there, and we listen to our elders, they will help us to do

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes, I would. Right now, I know that the military have the depart with dignity program, so that when someone is released from the military, he will have what we call a “mug out”. I have been part of many for the past year, and as an aboriginal veteran, we are trying to get involv

Veterans Affairs committee  I joined back in 1983. I was raised in a foster family, so at 18 years of age, we were basically kicked out of the family. I went to school over here because I wanted to become a police officer. I went to school, but because I was on my own at 18 years of age, basically school wa

Veterans Affairs committee  I would say so. When aboriginal people release from the military, they leave their military family and go back to their own family back in the community or on the reserve. Once people go back to their community, it's sometimes hard to get in touch with either the military family

Veterans Affairs committee  I believe it has a lot to do with pride. When someone is proud of something, he will show it, but when that same person lives something bad, it's hard to admit that they're having a problem, so it's like going down. It's like losing the control of their own life. This is why some

Veterans Affairs committee  [Witness speaks in Algonquin.] Good day, everybody. My name is Aurel Dubé. I am an Algonquin from the Kitigan Zibi community. First, I need to say that I am glad to see people who I shared an event with last year when I had the honour to be part of the 100th anniversary of Vimy