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Article: Edmonton launches newest Urban Aboriginal Strategy
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- Alberta Sweetgrass
- Article date:
- April 1, 2009
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Federal, provincial and municipal governments contributed $450,000 in mid- March to the country's newest Urban Aboriginal Strategy organization.
Officials from all levels of government helped launch Wicihitowin (a Cree word meaning "help each other") Circle of Shared Responsibility and Stewardship in Edmonton. Edmonton becomes the thirteenth city in Canada and third in Alberta (strategy organizations also exist in Calgary and Lethbridge) to use this collaborative approach to address issues facing its urban Aboriginal population.
Laurie Hawn, Edmonton Centre Member of Parliament, noted that Urban Aboriginal Strategy programs, initiated by the federal government in 2007, were unique to each ...