Abbreviations and acronyms

AANDC

Affairs and Northern Development Canada

AAS

Aboriginal Affairs Secretariat's

ABS

Australian Bureau of Statistics

ACC

Aboriginal Capital Corporations

ACDF

Aboriginal Community Development Fund

ACFDC

Aboriginal Community Futures Development Corporations

ACOA

Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency

ADL

Aboriginal Developmental Lenders

AFI

Aboriginal Financial Institutions

AFN

Assembly of First Nations

ALUS

Alternative Land Use Services

APS

Aboriginal Peoples Survey

ART

Aboriginal Resource Tax

ATR

Additions to Reserve

BCAAFC

BC Association of Aboriginal Friendship Centres

BCFNDGI

British Columbia First Nations’ Data Governance Initiative

BCR

Band Council Resolution

BDC

Business Development Bank of Canada

BEST

Business and Entrepreneurship Skills Training

BNAA

British North America Act

BWA

Boil water advisory

CAB

Certification for Aboriginal-owned businesses

CAU

Consultation and Accommodation Unit

CCAB

Canadian Council of Aboriginal Businesses

CCP

Comprehensive Community Planning

CCPP

Comprehensive Community Planning Program

CCSA

Contract Capacity Set-Asides

CDGI

Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure

CEAA

Canadian Environmental Assessment Act

CFI

Carbon Farming Initiative

CFO

Community futures organisations

CIHR

Canadian Institutes of Health Research

CIRNAC

Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada

COAG

Council of Australian Governments

COMFIT

Community Feed-In-Tariff

CROP

Community and Opportunities Planning

CWB

Community Well-being

DGIC

Director General Investment Committee

DNC

Do not consume

DNU

Do not use

DWA

Drinking water advisories

EA

Environmental assessment

EBD

Entrepreneurship and Business Development

EDC

Economic development corporations

ESDC

Employment and Social Development Canada

FDI

Foreign direct investment

FHRMIRA

Family Homes on Reserves and Matrimonial Interests or Rights Act

FLERC

Frog Lake Energy Resource Corporation

FMA

Fiscal Management Act

FNCIDA

First Nations Commercial and Industrial Development Act

FNFA

First Nations Finance Authority

FNFMA

First Nations Fiscal Management Act

FNFMB

First Nations Financial Management Board

FNIGC

First Nations Information Governance Centre

FNLMA

First Nations Land Management Act

FNSI

First Nations Statistical Institute

FNTC

First Nations Tax Commission

FNU

First Nations University

FPIC

Free, prior, and informed consent

FPT

Federal Provincial Territorial

FPTIF

Federal, Provincial, Territorial and Indigenous Forum

GDP

Gross Domestic Product

GNWT

Government of the Northwest Territories

GVC

Global Value Chains

HDI

Human Development Index

HHL

Hawaiian home lands

HKKAR

He kai kei aku ringa

IAO

Inter-governments Affairs Office

IBA

Impact-benefit agreements

IBA

Indigenous Business Australia

IGF

Indigenous Growth Fund

IIPH

Institute of Indigenous Peoples’ Health

INAC

Indigenous leadership and community

IP

Intellectual Property

IPA

Indigenous Protected Areas

IPP

Indigenous Procurement Policy

ISAA

Intergovernmental Strategic Aboriginal Alignment

ISC

Indigenous Services Canada

ISCC

Indian Specific Claims Commission

ISET

Indigenous Skills and Employment Training

ISIA

Intergovernmental Strategic Indigenous Alignment

IUCN

International Union for Conservation of Nature

KKETS

Kiikenomaga Kikenjigewen Employment & Training Services

KMK

Kwilmu’kw Maw-klusuaqn

KRLUP

Keewatin Regional Land Use Plan

MOC

Memorandum of Collaboration

MOU

Memorandum of understanding

MTCC

Membertou Trade and Convention Centre

NACCA

National Aboriginal Capital Corporations Association

NAEDB

National Aboriginal Economic Development Board

NAEOP

Northern Aboriginal Economic Opportunities Program

NAICS

North American Industry Classification System

NAN

Nishnawbe Aski Nation

NBRLUP

North Baffin Regional Land Use Plan

NEAHR

Network Environments for Aboriginal Health Research

NEF

Nunavut Economic Forum

NHS

National Household Survey

NIO

National Indigenous Organisations

NOC

National Occupational Classification

NPC

Nunavut Planning Commission

NTI

Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated

NWT

Northwest Territories

OCAP

Ownership, Control, Access and Possession

OSR

Own-source revenues

PAR

Progressive Aboriginal Relations

PES

Payments for Environmental Services

PPP

Public private partnerships

PR

Predominantly rural

PSAB

Procurement Strategy for Aboriginal Business

PU

Predominantly urban

RCAP

Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples

RDA

Regional Development Agencies

RDPC

Regional Development Policy Committee

REACHE

Responsible Energy Approaches for Community Heat and Electricity

REGI

Regional Economic Growth through Innovation

RPF

Registered Professional Forester

SAO

Senior Administrative Officer

SCC

Supreme Court of Canada

SCLU

Social, cultural, and land use

SDG

Sustainable Development Goals

SGS

St’at’mic Government Services

SME

Small and medium-sized enterprises

SPI

Strategic Partnerships Initiative

SSHRC

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

SSRP

South Saskatchewan Regional Plan

TCR

Tribal Council Resolution

TKUA

Traditional Knowledge and Use Assessment

TLE

Treaty Land Entitlement

TRC

Truth and Reconciliation Commission

UN

United Nations

UNDRIP

United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples