Ontario Enhancing Safety for Workers in Indigenous Communities
Province Improving Workplace Health and Safety in the Robinson Superior Treaty Area
NEWS January 19, 2018
Ontario is helping to protect workers in Indigenous communities through support for an initiative that promotes knowledge of workplace health and safety.
The province is investing $281,000 in the G’minoomaadozimin (“We are Living Well”) Health and Safety Initiative to support families and create safer workplaces and communities in the Robinson Superior Treaty area. The initiative is headed by the Nokiiwin Tribal Council, a non-profit organization that provides a range of social and community services to six Indigenous communities in that area.
The initiative will:
Protecting workers across the province is part of Ontario’s plan to create fairness and opportunity during this period of rapid economic change. The plan includes a higher minimum wage and better working conditions, free tuition for hundreds of thousands of students, easier access to affordable child care, and free prescription drugs for everyone under 25 through the biggest expansion of medicare in a generation.
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“We recognize that Indigenous communities are one of the fastest-growing populations in Canada, and represent a vital part of our workplace of tomorrow. We must do all we can to make sure all workers across the province can go home safe and sound at the end of the day. Through this funding, we’re helping the G’minoomaadozimin initiative with its important work of ensuring safer workers and workplaces in the communities that it serves.”
— Kevin Flynn, Minister of Labour
“Indigenous people are working to create new opportunities for themselves and their communities. To support their efforts, we are ensuring that they have access to culturally appropriate health and safety training. I am proud to support Nokiiwin Tribal Council and all they do to keep workers safe on and off the job.”
— David Zimmer, Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation
“Indigenous communities are a significant and important part of the Northern economy. Our government’s investment in Nokiiwin Tribal Council’s G’minoomaadozimin initiatives will help protect Indigenous workers in the Robinson Superior Treaty area as they work to create a culture of safety with hands-on training and focus on internal responsibility systems to make our workplaces and communities safer.”
— Michael Gravelle, Minister of Northern Development and Mines, MPP For Thunder Bay – Superior North
“We are pleased to partner with the Ministry of Labour to move forward the G’minoomaadozimin – We Are Living Well initiative. This is an essential community-based health and safety initiative that has been designed to positively influence behaviours and increase health and safety culture. The programs of G’minoomaadozimin are founded on the traditional values of respect, dignity and equality, and the Seven Grandfather Teachings. By working together to create safer and welcoming workplaces, we believe that overall family and community wellness will be enhanced for our six member First Nations.”
— Audrey Gilbeau, Executive Director of Nokiiwin Tribal Council
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Le gouvernement de l’Ontario aide à protéger les travailleurs dans les collectivités autochtones en soutenant une initiative visant à faire connaître les notions de la santé et de la sécurité au travail.
Le gouvernement de l’Ontario a affecté 281 000 $ à l’initiative en matière de santé et de sécurité G’minoomaadozimin (We are Living Well) pour soutenir les familles et accroître la sécurité dans les lieux de travail et les collectivités du territoire visé par le Traité Robinson-Supérieur. L’initiative est dirigée par le Conseil tribal Nokiiwin, un organisme sans but lucratif qui fournit divers services sociaux et communautaires dans six collectivités autochtones de ce territoire.
L’initiative va :
Protéger les travailleurs partout dans la province fait partie du plan de l’Ontario pour promouvoir l’équité et les chances de succès en cette période d’évolution rapide de l’économie. Le plan comprend un salaire minimum plus élevé, l’amélioration des conditions de travail, la gratuité scolaire pour des centaines de milliers d’étudiants, un meilleur accès à des services de garde d’enfants abordables, ainsi que les médicaments d’ordonnance gratuits pour les jeunes de moins de 25 ans, grâce à la plus grande expansion de l’assurance-santé en une génération.
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– Kevin Flynn, ministre du Travail
– David Zimmer, ministre des Relations avec les Autochtones et de la Réconciliation
– Michael Gravelle, ministre du Développement du Nord et des Mines, et député provincial (Thunder Bay–Superior-North)
– Audrey Gilbeau, directrice générale du Conseil tribal Nokiiwin
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