In late June, the City submitted its annual report on the implementation of the Seven Youth Inquest Recommendations. Of the 31 recommendations aimed at the City, 25 were considered to be short term, with the remaining six considered to be longer-term.

Yesterday, Jonathan Rudin, legal counsel from Aboriginal Legal Services of Toronto presented Inquest partners with their annual grade on the implementation of those recommendations, with the City increasing its grade from a B in 2020 to an A- in 2021.

“We are pleased to announce that at the moment, only a few of the long-term recommendations are not fully implemented, although plans and preliminary actions for all recommendations have taken place.” said Norm Gale, City Manager.

An in-depth analysis is also being conducted of each of the recommendations directed to the City to understand the degree of systemic change that has taken place as a result of implementation.

Gale added that determining the degree of systemic change within the City’s programs, policies, and procedures is another step in the process of healing and reconciliation that the City is pushing forward on.

The in-depth analysis and this year’s Inquest report card from Aboriginal Legal Services of Toronto will be used to identify successes and expose gaps and problematic areas that still need attention.

For more information, and to view this year’s reports on the Seven Youth Inquest, visit our Indigenous Relations page.

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Contact: Alain Joseph, Policy Analyst - Indigenous Relations, 630-8278