Aboriginal Governance: Challenges and Perspectives
Upcoming Dates in the National Capital Region
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English
Summary
This one-day course explores the principal governance challenges facing Aboriginal communities and organizations as they work to improve the well being of their citizens. In this session, we discuss policy approaches, ways to significantly improve the quality of governance and the appropriate role of the federal government in building Aboriginal governance capacity.
Participants will learn and discuss:
- universal principles of good governance
- how history, culture and technology affect notions of good governance
- the governance challenges facing Aboriginal peoples both on and off-reserve
- the inter-play of business, politics and governance
- Aboriginal leaders and their staff
- building effective government to government relationships
- approaches to building governance capacity – the roles of government, Aboriginal communities and others
Who should participate in this course?
This course will be useful and stimulating for policy analysts, program managers, negotiators, service providers and Aboriginal leaders working in or with Aboriginal organizations seeking to improve Aboriginal well being.
Course fee
The cost of this course is $990 (no HST) per person. The price includes expert facilitation, lunch and course materials. Registration is done through an online registration system where you can select to pay by credit card or request an invoice.
Location and time
Our courses run from 8:30 am – 4:30 pm at the IOG premises at 60 George St. in the Byward Market, downtown Ottawa.
What you can expect
This course is delivered in English in an intimate seminar style setting (less than 15 participants), giving all participants the opportunity to reflect on and discuss the challenges and perspectives of Aboriginal governance issues.
Why this is important
There is broad agreement in Canada that the conditions of our Aboriginal Peoples rank as one of our most serious challenges as a nation. Unacceptable gaps separate Aboriginal Canadians from their fellow citizens in educational attainment, employment and housing, by way of example. Aboriginal communities continue to report disproportionately high rates of fetal alcohol syndrome, teen suicides and chronic diseases such as diabetes.
Extending the learning
The IOG offers special advisory services on Aboriginal Governance. For more information on the supports and/or expertise we can provide, please contact Marion Lefebvre.
For those who wish to have an adapted course that is specific to their issues and requirements, customized course offerings can be delivered upon request for departments, teams or groups, in English or French, in any part of the country.
The IOG also offers the Coaching Circle, to assist executives and officers at all levels of government as well as non-profit and other organizations in the development of their leadership skills.
