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to the Data Governance and Management Toolkit for Self-Governing Indigenous Governments!
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What is this Toolkit?
This Toolkit supports Indigenous governments to use and manage socioeconomic data to improve life for their peoples, and in ways that reflect their cultural traditions.
This Toolkit has been created by and for Self-Governing Indigenous Governments (SGIGs). While some of the content is specific to this context, much of it will be useful for other Indigenous governments and organizations as well.
Indigenous voices in the evaluation framework, data collection, data analysis and interpretation of the results of these processes is of vital importance.
Shannon West-Johnson
Nisga’a Citizen
Research Assistant, Nisga’a Lisims Government
From oral to written history, information and data sharing have connected Labrador Inuit communities and society.
Todd Broomfield
Nunatsiavut Beneficiary
Director of Renewable Resources, Nunatsiavut Government
What’s in the Toolkit?
About this Toolkit – Explains why this toolkit was developed, how it can help you, and how to use it.
Getting Started – Introduces some key foundational topics and then takes you through the process of self-assessment and planning your first steps forward.
Data Governance – Outlines the key components of a data governance framework, and discusses privacy protection, relevant areas of legislation, contracts and agreements, data sharing, and standards and best practices.
Data Management – Introduces the data management lifecycle, provides an overview of types of software for data management, provides resources to help with IT procurement, and discusses data quality; data storage, backup, and preservation; and data security and privacy.
Acquiring and Working with Data – Introduces how to design and track indicators, reviews different sources of data from across Canada, discusses how to collect and use existing data within your government, and introduces data analysis methods and how to communicate with data.
Building Capacity – Describes key data job functions, lists available training options, lists sources of capacity support, and provides change management tools and resources to help your government make the transition to new processes.
The Resources page is a catalogue of all downloadable resources and links included in this website.
Real and fictional case studies are used throughout the Toolkit to illustrate the content. The Case Studies page includes all case studies used in the Toolkit, catalogued by keywords.