Table 12. Summary of Resources Needed, Levels of Complexity, Evidence and Recommendations for the rural and northern First Nations communities in Manitoba
Community Resources Spiral Level Research Evidence Recommendations
Housing, clean water, sewage, healthy food, health care, education, employment Beige:
safety and basic needs
1. Literacy is not on the radar screen of current basic needs. 1. Ensure that members have the same human rights as all Canadians.
2. Increase the Quality of Life index in your community.
Tribal belonging, church, traditional ceremony, healthy families Purple:
group belonging
2. Player in developing a labour market are not working together on the problems. 3. Host all the stakeholders in a planning process for economic development. Support the community to participate fully.
Peaceful society that empowers members Red:
respect andself-awareness
3. EC in rural and Northern Mb are burning out and looking to move on. 4. Adopt more human resource policies to support local employees and make jobs more attractive.
Fair and democratic leadership process Blue:
authority and order
4. The bureaucratic /political process is a barrier to success. 5. Create new processes of inclusion in all community planning.
Financially stable community Orange:
money and strategy
5. Things aren’t working. 6. Consult your members to determine their employability needs.
Clean and healthy environment Green:
environment awareness
6. Current planningis too short term. 7. Ensure planning is long term.
Process for outreach to others Yellow:
self and system integration
7. No one is taking a leadership rolein basic literacy needs for the workplace. 8. NILA can fill the role of advocating for appropriate preemployment resources for Aboriginal Job Seekers.