Answer TRC6

Spanking is conclusively harmful, common and still legal in Canada.

📣📣There is much more to be done!
June 3 marks the 5th anniversary of the National Action Plan and the Inuit Action Plan on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ People.
Developed in response to the Final Report of the National Inquiry into MMIWG, these plans were created in 2021 to drive transformative change, providing a clear road map to address systemic racism and violence against Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people. The Inuit Action Plan, released by Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada and Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK), reflects Inuit-specific priorities and outlines a distinctions-based path forward through the 46 Inuit-specific Calls for Justice.

Pauktuutit calls for the implementation of all Action Plan recommendations. These commitments are critical to closing the social, economic, political, and cultural gaps that continue to impact Inuit women, girls, and gender-diverse Inuit within Inuit Nunangat and in urban settings.

While progress has been initiated or is underway in some areas, few have been fully completed. Five years later, the urgency remains, and so does the responsibility of all levels of government and partners to move beyond commitments to concrete results.

Pauktuutit continues to call for:
• Governmental responses to MMIWG2S+ and gender-based violence that guarantee meaningful leadership roles and decision-making power for Inuit women, girls, and gender-diverse Inuit.
• The incorporation of Inuit-Specific Gender-Based Analysis+ (ISGBA+) into all responses to the Inuit Action Plan on MMIWG.
• The establishment of clear and transparent accountability mechanisms to track implementation of the 231 Calls for Justice outlined in the Final Report of the National Inquiry into MMIWG and 2SLGBTQQIA+ People, with regular, publicly accessible progress reports.
• All levels of government to recognize and respond to MMIWG2S+ as an ongoing crisis, not a historical one.
• The federal government to fund new distinctions-based, gendered research on violence against Inuit women, girls, and gender-diverse Inuit, that is conducted by Indigenous Women's Organizations, to support and inform evidence-based prevention efforts.
Our recommendations are here https://pauktuutit.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/PAUKTUUTIT-Brief-05-MMIWG-Policy-Brief-EN-FINAL_web-1.pdf

🎉 VOLUNTEERS NEEDED 🎉

The Vancouver Aboriginal Health Society is looking for volunteers to help make our 4th Annual Father's Day Pow Wow a success on June 21, 2026 at Britannia Field in Vancouver, BC.

Whether you can help for a few hours or the whole day, we'd love to have you join our Pow Wow crew! Volunteers will assist with event set-up and take-down, hospitality and guest services, cultural support, and community engagement.

✨ Meals provided
✨ Volunteer appreciation gifts
✨ A chance to support culture, community, and a meaningful day of celebration

To sign up, please complete our volunteer form:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeP112Rz2h2Gc5npVI7rTkRT1xm0NxRbbNGHJV6EfZ9Vel1Qg/viewform

Please share with your friends, family, coworkers, and anyone who may be interested in volunteering.

Thank for helping us honour our fathers, grandfathers, sons, and community through culture and connection. ❤️🖤💛🤍