B1. Application: Governments and Citizens Working Together
Specific Expectations
B1.1
assess the effectiveness of actions taken by one or more levels of government, including Indigenous governments, to address an issue of national, provincial/territorial, and/or local significance (e.g., with reference to the Far North Act in addressing concerns of Inuit and First Nations about development in northern Ontario; municipal, provincial, and/or federal programs/policies aimed at reducing child poverty; policies related to the management of the Great Lakes; actions to support nation-to-nation relationships between federal/provincial governments and First Nations, Métis, and Inuit governments; youth advisory councils within the federal and provincial governments; policies/actions intended to address issues related to drinking water in First Nations communities; policies/actions on housing in Inuit communities; the actions taken as a result of the Métis Nation of Ontario Secretariat Act [2015] from the perspective of the Métis and the federal and provincial governments)
- What criteria could you use to judge the effectiveness of government actions?
- How would you rate the effectiveness of different governments’ involvement in the protection of the Rouge Valley?
- Which levels of government are involved in managing the Alberta oil sands? Are their actions effective? Why or why not?
- What are some of the actions that are being taken to reduce child poverty in Canada? In Ontario? In Indigenous communities? In local municipalities? Which level or levels of government are responsible for policy on this issue? Are their actions effective? Why or why not?
- What are some of the actions that local, provincial, federal, and/or Indigenous governments have taken to address the issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls? What criteria could you use to judge the effectiveness of these approaches?
- How would you assess the effectiveness of the Métis Nation of Ontario’s green energy plan?
B1.2
create a plan of action to address a social issue of local, provincial/territorial, and/or national significance (e.g., homelessness, child poverty, bullying in schools, availability of physicians in remote communities, lack of employment opportunities within some regions, overcrowded and poorly constructed housing and/or lack of mental health and social services in First Nations and/or Inuit communities, funding for education in First Nations communities, preservation of Indigenous languages, missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls), specifying the actions to be taken by the appropriate government or governments, including Indigenous governments, as well as by citizens
- What types of services are needed to help homeless people? Who could best provide those services? Who should be consulted around the provision of such services?
- What are the most important issues facing people with disabilities? What levels of government need to be involved in addressing these issues? What does each level of government need to do?
- What can private citizens do to help children living in poverty? How could these actions supplement government programs in this area?
- What type of services do elderly people need? Which services should be provided by government and which by community groups or family members? What particular barriers do elderly First Nations, Métis, and/or Inuit individuals experience in accessing services? How could those barriers be addressed?
- What services are needed to support the physical and mental health of Indigenous youth? Who needs to be consulted when developing a strategy to address this issue? How would you decide which community groups are best suited to provide these services?
B1.3
create a plan of action to address an environmental issue of local, provincial/territorial, and/or national significance (e.g., managing waste disposal, regulating industrial practices that damage the environment, ensuring safe drinking water, expanding availability of energy from renewable sources, reducing vehicle emissions, addressing land and water contamination on First Nations territory), specifying the actions to be taken by the appropriate government or governments, including Indigenous governments, as well as by citizens
- Which level or levels of government should address the issue of the sale and export of spring water from Ontario? What action do you think citizens of the province should take on this issue? How can you ensure that your plan takes into account the perspectives of local Indigenous communities?
- What types of policy and action are needed to address the problems facing communities affected by erosion and the melting permafrost in Nunavut? How can you ensure that your plan of action on this issue takes Inuit perspectives into account?
- When addressing an environmental issue, why is it important to investigate strategies developed by various Indigenous peoples and governments?