City of Thunder Bay Third Annual Report - Responding to Seven Youth Inquest at June 24, 2019 - Attachment A - Report R 108/2019

Sep 11, 2026

Attachment A to the City of Thunder Bay’s Third Annual Report (Report R 108/2019) compiles a chart of recommendations directed to the city in response to the Seven Youth Inquest. It records guiding statements addressing treaty obligations, First Nations jurisdiction over education, and the application of Jordan’s Principle for timely services. The attachment lists named parties, expected actions, Thunder Bay responsibilities, and implementation status across multiple recommendations, including consultation, student orientation and community support coordination, zoning-by-law issues for facilities, and missing-student reporting practices.

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Guiding Statements

Recommendation Actions and Responsibilities (Selected)

Recommendation 7 - Recognition of First Nations autonomy

Recommendation 49 - Consultation with community partners and student information

Recommendation 60 - Avoid or resolve Zoning By-law issues

Recommendation 74 - Student welcome orientation session

Recommendation 91 - Timely reporting of missing students

City of Thunder Bay Third Annual Report Responding to Seven Youth Inquest at June 24, 2019-Attachment A: Report R 108/2019 Chart of Recommendations Directed to the City of Thunder Bay Guiding Statements: i) All of the Treaty Partners, including indigenous communities and governments, Canada and Ontario, must respect the treaty rights of others and work together towards fulfilling treaty obligations; ii) First Nations governments exercise inherent control over their education systems; iii) First Nation communities seek to have a greater responsibility to govern their own spiritual, cultural, social and economic affairs; iv) Without the improvement of conditions in First Nations reserve communities, a gap in education outcomes between Indigenous and Indigenous students will remain; non-Indigenous students will remain; v) Canada should support individual First Nations communities as they develop local solutions to the effects of colonial policy, and; vi) In order to ensure timely delivery of publicly funded services to First Nations children, where jurisdictional divisions or disputes within or between governments threaten to delay or impede the provision of services, Jordan's Principle should apply. | SHORT-TERM = 1-2 YEARS | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Recommendation 7. Recognition of the autonomy of First Nations through the use of guiding statements when implementing recommendations | | | | | Parties Named | Actions | CTB Responsibility | Status | | Canada, Ontario, City of Thunder Bay (CTB), Thunder Bay Police Service (TBPS), Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN), Northern Nishnawbe Education Council (NNEC), Keewaytinook Okimakanak (KO), Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School (DFCHS), Matawa Learning Centre (MLC) | Guiding Statements (above) reviewed at initiating meeting for initiatives, included in first meeting packages, displayed and included in reports. | Director-Corporate Strategic Services | Implemented | City of Thunder Bay Third Annual Report Responding to Seven Youth Inquest at June 24, 2019-Attachment A: Report R 108/2019 | Recommendation 49. Consultation with Community Partners, and provide students prior to their move to Thunder Bay with firsthand information, re: community supports and opportunities in Thunder Bay | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Parties Named | Actions | CTB Responsibility | Status | | Canada, Ontario, CTB, NAN, NNEC, KO, DFCHS, MLC | Meetings reported in detail in first and second annual reports. Broad range of City functions (including but not limited to Aboriginal Liaison Office, Recreation & Culture, Transit, Crime Prevention Council, Thunder Bay Drug Strategy, Human Resources and Emergency Services) participate in orientation events and programs each semester and annual events such as orientation events held by NAN, Confederation College and Lakehead University. As well, CTB participated in:
• DFC Experience-Feb 27-Mar 1, 2018: Aboriginal Liaison Office: $8000 funding for the event; Respect Initiative and Recreation and Culture also supported event
• Neighbourhood events: Together We Are Stronger, through North Caribou Lake First Nation Friendship Agreement (three events in three neighbourhoods)
• Presentations in the schools
• Superior High School Indigenous Student Orientation Day, October 2017-Aboriginal Liaison Office, Crime Prevention Council, Transit; October 2018
Lakehead Public School Board held four days of orientation sessions for all public high schools
▪Funding for Matawa Student Orientation Video-Crime Prevention Council, Aboriginal Liaison Office
▪Funding for the video Chi Pi Kaaki Too Yang-Coming Together to Talk, in partnership with Thunderstone Pictures-Aboriginal Liaison Office; youth event held April 2019
▪In May 2019, Matawa Education and Care Centre brought 16 grade 8 students from their remote communities to participate in orientation activities, including recreational events facilitated by City staff, tours and a

FAQs

What guiding statements frame the recommendations in Attachment A?

The attachment includes guiding statements emphasizing treaty partners’ shared responsibility, First Nations inherent control over education systems, and increased First Nations governance over spiritual, cultural, social, and economic affairs. It also calls out the need to apply Jordan’s Principle to support timely publicly funded services to First Nations children.

How does the city describe its responsibility for Recommendation 49 regarding orientation and information for students?

The chart states that meetings are reported in detail and that a broad range of city functions participate in orientation events and programs each semester and during annual events. It also lists specific city-supported initiatives and visits, with the Aboriginal Liaison Office leading a coordinated approach.

What is the purpose of Recommendation 60 in the attachment?

Recommendation 60 addresses avoiding or resolving Zoning By-law issues related to construction of facilities, such as a student residence on a college campus. It notes the city working under council leadership to move forward with projects, including assistance to the Matawa Learning Centre for a new learning centre opened in September 2018.

Sep 11, 2026

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