First Nations Income Assistance in Perspective: Assimilation, Active Measures and The Way Forward

The legacy of assimilation policy and the push for universality during the welfare state era weighed heavily on the development of the Income Assistance program for First Nations. Today, high rates of income support dependency, couple with poverty, unemployment and other social problems on-reserve,...

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Main Author: EISLEB-TAYLOR, Samantha
Other Authors: Papillon, Martin
Language:English
Published: 2013
Subjects:
First Nations
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10393/30517
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spelling ftunivottawa:oai:ruor.uottawa.ca:10393/30517 2023-05-15T16:14:38+02:00 First Nations Income Assistance in Perspective: Assimilation, Active Measures and The Way Forward EISLEB-TAYLOR, Samantha Papillon, Martin 2013 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10393/30517 en eng http://hdl.handle.net/10393/30517 2013 ftunivottawa 2021-01-04T17:10:14Z The legacy of assimilation policy and the push for universality during the welfare state era weighed heavily on the development of the Income Assistance program for First Nations. Today, high rates of income support dependency, couple with poverty, unemployment and other social problems on-reserve, pushing the federal government to reform the IA program through the introduction of active measures. This paper argues that in order to achieve long-term success in reducing dependency and alleviating poverty on-reserve, the government will need to work with First Nations in partnership to develop IA program that recognizes the legacy of assimilation and works to overcome it through a holistic and culturally relevant program design. Other/Unknown Material First Nations uO Research (University of Ottawa - uOttawa)
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description The legacy of assimilation policy and the push for universality during the welfare state era weighed heavily on the development of the Income Assistance program for First Nations. Today, high rates of income support dependency, couple with poverty, unemployment and other social problems on-reserve, pushing the federal government to reform the IA program through the introduction of active measures. This paper argues that in order to achieve long-term success in reducing dependency and alleviating poverty on-reserve, the government will need to work with First Nations in partnership to develop IA program that recognizes the legacy of assimilation and works to overcome it through a holistic and culturally relevant program design.
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title_full First Nations Income Assistance in Perspective: Assimilation, Active Measures and The Way Forward
title_fullStr First Nations Income Assistance in Perspective: Assimilation, Active Measures and The Way Forward
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