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Community Indicators Systems for Winnipeg's Urban First Nations

Measuring progress, strengthening governance and assisting in the promotion of positive change

IISD is working with the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (AMC), the main association of Manitoba First Nations, to establish an indicator system for Winnipeg's Urban First Nations community. The initiative involves working collaboratively with the AMC and community members to build lasting capacity at the local level to set up, maintain and use indicators to improve decision-making. The ultimate goal is to make a positive impact on human well-being, economic development and environmental sustainability.

Sustainability indicators are being proposed to help understand the current state of the urban First Nations community, what course the community is on, and how far the community is from where they want to be. In essence, the sustainability indicators are expected to help the AMC move closer to the following objectives:

• build an improved understanding of the challenges facing Winnipeg's First Nations communities for both the First Nations and non-First Nation public and decision-makers;

• help identify critical problems and vulnerabilities and their underlying causes where policy action by First Nations and/or other actors is necessary;

• help identify the past successes of Winnipeg's First Nations community and factors that made success possible;

• through dialogue and engagement develop a set of goals, specific targets and building on past successes identify options for policies and actions that will help meet those goals;

• build capacity at AMC and in the First Nations community of Winnipeg to better diagnose its problems, to realize its successes and to develop confidence in envisioning, planning and implementing collective and individual action in the interest of achieving a positive future.

In order to accomplish these objectives and ensure the project meets the needs of the growing urban community, IISD and the AMC are engaging the urban First Nations community and their service-delivery sector each step of the way. A sequence of meetings will be used to determine and prioritize issues and indicators, to develop goals and objectives and to validate the final indicators.

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• Building Knowledge, Measuring Well-being: Developing Sustainability Indicators for Winnipeg's First Nations Community
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For more detailed information, please contact Christa Rust, Project Manager, Sustainability Indicators for Winnipeg's Urban First Nations Community.

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