Acronyms and Abbreviated Meanings
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APC Atlantic Policy Congress of First Nations Chiefs Secretariat
AFN Assembly of First Nation
AAEDIRP Atalnatic Aboriginal Economic Development Intergrated Research Program
AAHRP Atlantic Aboriginal Health Research Program
AAROM Aboriginal Aquatic Resource & Oceans Management
ABC Aboriginal Business Canada
ACOA Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
AHHRI Aboriginal Health Human Resource Initiative
AHS Aboriginal Headstart
AICFI Atlantic Integrated Commercial Fisheries Initiative
AFS Aboriginal Fisheries Strategy
AHTF Aboriginal Health Transition Fund
APTN Aboriginal Peoples Television Network
ASMI At Sea Mentoring Initiative
BCR Band Council Resolution
BDO Band Development Officer
BDT Business Development Team
BDC Business Development Canada
BF Brighter Futures
BHC Building Health Communities
CAP Congress of Aboriginal Peoples
CEP Common Experience Payment (Residential School)
CHN Community Health Nurse
CHR Community Health Representative
CFS Canadian Forest Service
CFLS Commercial Fisheries Liasion Coordinator
CME Council on Mi'kmaq Education
CMHC Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation
CMM Confederacy of Mainland Mi'kmaq
DFO Department of Fisheries and Oceans
DHA District Health Authority
DNR Department of Natural Resources
DIAND Department of Indian & Northern Department
EDO Economic Development Officer
EHO Environmental Health Officer
EWP Eastern Woodland Publishing
FCH First Canadian Health (Insurance Company For First Nation)
FMS Fisheries Management System
FNIHIS First Nation & Inuit Health Information System
FNF First Nation Forestry
FNFPNS First Nation Forestry Program Nova Scotia
FNIH First Nation & Inuit Health
FOMI Fisheries Operations Management Initiative
GMRC Gespe'gewaq Mi'gmaq Resource Council
HD Health Director
HILP Hospital Interpreter Liaison Program
HON Healing Our Nations
HSIF Health Services Intergration Fund
IA Indian Act
IAP Independent Assessment Program (Residential School)
INAC Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
IRS Indian Residential School
IRSRC Indian Residential School Resolutions Canada
IT Information Technology
KMKNO Kwilmu'kw Maw-Klusuaqn Negotiation Office
LIHC Labrador Inuit Health Commission
MACS Mi'kmaq Association of Cultural Studies (Nova Scotia)
MAWIW Mi'kmaq/Maliseet Word for "Coming Together"
MCH Maternal Child Health
MCPEI Mi'kmaq Confederacy of Prince Edward Island
METS Mi'kmaq Employment & Training Secretariat
MK Mi'kmaq Kina'matnewey
MLSN Mi'kmaq Legal Support Network
MMAHB Mi'kmaq Maliseet Atlantic Health Board
MMAYC Mi'kmaq Maliseet Atlantic Youth Council
MMNN Mi'kmaq Maliseet Nations News
MOU Memorandum of Understanding
MRP Matrimonial Real Property
NADACA Native Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counseling Association (Nova Scotia)
NAFC National Association of Friendship Centers
NAHO National Aboriginal Health Organization
NAYSPS National Aboriginal Youth Suicide Prevention Strategy
NEO Native Employment Officer
NFA Nova Forest Alliance
NIICHRO National Indian & Inuit Community Health Representative Organization
NNADAP National Native Alcohol & Drug Abuse Program
NWAC National Women Association of Canada
NIHB Non-Insured Health Benefits
OT Occupational Therapist
PTO Political Tribal Organizations
RHS Regional Health Survey
RHSW Resolution Health Support Worker
RN Registered Nurse
SDA Social Development Administrators
TA Teachers Assistant
TEK Traditional Ecological Knowledge
TK Traditional Knowledge
UNBI Union of New Brunswick Indians
UNSI Union of Nova Scotia Indians
