Reports & Publications

Atlantic Policy Congress Resources

• Atlantic First Nations Housing Needs Assessment (AFNHNA)
• Draft Atlantic First Nations Housing Strategy
• Urban, Rural, and Northern Indigenous Housing Strategy Engagement Session Final Report (2023)

Data and Guiding Documents

• AFN Resolution no. 79/2019: Action Plan for First Nations Homelessness On and Off-Reserve National Housing Strategy
• CMHC Research Insight – Housing Adequacy for Aboriginal Households in First Nations Communities (2016)
• CMHC Research Insight – Housing Suitability for Aboriginal Households in First Nations Communities (2016)
• CMHC Research Insight – Housing Tenure for Aboriginal Households in First Nations Communities (2017)
• CMHC’s Housing Conditions of On-Reserve Aboriginal Households: Socioeconomic Analysis (2019)
• Housing on First Nation Reserves: Challenges and Successes, an Interim Report of the Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples (2015)

Access to Safe Drinking Water in First Nations Communities – Indigenous Services Canada

Report 3, Independent Auditor’s Report – 2021

This report presents the results of a performance audit conducted by the Office of the Auditor General of Canada (OAG) under the authority of the Auditor General Act.

Why perform the audit:

• Access to safe drinking water is vital to the health and well-being of First Nations communities. Until deficiencies with water systems are addressed and long-term solutions are fully implemented, communities may continue to have challenges accessing safe drinking water.
• If funding to operate and maintain water systems is insufficient, water systems may continue to deteriorate at a faster-than-expected rate. A regulatory regime for safe drinking water in First Nations communities is important to ensure that First Nations people receive protections comparable with other Canadians

The findings:

• ISC did not meet its commitments to eliminate long-term drinking water advisories in First Nations communities and deficiencies for some water systems had not been addressed
• ISC had not amended the operations and maintenance funding formula for First Nations water systems since it was first developed 30 years ago, and a salary gap contributed to problems in retaining qualified water system operators 
• No regulatory Regime was in place to help ensure access to safe drinking water in First Nations communities

For the full report, click here.

United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP)

UNDRIP is an interaction declaration adopted by the UN on the 13th of September 2007, to enshrine the rights that “constitute the minimum standards for the survival, dignity, and well-being of the indigenous peoples of the world”. UNDRIP protects collective rights that may not be addressed in other human rights characters that emphasize individual rights, and it also safeguards the individual rights of Indigenous people.

To read the UN Declaration, click here.