Final report : Rapport final : évaluation du projet pilote de planification communautaire globale en Saskatchewa

As part of the pilot project, the CEU worked with five of the pilot communities to design and build a new structure in the community, such as a community market or outdoor classroom, in order to provide tangible evidence of progress on the plan. [...] Over the course of the project, the CEU submitted two proposals to AANDC Saskatchewan region for funding to establish a diploma program in First Nations community planning, first with the First Nations University in 2006 and then with the First Nations University and the University of Saskatchewan in 2010. [...] The logic model articulates the following outcomes: Increased awareness of the importance of comprehensive community-based planning on the part of pilot communities and AANDC; Increased capabilities of community members to engage in development and use of comprehensive community-based plans; and Improved planning in pilot communities. [...] While there was good representation of women and men in the planning process, the project failed to incorporate attention to gender equity issues, such as the need to explore the differing needs of women and men in planning and gender impacts in implementation. [...] While there was good representation of women and men on the Planning Work Group and in the planning process, neither CEU’s planning model nor the actual planning recognized the necessity to explore the differing needs of women and men and the differential gender impacts of the plans developed.