Summary of Notes: Indigenous Sport Roundtable

The purpose of the summary of notes is to document key takeaways from the Indigenous sport roundtable held on October 7, 2020. The roundtable was comprised of approximately 15 representatives from across Canada, representing the Aboriginal Sport Circle and its network member Provincial/Territorial Aboriginal Sport Bodies (PTASBs) – the Department of Canadian Heritage’s key interlocutors within the Indigenous sport community. Prior to the roundtable, they gathered to collaborate and discuss how to present and express their experience and collective request in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The goals of the Minister’s roundtables, generally, were to:

At the start of the roundtable, the participants shared their general experience of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Indigenous communities. The introduction was then followed by their collective requests to the Minister.

General Experience

Some of the key ideas and takeaways included:

Collective Request

Requests in relation to the Sport for Social Development in Indigenous Communities (SSDIC) program:

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