Item - 2020.AA3.3

The Aboriginal Affairs Advisory Committee recommends to the Executive Committee that:

1.  City Council request the Director, Indigenous Affairs Office, in consultation with the Medical Officer of Health and the Executive Director, Social Development, Finance and Administration, to report to the appropriate Committee on the implementation of an Indigenous community-led pilot project, overseen by the Toronto Aboriginal Support Services Council and Toronto Council Fire Native Cultural Centre, to address community safety, harm reduction, conflict and crisis response, and peacekeeping from an Indigenous-led perspective, as outlined in Communication AA3.3.1 from the Toronto Aboriginal Support Services Council.

2.  City Council request the Director, Indigenous Affairs Office, in consultation with relevant staff, to report to the appropriate Committee on the establishment of a permanent City of Toronto "Calls to Justice" Office, as outlined in Communication AA3.3.2 from Andrea Chrisjohn, Committee member.

Lauren Kimura, Urban Fellow, Indigenous Affairs Office, City of Toronto, and Mandy Wesley, LL.B., Consultant, gave a presentation on the City of Toronto's Response to the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.

Lauren Kimura, Urban Fellow, Indigenous Affairs Office, City of Toronto, and Mandy Wesley, LL.B., Consultant, will give a presentation on the City of Toronto's Response to the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.

This presentation will provide an update on the City of Toronto's role and responsibilities in implementing the recommendations from the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. Findings from the Indigenous Affairs Office's consultations with community members and staff and the next steps for the project will be discussed.