COW - Summary of Engagement on [REDACTED] - June 10, 2021

• Starting in 2016, the Department has engaged with more than 95 stakeholders on drafting [redacted]. The range of stakeholders includes regional and national Indigenous organizations and people, historians, official language minority communities, academics, government partners, and diverse interest groups (listed in section 1). There is wide-ranging support amongst all consulted stakeholders for a new citizenship guide and support for the launch of [redacted].
• Ongoing relationships with the National Indigenous Organizations (NIOs) have been established since December 2016 on the revised guide, including the Assembly of First Nations (AFN), Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK), and the Métis National Council (MNC).
• Drafting began in early 2017. The Department co-developed content for the revised guide on Google Docs with key super-collaborators noted in section 1. The use of Google Docs provided an environment of dialogue and collaboration to provide feedback on the guide. This innovative approach was commended by stakeholders and continued through 2018.
• From February to March 2018, Ministerial Roundtable consultations were held across the country (section 2), involving over 100 participants in 13 cities. Parliamentarians were also consulted over the same period (section 3). Overall, stakeholders consistently agreed on the need for a revised guide and test, and were supportive of the proposed areas of change.
• The Privy Council Office (PCO) held a number of focus groups in late 2018 to test elements of the guide across the country. This feedback was been used to confirm direction.
• At the Minister’s request, re-engagement with key Indigenous stakeholders, historians and other government departments was undertaken in early 2021. In addition to AFN, ITK and MNC, two additional NIOs were included, the Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) and the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples (CAP).
• As NWAC was unable to provide input within requested timelines, the Department (in partnership with Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNA)) engaged six Regional Indigenous Women’s Organizations: Women of the Métis Nation - Les Femme Michif Otipemisiwak (LFMO); Institute for the Advancement of Aboriginal Women (Edmonton); Yukon Aboriginal Women's Council (YAWC); Newfound Aboriginal Women’s Network; Femmes Autochtones du Quebec; and British Columbia Native Women’s Association. Details of these engagements can be found in sections 1 and 4 below.
• Specific government departments were included in the recent re-engagement exercise in early 2021, including CIRNAC, Indigenous Services Canada (ISC), Canadian Heritage (PCH), the Department of Justice (DOJ), and the Department for Women and Gender Equality (WAGE).
• Renewed collaboration was also undertaken in early 2021 with eminent Canadian historians [redacted], chief historian at CIRNA.
• Prior to the launch of [redacted], a targeted group of key stakeholders will be re-engaged -- the NIOs, settlement service providing and other organizations such as the Institute for Canadian Citizenship – to build support and cross-promotion for the guide at launch.

1: Stakeholders engaged in drafting the revised citizenship guide

Indigenous History and Perspectives

• [Redacted], Assembly of First Nations
• [Redacted], Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
• [Redacted], Métis National Council
• [Redacted], Historian, Trent University (recommended by AFN)
• [Redacted], Wilfrid Laurier University
• [Redacted], University of Manitoba
• [Redacted], University of Regina
• [Redacted], Nunavut Sivuniksavut
• Including but not limited to: Jean-Pierre Morin, Jonathan Dewar, Genevieve Carr, Nicole Allegri and Amanda McCarthy Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC)
• Danielle White, Victoria McLean (ISC)
• [Redacted], Council of Aboriginal Peoples (CAP)
• [Redacted], Native Women’s Association (NWAC)
• [Redacted], Les Femme Michif Otipemisiwak (LFMO)
• [Redacted], Institute for the Advancement of Aboriginal Women (IAAW)
• [Redacted], Miriam Mueller, Yukon Aboriginal Women’s Association (YAWC)
• [Redacted], Femmes Autochtones du Quebec
• [Redacted], BC Native Women’s Association
• [Redacted], Nona Mattheqs-Gosse, Newfoundland Aboriginal Women’s Network (NAWN)

Citizenship, Diversity and Inclusion

• [Redacted], Institute for Canadian Citizenship (ICC)
• [Redacted], Historica Canada
• [Redacted], Democracy Exchange, Ryerson University
• Faculty of Arts, Ryerson University
• [Redacted], University of Ottawa
• [Redacted], Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion
• [Redacted], Canadian Race Relations Foundation (co-development on Google Docs)
• [Redacted], Global Centre for Pluralism (co-development on Google Docs)
• [Redacted]
• [Redacted], (Multiculturalism Policy)

General History and Canadian Studies

• [Redacted], Trent University (co-development on Google Docs)
• [Redacted], Ryerson University (co-development on Google Docs)
• [Redacted], Biographer and Historian
• [Redacted], Canadian Museum of History
• [Redacted], University of Saskatchewan
• [Redacted], University of Saskatchewan
• [Redacted], Canada's National History Society (co-development on Google Docs)
• [Redacted], Association for Canadian Studies (co-development on Google Docs)

Francophones, Quebec, and Bilingualism

• [Redacted], Fédération des communautés francophones et acadienne (FCFA)
• [Redacted], Fédération des francophones de la Colombie-Britannique (FFCB)
• [Redacted], Assemblée de la francophonie de l’Ontario (AFO)
• [Redacted], Association franco-yukonnaise (AFY)
• [Redacted], Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN)
• [Redacted], Commissioner of Official Languages (OCOL)
• [Redacted], University of Ottawa
• [Redacted], Société Nationale de l’Acadie (SNA)
• [Redacted], Société de l'Acadie du Nouveau-Brunswick (SANB)
• [Redacted], Department of National Defence
• [Redacted], Université Laval (co-development on Google Docs)

Military History

• [Redacted], Canadian War Museum
• [Redacted], Wilfrid Laurier University

Immigration

• [Redacted], Pier 21
• [Redacted], Canadian Council for Refugees (CCR)

Human Rights

• [Redacted], Canadian Museum for Human Rights
• Shelly Whiting. Office of Human Rights, Freedom and Inclusion, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)

Government and Elections

• Jane Morrison, Elections Canada
• Elizabeth MacLean, Library of Parliament
• Jeff Poulette, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
• Annabelle Cloutier and Sara Regnier-McKellar, Office of the Governor General
• [Redacted], Macdonald-Laurier Institute

Arts, Sports, and Culture

• William Fizet and Bonnie Lee Lacey (representing other sectors), Canadian Heritage (PCH)
• [Redacted], University of Toronto Art Centre
• [Redacted], Canada Council for the Arts
• [Redacted], Sport Matters Canada (co-development on Google Docs)

Ethnic Groups and Visible Minorities

• [Redacted], Cross-Cultural Roundtable on Security
• [Redacted], McGill University (expert in Black-Canadian history)
• [Redacted], University of Victoria (expert in Japanese-Canadian history)
• [Redacted], Royal Military College of Canada (expert in Ukrainian-Canadian history)
• [Redacted], (expert in Chinese-Canadian history)
• [Redacted], Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (co-development on Google Docs)
• [Redacted], Jewish Immigrant Aid Services (co-development on Google Docs)
• Peter Flegel, Keith Chau, Anti-Racism Secretariat (PCH)

LGBTQ2+ Perspectives

• [Redacted], Egale Canada
• [Redacted], Harmony Movement
• Pamela Murphy, LGBTQ2 Secretariat, Privy Council Office (PCO)
• [Redacted], former Director of Multiculturalism
• Joel Dupuis LGBTQ2 Secretariat, Canadian Heritage (PCH)

Gender and Women

• [Redacted], Canadian Women's Foundation (co-development on Google Docs)
• [Redacted], Tori Wong, Women and Gender Equality Canada (WAGE)
• [Redacted], Canadian War Museum
• [Redacted], Canadian Centre for Women in Science, Engineering, Trades, and Technology

Persons with Disabilities

• [Redacted], Canadian Centre on Disability Studies

Religion

• [Redacted], University of Toronto

Youth

• [Redacted], Experiences Canada (co-development on Google Docs)

Geography, Environment, and Economy

• [Redacted], Parks Canada
• [Redacted], Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
• Susan Wong, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
• Marc Toupin and Jason Bett, Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED)
• [Redacted], University of Alberta
• [Redacted], Canadian Geographic
• [Redacted], University of New Brunswick
• [Redacted], David Suzuki Foundation

Service-Provider Organizations

• [Redacted], Victoria Immigrant and Refugee Centre Society
• [Redacted], Catholic Social Services
• [Redacted], Ottawa Carleton District School Board
• [Redacted], Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants (OCASI)
• [Redacted], Multicultural Centre of the Yukon
• [Redacted], TESL Canada Foundation
• [Redacted], Alberta Teachers of English as a Second Language (co-development on Google Docs)
• [Redacted], Manitoba Association of Newcomer Serving Organizations (MANSO) (co-development on Google Docs)
• [Redacted], Ottawa Carleton District School Board (co-development on Google Docs)
• [Redacted], Centre for Canadian Language Benchmarks (co-development on Google Docs)

2: Stakeholders who participated in Ministerial consultations on the guide

Background

In February and March 2018, Ministerial roundtables were held with stakeholders across Canada on the revised citizenship guide. In total, more than 100 stakeholders participated in 13 roundtables.

St. John’s, NL:

• Réseau de Développement Économique et d’Employabilité de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador
• Association for New Canadians
• Sharing Our Cultures
• Réseau en immigration francophone de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador

Halifax, NS:

• Black Business Initiative
• Local Immigration Partnership (Halifax)
• Department of International Development Studies, University of Dalhousie
• Immigrant Services Association of Nova Scotia (ISANS)
• Conseil de développement économique de la Nouvelle-Écosse inc.
• Delmore Buddy Daye Learning Institute
• Halifax Regional School Board
• Atlantic Region Association of Immigrant Serving Agencies (ARAISA)
• YMCA of Greater Halifax/Dartmouth

Charlottetown, PEI:

• PEI Association for Newcomers to Canada
• PEI Council of People with Disabilities
• Multicultural Council of PEI
• Filipino-Canadian Association of Prince Edward Island.
• Advisory Council on the Status of Women
• Mi'k maq Confederacy of PEI
• Pride PEI

Moncton, NB:

• Multicultural Association of Greater Moncton Area (MAGMA)
• Filipino Association of NB
• Moncton Muslim Association
• Asian Heritage
• Filipino-Canadian CommUnity of NB
• Greater Moncton Chinese Association
• Le Centre d’accueil et d’accompagnement francophone des immigrants du Sud-Est du Nouveau-Brunswick (CAFi)
• Association Haitienne des Maritimes (ASHAMA)

Montreal, QC:

• Centre Sino-Québec de la Rive-Sud
• Conseil québécois LGBT
• Table de concertation des organismes au service des personnes réfugiées et immigrantes
• Afghan Women's Center
• Centre d’aide aux Familles Latino-Américaines CAFLA
• Fédération des travailleurs et travailleuses du Québec (FTQ)
• HEC Montréal
• Groupe Sawa
• Union étudiante du Québec
• Jeune Chambre de Commerce Algérienne du Canada
• Réseau D'action pour l'égalité des femmes immigrées et racisees du Québec (RAFIQ)
• La Maisonnée
• Force Jeunesse

Toronto, ON:

• Oasis Centre Des Femmes
• Canadian Race Relations Foundation
• Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants (OCASI)
• Ryerson University
• South Asian Legal Clinic of Ontario (SALCO)
• Canadian Council of Muslim Women
• Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA)
• World Sikh Organization
• The 519
• Native Canadian Centre of Toronto

Waterloo, ON:

• Workforce Planning Board of Waterloo Wellington Dufferin
• Conestoga Language Institute
• Upper Grand District School Board
• Regional Municipality of Waterloo
• Kitchener-Waterloo Multicultural Centre
• Waterloo Lutheran Seminary (at Wilfred Laurier University)
• The Social Development Centre Waterloo Region
• Congress of Black Women of Canada – Ontario Region
• Central Ontario Chinese Cultural Centre
• Waterloo Catholic District School Board

Winnipeg, MB:

• Manitoba Association of Newcomer Serving Organizations
• Community Engagement Coordinator, Immigration Partnership Winnipeg Program
• Supporting Employment and Economic Development (SEED) Winnipeg
• Social Planning Council of Winnipeg
• Rainbow Resource Centre
• Newcomers’ Employment and Education Development Services (N.E.E.D.S. Inc.)
• Association culturelle franco-manitobaine (ACFM)

Saskatoon, SK:

• City of Saskatoon, Community Development Branch
• Global Gathering Place
• Saskatoon Open Door Society
• International Women of Saskatoon
• Saskatchewan Intercultural Association
• Communauté des Africains Francophones de la Saskatchewan
• OUTSaskatoon
• India Canada Cultural Association
• Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission
• Pakistan Canada Cultural Association
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of Saskatoon & Area

Edmonton, AB:

• Centre d'accueil et d'etablissement du Nord de AB
• Edmonton Immigrant Services Association
• Ogaden Somali Community Association
• MKA - Edmonton
• Atlas Canadian Immigration Consultancy
• ASSIST Community Services Centre
• Edmonton Mennonite Centre for Newcomers (EMCN)
• NorQuest College
• Somali Canadian Education and Rural Development Organization
• Indo-Canadian Women's Association
• Catholic Social Services

Vancouver, BC:

• Centre d’intégration pour immigrants africains
• S.U.C.C.E.S.S.
• Multicultural Helping House Society
• Vietnamese Canadian Community in Greater Vancouver Society
• Fédération des francophones de la Colombie-Britannique (FFCB)
• Réseau-Femmes Colombie-Britannique
• Komagata Maru Foundation
• Pacific Immigrant Resources Society (PIRS)
• West coast domestic workers association

Surrey, BC:

• The BC Muslim Association, Surrey East Branch (Masjid-ur-Rahmah)
• University of British Columbia
• DiverseCity
• Langley Community Services Society
• Immigrant Employment Council of BC
• Options Community Services
• Delta School District
• MOSAIC
• Progressive Intercultural Community Services (PICS) Society
• Living Hope Christian Fellowship
• Gobind Marg Charitable Trust Society (GMCTS)
• SD36 ELL Welcome Centre

North (Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut):

• Regional Program Head, Aurora College
• Conseil de dévéloppement économique des Territoires du Nord-Ouest
• Community Connections, NWT Literacy Council
• Yukon Muslim Society
• Association franco-culturelle de Yellowknife

3: Parliamentarians

Background:

In March 2018, the Minister requested input from his Parliamentary colleagues on the direction of the revised citizenship guide. In total, 22 Parliamentarians from all major political parties provided feedback.

4: Tracking list of engagement with Indigenous Organizations

• The following table lists interactions with the Indigenous Organizations regarding revisions to the citizenship guide. This includes meetings and email communication of note between December 2016 to the present.
• Collaboration with Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs (CIRNA) and Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) is not included.