The importance of developing effective sport policy for Aboriginal peoples’ is evident
Though non-governmental sport SFD initiatives do in fact struggle to identify with the needs and priorities of communities as Kidd (2011) asserts these organizations do provide, “encouragement of evidence-based programming and monitoring and evaluation” (pp. 5). Relatedly, when considering the Truth and Reconciliation Commissions calls to action, Tully (year) provides a valuable paradigm from which to incorporate SFD initiative and the aforementioned Calls to Action in order to establish a new policy framework for Aboriginal sport. Accordingly, Tully (year) refers to dialogical civic freedom as: the freedom to call into question and renegotiate freely the …show more content…
This innovative policy can effectively deconstruct an organization of domination, while also providing a means for the resurgence of indigenous identity. Ultimately, having Indigenous-leaders working within the system of public policy can be understood as a fundamental process of self-determination, which requires community participation, public participation, and above all action. The second, recommendation is that NGO’s such as Right to Play should continue to work within Aboriginal communities and receive additional funding from the Canadian Federal Government in order to act as a means accountability to ensure the government is proactively consulting indigenous groups when the policy is created and executed. In addition, SFD organizations and governmental institutions should work with indigenous peoples to create and deliver appropriate and culturally relevant training for staff pertaining to indigenous history, culture, concurrent issues, and reconciliation. This will enable indigenous peoples to confront prevailing pedagogies, which have historically marginalized them from sports participation Thirdly, the federal and provincial government should work to improve Aboriginal representation and the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) level by establishing polices that improve the recruitment of Aboriginal athletes. In addition, the CIS should provide specific scholarships to improve the retention of Aboriginal athletes pursuing a university education, as no specific scholarship of this category currently exists. This will give not only give Aboriginal athletes the opportunity to compete at the highest level of the Canadian University sport system, but also gain something even more valuable—a post-secondary
Though non-governmental sport SFD initiatives do in fact struggle to identify with the needs and priorities of communities as Kidd (2011) asserts these organizations do provide, “encouragement of evidence-based programming and monitoring and evaluation” (pp. 5). Relatedly, when considering the Truth and Reconciliation Commissions calls to action, Tully (year) provides a valuable paradigm from which to incorporate SFD initiative and the aforementioned Calls to Action in order to establish a new policy framework for Aboriginal sport. Accordingly, Tully (year) refers to dialogical civic freedom as: the freedom to call into question and renegotiate freely the …show more content…
This innovative policy can effectively deconstruct an organization of domination, while also providing a means for the resurgence of indigenous identity. Ultimately, having Indigenous-leaders working within the system of public policy can be understood as a fundamental process of self-determination, which requires community participation, public participation, and above all action. The second, recommendation is that NGO’s such as Right to Play should continue to work within Aboriginal communities and receive additional funding from the Canadian Federal Government in order to act as a means accountability to ensure the government is proactively consulting indigenous groups when the policy is created and executed. In addition, SFD organizations and governmental institutions should work with indigenous peoples to create and deliver appropriate and culturally relevant training for staff pertaining to indigenous history, culture, concurrent issues, and reconciliation. This will enable indigenous peoples to confront prevailing pedagogies, which have historically marginalized them from sports participation Thirdly, the federal and provincial government should work to improve Aboriginal representation and the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) level by establishing polices that improve the recruitment of Aboriginal athletes. In addition, the CIS should provide specific scholarships to improve the retention of Aboriginal athletes pursuing a university education, as no specific scholarship of this category currently exists. This will give not only give Aboriginal athletes the opportunity to compete at the highest level of the Canadian University sport system, but also gain something even more valuable—a post-secondary