The office of the Manitoba Advocate for Children and Youth (MACY) is committed to working toward reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples.
In Manitoba, First Nations, Metis, and Inuit young people continue to face discrimination in the community and, at times, when accessing public services. MACY is committed to amplifying the voices and experiences of Indigenous young people so that necessary systemic changes can be made and the provincial government is held accountable to the inherent rights of children, as laid out in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
In that vein, MACY has created an internal Reconciliation Framework for its offices. Led by the Indigenous Deputy Advocate and Knowledge Keeper at our office, the Reconciliation Framework is a guide we use in our office to advance meaningful reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples. It describes our approach and plan to advance reconciliation through our work.
Reconciliation begins with you. Create and grow a way of life for yourself, starting today.
-Chief Dr. Robert Joseph