Grants and Contributions

Public Safety Canada, upon confirmation with the Ministère de la Sécurité publique du Québec, is making an investment to strengthen the physical capabilities of First Nations and Inuit police forces in the Quebec region that aligns with provincial policing priorities. This investment is part of the strategy to stabilize police forces under the First Nations and Inuit Policing Program (FNIPP), which began in 2022-23. This strategy was initially designed to address existing challenges of the FNIPP in the region, and its second phase will support the growth of First Nations and Inuit police forces from 2024-25 onwards. The current investment bridges the gap between the two phases by enabling First Nations and Inuit police forces to increase their non-recurring physical capabilities.

The objective of this Bilateral Agreement between the Government of Canada and the Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke is to provide one-time funding for the purchase of additional equipment for the provision of policing services in Kahnawà:ke.

Public Safety Canada, upon confirmation with the Ministère de la Sécurité publique du Québec, is making an investment to strengthen the physical capabilities of First Nations and Inuit police forces in the Quebec region that aligns with provincial policing priorities. This investment is part of the strategy to stabilize police forces under the First Nations and Inuit Policing Program (FNIPP), which began in 2022-23. This strategy was initially designed to address existing challenges of the FNIPP in the region, and its second phase will support the growth of First Nations and Inuit police forces from 2024-25 onwards. The current investment bridges the gap between the two phases by enabling First Nations and Inuit police forces to increase their non-recurring physical capabilities.

The objective of this Bilateral Agreement between the Government of Canada, the Conseil des Abénakis d'Odanak, and the Conseil des Abénakis de Wôlinak is to provide one-time funding for the purchase of additional equipment for the provision of policing services in Odanak and Wôlinak.

The objective of this Project is to allow Yukon to provide funding to Selkirk First Nation (SFN) for the purposes of the SFN Community Safety Officer (CSO) Program. The SFN CSO Program offers an alternative and proactive approach to enhancing community safety, drawing on relationships within the community, knowledge of SFN traditions and value, and working collaboratively with the RCMP while offering flexibility to community members to access alternative safety supports.

Yukon will use the contribution, along with Yukon’s own source funds, to provide funding to SFN to enable SFN to operate their CSO Program. Yukon’s responsibility in the Project will include issuing payments to SFN and receiving financial and activity reporting from SFN, as outlined in a bilateral Transfer Payment Agreement between Yukon and SFN.

SFN’s CSO project provides integral support to the community, guided by the following principles:
- Contribute to a safe and healthy community in partnership with priorities generated by the community
- Support community members using a holistic approach
- Contribute to the CSO community of practice in Pelly Crossing and throughout the Yukon, identifying opportunities to network and support
- Incorporate SFN’s principles of caring, sharing, respect and teaching into their approach to community safety.

SFN’s CSO program is established and well-respected within the community. It continues to build on internal capacity and growth, recognizes the strengths and weaknesses of the community and its services, and focuses on collaborative and holistic principles of community safety and problem solving. The program works closely with a contractor, House of Wolf and Associates, to improve and develop CSO service delivery, track performance measures and to ensure the program remains community driven and responsive.

The ongoing delivery of community driven services that incorporate SFN’s priorities and principles are central to the CSO program. SFN’s CSOs will continue to maintain a proactive safety presence within the community to support residents in their ability to freely participate in community living while maintaining and building their perceived and actual safety.

Carcross Tagish First Nation’s (CTFN) Community Safety and Wellness (CSW) project is a non-enforcement based program. The project will support the delivery of services to approximately 900 Citizens living in CTFN traditional territory and elsewhere. CTFN territory covers a large geographical area within the Yukon Territory and is comprised of both rural and remote communities.

This project is a modification of a previous Community Safety Officer (CSO) program that did not meet the needs of the Citizens, nor did it consider the complicated historical relationships and experiences with enforcement agencies. With these considerations in mind, CTFN modified the program, shifting away from an institutional/agency program with uniformed “officers”, to a holistic safety and wellness program based on social determination of health.

This CSW project aims to provide CTFN with an additional mechanism to enhance community safety for citizens through proactive activities, responsive wellness support based on community needs, and fostering community connections. The CSW team (liaisons) will deliver activities that reflect the wellness aspect of community needs, focusing on building community connections, building trust, meeting people where they are at, and providing unique-personalized support through mental wellness, substance use, trauma and crisis interventions.

Funding provided for this project will support community safety by allowing the current program to expand, both in terms of geographic locations and number of CTFN Citizens being supported.

Teslin Tlingit Council (TTC) Community Safety Officer project is a non-enforcement based program. TTC is a self-governing First Nation based in Southern Yukon. The project will support the delivery of services to TTC Citizens living within the Traditional Territory.

This project aims to provide TTC with an additional mechanism to enhance community safety for Citizens through proactive activities, responsive support based on community needs, and fostering community connections. The CSO team will deliver activities that reflect the distinct culture, governance structure, traditions and values of TTC history, families, and community priorities.

Public Safety Canada, upon confirmation with the Ministère de la Sécurité publique du Québec, is making an investment to strengthen the physical capabilities of First Nations and Inuit police forces in the Quebec region that aligns with provincial policing priorities. This investment is part of the strategy to stabilize police forces under the First Nations and Inuit Policing Program (FNIPP), which began in 2022-2023. This strategy was initially designed to address existing challenges of the FNIPP in the region, and its second phase will support the growth of First Nations and Inuit police forces from 2024-225 onwards. The current investment bridges the gap between the two phases by enabling First Nations and Inuit police forces to increase their non-recurring physical capabilities.

The objective of this Bilateral Agreement between the Government of Canada and the Conseil des Innus de Pakua Shipi is to provide one-time funding for the purchase of additional equipment for the provision of policing services in Pakua Shipi.

The Kwanlin Dün First Nation (KDFN) Community Safety Officer (CSO) project is a non-enforcement based program. The CSO Program aligns with Kwanlin Dün’s inherent right to self-reliance and governance. The CSOs are the natural and traditional safeguards in the community that were lost due to colonization and play a significant role in reconciliation, specifically helping to bridge and build trusting relationships with western counterparts and systems that have historically invoked harm. The KDFN CSO program is seen as a powerful and culturally relevant justice program for KDFN that speaks to a number of Truth and Reconciliation Commission Calls to Action, in addition to several Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Calls to Justice.

The CSO Program is a preventative and wellness-based approach that draws on KDFN traditions, a robust training curriculum and a tiered recruitment model. While the CSOs work closely and collaboratively with the RCMP to enhance the effectiveness of existing policing services in terms of cultural relevance and responsiveness to the public safety needs of KDFN, the CSOs have no enforcement authority.

The CSO’s understand the importance of allowing citizens to feel respected and understood. The CSOs work with children, families, and elders. They are not reactionary, but proactive. They are highly visible, known and trusted in the community. Contemporary and westernized interventions do not always make sense to KDFN citizens especially if they are hurting, vulnerable, angry, or scared. The CSOs are consistently the first call for assistance and help to meet and triage the immediate needs of the community and when necessary, bridge with other resources. Providing front line supports and services allow the CSOs and the KDFN community to foster the ability to work collaboratively identifying risks, act together to reduce threats, and to facilitate healing and wellness. Through the work of the CSOs and the partnerships they uphold, KDFN citizens have become empowered and justified in asserting their right to live and raise their children in a safe community.

Pikangikum First Nation recently conducted a policing needs assessment to better understand the policing model options available to them under the First Nations and Inuit Policing Program. A stand-alone, self-governed police service was indicated as the Nation’s preference of policing models. As such, there are several initiatives that are required to proceed with the implementation of the police service. The following subsections describe separate, but linked project segments for which we have proposed solutions to Pikangikum. They include:
1) Policy and Procedure Development
2) Police Board Development and Governance Training
3) Chief of Police Recruitment
4) Project Management

The Tsuut’ina Nation has an established self-administered police service, the Tsuut’ina Nation Police Service (TNPS), since 2004 and is a part of the Group of Four (G4) Nations, which includes the Stoney Nakoda Nations; Goodstoney, Bearspaw, and Chiniki. Since 2009, the G4 Nations have engaged in activities to create a prosperous economy which has resulted in economic growth and an innovative vision of the Indigenous economy.

This project will fund an economic development study and the coordination of engagement sessions conducted by the Stoney Nakoda - Tsuut'ina Tribal Council Ltd. This project will produce an analysis on the relationship between economic development activities and community safety and explore the factors that influence community safety and policing needs on First Nation communities which are located close to urban centres. In turn, this will determine the results of effective policing on community safety and economic prosperity of First Nation communities and a discussion paper will be provided on the evidence gathered from self-administered police services to inform future policing models supported by the First Nations and Inuit Policing Program (FNIPP) Terms and Conditions (T&C).

The Tsuut’ina Nation has an established self-administered police service, the Tsuut’ina Nation Police Service (TNPS), since 2004 and is a part of the Group of Four (G4) Nations, which includes the Stoney Nakoda Nations; Goodstoney, Bearspaw, and Chiniki. Since 2009, the G4 Nations have engaged in activities to create a prosperous economy which has resulted in economic growth and an innovative vision of the Indigenous economy.

Public Safety Canada has held engagement sessions to examine roles and responsibilities of First Nations, Federal and Provincial governments, and the definition of “essential services” for the purpose of co-developing legislation to recognize First Nation policing as essential services.

In anticipation of the legislation, the purpose of this project is to fund the coordination of engagement sessions held by Stoney Nakoda - Tsuut'ina Tribal Council Ltd. to explore the factors that influence community safety and policing needs on First Nation Communities which are located in close proximity to the City of Calgary, an urban centre. In turn, a discussion paper will be provided on the evidence gathered from self-administered police services to inform future policing models supported by the First Nations and Inuit Policing Program (FNIPP) Terms and Conditions (T&C).