REPORT SUMMARY
REVISITING THE UNITED NATIONS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN CANADA: Summary of a report on progress Introduction This report summarizes the status of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals as they relate to Indigenous 1 Peoples in Canada. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were set in 2015 in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.2 The 17 goals aim to end poverty and achieve sustainable development. The mission of the 2030 SDGs Agenda is to leave no one behind. While the Agenda is comprehensive and addresses many of the issues faced by Indigenous Peoples in Canada, its mission cannot be successful without focusing on the unique
issues affecting Indigenous Peoples. In particular, poverty has led to inequality. This requires strategies that address the situations that lead to and result from poverty. In 2018 the National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health ([NCCAH], now the National Collaborating Centre for Indigenous Health [NCCIH]), reported on the progress of the SDG targets as they relate to Indigenous Peoples in Canada. The Centre’s report also made 15 recommendations to move the 2030 Agenda forward for the betterment of Indigenous Peoples in Canada.
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The Centre reviewed the SDGs again in 2023. The following summarizes the NCCIH 2023 report, focusing on its assessment of the 2018 recommendations and proposal of new recommendations to support continued progress.
The terms ‘Indigenous’ or ‘Indigenous Peoples’ have been used throughout this paper synonymously with the term ‘Aboriginal’ to encompass First Nations peoples, Inuit and Métis peoples inclusively. The terms ‘Aboriginal’ or ‘Aboriginal peoples’ are used when reflected in the literature under discussion. Whenever possible, culturally specific names are used. 2 In the agenda, sustainable development has four elements: 1) social development, 2) environmental sustainability, 3) inclusive economic development, and 4) peace and security. 1
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