Horizontal initiative: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ People
General Information
Lead department: Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC)
Federal partner organizations: Canadian Heritage (PCH), Indigenous Services Canada (ISC), Public Safety (PS), Women and Gender Equality Canada (WAGE), Department of Justice (JUS), Libraries and Archives Canada (LAC), Health Canada (HC), Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), Transport Canada (TC), Public Prosecution Service of Canada (PPSC), Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Statistics Canada (StatCan)
Note that the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ People Horizontal Results Framework is in development. It is expected that the framework will be completed and approved by the Treasury Board Secretariat in 2022–23. Results for the initiative will be published in the 2022–23 Departmental Results Report.
Start date: 2021
End date: 2028
Description: In 2016, in response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Calls to Action and the decades long advocacy from families and survivors, the Government of Canada launched the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) and Two Spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex and asexual (2SLGBTQQIA+) people. This inquiry included all provinces and territories and the federal government. It brought together Indigenous leaders, families and survivors, communities, knowledge keepers, experts and institutions from across the country to study and discuss the underlying social, economic, cultural, institutional, systemic and historical causes, policies and practices for the ongoing violence towards Indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQQIA+. The work of the National Inquiry ended in June 2019 with the release of Reclaiming Power and Place: The Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. The report contains 231 Calls for Justice calling upon various organizations to take action to end the causes of this violence, including a call for the Government of Canada, provincial, territorial, Indigenous and municipal governments, and Indigenous partners to work together to respond to the issues identified by the Final Report.
On June 3, 2021, the 2021 National Action Plan: Ending Violence Against Indigenous Women, Girls, And 2SLGBTQQIA+ People was released. As one component of the national action plan, the Government of Canada developed the Federal Pathway, a set of commitments for federal departments and agencies to support systemic change to address the tragedy of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people. Through investments contained in the Fall Economic Statement 2020, as well as in Budget 2021, federal departments and agencies are working together to address gender and race-based violence. Through this work, and that of partners, we look to fulfill a shared vision, as elaborated in the 2021 National Action Plan:
We envision a transformed Canada where Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people, wherever they are, live free from violence, and are celebrated, honoured, respected, valued, treated equitably, safe, and secure.
This horizontal initiative is a whole-of-government approach to reporting on common goals and measuring related outcomes. It is complementary to, and in alignment with, the outcomes published in the context of the Federal Pathway Annual Progress Report, which provides both qualitative and quantitative information related to these outcomes that will be expanded in future years.
Governance structures: The Horizontal Initiative Results Framework on MMIWG and 2SLGBTQQIA+ People will be reported in the Departmental Plan and Departmental Results Report of the lead department (CIRNAC) and will be implemented through the existing horizontal governance structures, such as but not limited to thematic interdepartmental results working groups, the Director-General (DG) Steering Committee and the Assistant Deputy Minister (ADM) Oversight Committee. The ADM Oversight Committee will ensure horizontal results monitoring, reporting, and assessment, including the collection of consistent data.
CIRNAC, through the leadership of the MMIWG Secretariat, will continue to be the lead department and convener for working-level groups, as well as these committees. Participating departments and agencies will provide information on their relevant departmental activities as required by the Oversight Committee to implement their respective activities connected to the horizontal initiative. Further, participating government departments and agencies through interdepartmental results working groups and the DG Steering and ADM Oversight Committees, will work collaboratively to ensure the development of results and resource frameworks, collect and consolidate data, monitor performance indicators, manage risks and mitigation strategies and communicate results throughout the lifecycle of the horizontal initiative.
Total federal funding allocated (start to end date): To be added as initiatives are confirmed
Total federal planned spending to date: To be added as initiatives are confirmed
Total federal actual spending to date: To be added as initiatives are confirmed
Date of last renewal of the horizontal initiative: Not applicable
Total federal funding allocated at the last renewal and source of funding: Not applicable
Additional federal funding received after the last renewal: Not applicable
Total planned spending since the last renewal: Not applicable
Total actual spending since the last renewal: Not applicable
Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation: Not applicable
Performance highlights: CIRNAC worked with partner departments and agencies in the confirmation of the horizontal initiative results framework, including the completion of overall shared outcome(s), thematic shared outcome(s), and scoping of included initiatives.
Organization | Name and title | Address | Contact |
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CIRNAC | Mélanie Barrieau, Senior Director, MMIWG Secretariat | 10 Wellington St, Gatineau, QC K1A 0H4 |
873-455-5166 melanie.barrieau@rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca |
Canadian Heritage | Todd Kuiack, Executive Director, Reconciliation, Treaties and Engagement Branch | 25 Eddy Street, Gatineau, QC K1A 0M5 |
613-513-8216 Todd.kuiack@pch.gc.ca |
Indigenous Services Canada | Ashley Ramier, Manager, Partnerships Team | 10 Wellington St, Gatineau, QC K1A 0H4 |
819-431-7477 Ashley.Ramier@sac-isc.gc.ca |
Public Safety Canada | Chantal Marion, Manager, Aboriginal Community Safety | 340 Laurier Ave West, Ottawa, ON K1A 0P9 |
613-897-8064 Chantal.Marion@ps-sp.gc.ca |
Women and Gender Equality Canada | Julie Leblanc, Acting Manager, Gender-Based Violence Policy Branch | 22 Eddy St, Gatineau, QC J8X 2V6 |
873-353-5185 Julie.Leblanc@cfc-swc.gc.ca |
Justice Canada | Ryhan Mansour, Senior Director, Reconciliation Secretariat | 284 Wellington St, Ottawa, ON K1A 0H8 |
613-907-3625 Ryhan.Mansour@justice.gc.ca |
Libraries and Archives Canada | Cleo Big Eagle, Director, Indigenous Initiatives | 395 Wellington St, Ottawa, ON K1A 0N4 |
819-230-9766 Cleo.BigEagle@bac-lac.gc.ca |
Health Canada | Victoria Thomas, Manager, Strategic Policy Branch | Address locator 0900C2, Ottawa, ON K1A 0K9 |
613-543-1226 Victoria.Thomas@canada.ca |
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation | Krista Taylor, Senior Manager, Indigenous and Northern Housing Policy | 700 Montreal Rd, Ottawa, ON K1A 0P7 |
613-748-5126 kstaylor@cmhc-schl.gc.ca |
Transport Canada | Simon Gareau, Manager, Aboriginal Policy Development and Oversight | 330 Sparks St, Ottawa, ON K1A 0N5 |
613-993-6391 simon.gareau@tc.gc.ca |
Public Prosecution Service of Canada | Julie Wilson, Manager, Strategic Planning and Performance Measurement, Corporate Services Branch | 160 Elgin St, 12th floor, Ottawa, ON K1A 0H8 |
343-548-0750 julie.wilson@ppsc-sppc.gc.ca |
Royal Canadian Mounted Police | Geneviève Tremblay, Director, National Learning Services | 73 Leikin Dr., Ottawa, ON K1A 0R2 |
613-858-7298 genevieve.tremblay@rcmp-grc.gc.ca |
Statistics Canada | Rebecca Kong, Assistant Director, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics | 150 Tunney's Pasture Driveway, Ottawa, ON K1A 0T6 |
613-854-5624 rebecca.kong@canada.ca |