Bridget Mallon

• Developing a strategic communications plan to communicate a transformational shift in policy on Specific Claims with First Nations, co-developed with the Assembly of First Nations, including a targeted approach to social media in Manitoba and Saskatchewan as priority Treaty areas.
• Developing a new, draft policy statement for the Government of Canada on settling Specific Claims in anticipation of a publicly announced plan to seek approval for legislative and administrative improvements that support First Nations in pursuing economic and cultural reconciliation for community members, the implementation of Canada's commitments under the United Nations Declaration on the rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) .
• Message development to explain, in plain language, how complex policy changes to funding approaches during negotiation of claims (including agricultural benefits and advance payments) respond to changes that First Nations have called for over the past decades.

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• Developing and documenting policy and standard operating procedures for the Yellowknife Women's Society Emergency Shelter for Women; the Spruce Bough residence, permanent housing that includes a Managed Alcohol Program, and the Street Outreach program, that provides for basic needs (food, clothing, and rids to social services) and First Aid for people who are unhoused/precariously housed, street involved and experiencing mental health issues, as well as alcohol and illegal drug overdoses.

• Interviewing senior policy, planning and negotiation experts across Canada to gather and distill the importance of their work with First Nations on the review of major natural resource projects.
• Developing internal guides with speaking points for negotiators to explain how work is evolving.
• Developing recommendations for the improvement of web content on Canada.gc.ca
• Creating 2 page overviews for staff on key policy developments to support them in their front line interactions and negotiations with First Nations. These overviews will inform internal policy documents and in future will be published on the Specific Claims website.