Athabasca Tribal Council

MARCH 2019 | BUSINESS ELITE CANADA 9 an entire region. The project included 10 focus groups, 40 interviews, survey with more than 600 responses, and a video. The purpose of the study was to make sure that Indigenous impacts, concerns, and recommendations are heard by governments and to provide founda- tion for improved collaboration between Indigenous and non-Indigenous govern- ments in disaster management. Currently, Buffalo says her biggest priori- ties are “supporting our Nations as they continue to identify their needs and assist them with continuing to building their capacity to provide programs and services to their communities. We are focusing on building prevention based, culturally relevant and appropriate Child and Family Services programs for our Nations, as well as providing an increase in the quantity and quality of Health programming of our Nations. We are also working towards increasing funding for post secondary education. Through all of the work we do as an organization, supporting the revitalization of culture and language is at the forefront of our priorities.” Bright Outlook It’s an exciting time in ATC’s history. Presently, First Nations and Indigenous communities are growing their capacity as Individual Nations. ATC’s current focus is assisting Nations with becoming more self sufficient and developing program- ming to support their communities in Orange Shirt day 2018