The federal government offers its employees a variety of Indigenous cultural awareness and sensitivity programs, but participation in the optional sessions is relatively low.
"Confronting racism when you are part of an organization that has that very racism embedded as part of its culture is painful," Wells said in an emailed statement.
But Chris Aylward, the national president of PSAC, Canada's largest public service union, said the Treasury Board has refused to accept mandatory training on Indigenous issues at the bargaining table in the past. "We are working with the Canada School of Public Service to develop and deliver training that is mandatory for all public servants and provides essential information about Inuit in Canada and the role that public servants must take in fostering and supporting the Inuit-Crown partnership," a statement from the ITK said.
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