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Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Aboriginal Peoples

Second Session, Thirty-seventh Parliament, 2002-03

Chair: The Honourable THELMA J. CHALIFOUX

Friday, March 21, 2003

Issue No. 10

Eighteenth and nineteenth meetings on:

Examination of issues affecting urban Aboriginal youth, in particular, access, provision and delivery of services, policy and jurisdictional issues, employment and education, access to economic opportunities, youth participation and empowerment, and related matters

WITNESSES:

Morning session:

From Edmonton Catholic Schools:

Sonja Willier, Language Arts Facilitator, Aboriginal Learning Centre;

Pam Sparklingeyes, Cultural Coordinator, Aboriginal Learning Centre.

From the Ben Calf Robe School:

Sean McGuiness, Principal.

From the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology:

Eva Stang, Aboriginal Liaison Coordinator.

From the Amiskwaciy Academy:

Shirly McNeill, Assistant Vice-Principal;

Theresa Cardinal, Administrator.

From the University of Alberta:

Lewis Cardinal, Director of Native Student Services;

Brenda Jones-Smith, Coordinator.

From the Edmonton Public Schools:

Donna Leask, Supervisor, Aboriginal Education.

Afternoon session:

From Sacred Heart Church:

Reverend James L. Holland, O.M.I.

From the Edmonton Catholic Schools:

Heather Jacobs, Social Worker, Aboriginal Learning Centre.

From the Aboriginal Justice Initiatives Unit:

Bronwyn Shoush., Director.

From the City of Edmonton:

Lewis Cardinal, Chair, Edmonton Aboriginal Urban Affairs Committee;

Debbie Coulter, Member, Edmonton Aboriginal Urban Affairs Committee;

Robb Campre, Member, Edmonton Aboriginal Urban Affairs Committee.

From the Edmonton Metis Cultural Dance Society:

Lyle Donald, Coordinator.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Thelma J. Chalifoux, Chair

The Honourable Janis G. Johnson, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Carney, P.C., * Carstairs, P.C. (or Robichaud, P.C.), Chaput, Christensen, Gill, Léger, * Lynch-Staunton (or Kinsella), Pearson, Sibbeston, Stratton, Tkachuk

*Ex Officio Members

(Quorum 4)

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