Programs & Services – The Confederacy of Mainland Mi'kmaq

Click on any of our programs to learn more, find resources and program staff.

Aboriginal Aquatic Resource and Oceans Management (AAROM)

Aboriginal Diabetes Initiative

The Aboriginal Diabetes Initiative (ADI) delivers a range of primary prevention, screening and treatment programs in partnerships with Tribal Councils, First Nations organizations, Inuit community groups, and Provincial and Territorial governments.

Adult Alternative Care

The CMM administers contracts with Special Care Facilities throughout Nova Scotia to support First Nation Clients formerly residents on reserve. This year The CMM continues to bring the AAC program into Compliance with AANDC Funding Authorities.

Agriculture and Climate

Climate Change Adaptation

MCG is currently working on a project to help water operators in our Communities assess if their water utilities are vulnerable to climate change.

Coastal Projects

Commercial Fisheries

With the hiring of a CFLC Officer at the MCG (November 2012) the MCG is now able to have a representative for member Communities at a number of industry meetings.

Communications

The Confederacy of Mainland Mi’kmaq is pleased to offer internal and external communications to various parts of the organization, its board and its members.

Community Infrastructure

Community Services and Infrastructure

Cumulative Effects Management

Simply put, cumulative effects consider all of the ‘things’ that cause change in the environment. These ‘things’ could be industry, hunting, harvesting, hiking, road systems, pollution, etc.

Eastern Woodland Print Communications

We are a self-sufficient Native owned and operated print communications company with particular interest and expertise in serving the First Nation community and related government agencies.

Education

Electoral Office

Elections are fundamental to the democratic governance of our First Nation Communities. Elections enable voters to select leaders and to hold them accountable for their performance in office.

Emergency Management

Environment and Natural Resources

Environmental Services

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) refers to the physical and neurodevelopmental health problems that can occur in children from their biological mother drinking alcohol when pregnant.

Finance

Since its inception in 1986, The Confederacy of Mainland Mi’kmaq has maintained a strong fiscal accountability framework. With approximately twenty funding agencies and a variety of funding arrangements, The CMM is regarded as a leader among native organizations across the country.

Freshwater Ecosystems

Geographic Information Systems

The GIS Technician is responsible for developing and maintaining a GIS database for use in mapping the geographic data in the Bay of Fundy Watershed.

Governance

Human Resources

Indigenous Fisheries

Jordan’s Principle

Jordan’s Principle is a child first initiative that helps to provide funding to help ensure that First Nations children, living on reserve or ordinarily resident on reserve, with a disability or a short-term critical condition that affects their activities of daily living have access to needed health services and supports, comparable to those available to other children living in the same province.

Legal Services

The CMM Legal Advisor provides in- house legal services to The CMM and its five affiliated entities, Mi’kmaq/Maliseet Nations News Association (MMNN), Eastern Woodland Print Communications (EWPC), Mi’kmawey Debert Cultural Centre (MDCC), and Mainland Mi’kmaq Developments Inc. (MMDI).

Mainland Mi'kmaq Development Inc.

Mainland Mi’kmaq Development Tagging Initiative

Mainland Mi’kmaq Development Inc. (MMDI) was incorporated July 9th, 1991 under the Canadian Business Corporation Act. MMDI fosters economic development and business skills amongst Native Peoples.

Membership

The CMM Membership program assists band members with applications for registration and membership. The CMM membership clerk issues Indian Status cards within the policy and guidelines set out by the Department of Indian Affairs.

Mental Wellness

To provide mental health and wellness services to 7 of the member communities including the following: helping clients navigate the provincial and federal mental health systems, offering emotional support to clients, professional letters of support to gain access to services, individualize client care plans and providing mental health workshops for community.

Mi'kmaq Ecological Knowledge Study (MEKS)

Mi'kmaq-Maliseet Nations News

The MMNN is a First Nation owned, community focused monthly newspaper with a particular expertise in Mi’kmaq culture.

Mi'kmawey Debert Cultural Centre

The Mi’kmawey Debert Cultural Centre will be a meaningful and dynamic centre for Mi’kmaw people, and for visitors from across Nova Scotia, Canada and the world.

Mi’kmaw Conservation Group

Today the Bay of Fundy Watershed, which was once so familiar, has changed due to commercial use, population growth, pollution and global warming. The Mi’kmaw Conservation group will endeavor to take on these and other challenges to fulfill their mission.

Mi’kmawey Forestry

Mi’kmawey Forestry is a revised version of the First Nations Forestry Program that was funded by Natural Resources Canada from 1994-2011. Since then, new funding opportunities have become available to revive the program through numerous sources that include Government agencies, private industry and other non-government organizations.

Mi’kmawey Green Communities

An environmental program dedicated to assisting Mi’kmaw Communities reach their goals for cleaner, greener and more sustainable communities.

Oceans

Procurement

Research & Education

The MCG is developing programs on issues involving species-at-risk and participating in programs such as habitat restoration. Through our programs and services we help to promote Netukulimk – taking what you need today and leaving some for tomorrow – in the Bay of Fundy Watershed.

Specific Claims Research

Since 1987 The CMM has investigated Aboriginal land claims for our six of our member First Nations communities. The Specific Claims Research Department currently conducts research on Specific Land Claims.

The Capacity Development Team

The Capacity Development Team (CDT) is here to support your fisheries and aquatic resource management capacity needs through structured organizational and technical capacity development activities and coordination of skills development and training opportunities.

Tripartite Forum

The Mi’kmaq-Nova Scotia -Canada Tripartite Forum was formed in 1997 as a partnership between the Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq, the Province of Nova Scotia and the Government of Canada.

Wills & Estates

The Confederacy of Mainland Mi’kmaq (CMM) continues to distribute its three Wills and Estates Publications: How to Write a Will, How to Settle an Estate, How to Write a Power of Attorney & Personal Directive.