Aboriginal youth in Canada : Jeunes autochtones du Canada : nouveaux enjeux, priorités de recherche et incidences politiques

The objective of the project Investing in Youth: Evidence from Policy, Practice, and Research is to develop a knowledge base and a conceptual framework for supporting effective analysis, measurement, and responses to youth-related issues in Canada. [...] In the first phase of the project, two roundtables and a series of background papers were commissioned to gather input for the project’s development, explore recent research findings and discuss international developments in the area of youth policy. [...] Reflecting on the Process: Successful Approaches to Research and Policy Development While the main focus of the roundtable was to identify priority issues facing Aboriginal youth, a significant part of the discussion during the half-day event centred on ways to improve research practices and policy development by making them more collaborative and inclusive. [...] Roundtable participants expressed the need for both research and policy making to recognize the value of traditional knowledge and they encouraged a stronger shift away from research on and about Aboriginal people to one done with, by, and for them. [...] Already in 1996, the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples recommended that if you put the resources into the community level, the fit between programs and needs and resilience will happen.” B. Recommendations for Policy Given the complexity and the interdependence of the issues facing Aboriginal youth, roundtable participants expressed the clear need to approach the issues holistically and horiz