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·	Strategic Evaluations
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·	Labour Market Development Agreement Series
·	Lessons Learned Series
·	Evaluation Tool Kit Series
·	Evaluation Forum Newsletter
·	From Theory To Practice

The Stronger Together Strategic Initiative was developed with full co-operation of First Nations and Metis communities, the federal government Human Resource Development Canada (HRDC) and Western Aboriginal Development Alliance (WADA). The mandate of the program is to create employment for Aboriginal and First Nation people and decrease reliance on social assistance. The aim of the program is to form a partnership between Aboriginal and First Nation people, businesses and the community, thereby opening the door to long term employment opportunities for Aboriginal and First Nation people. The financial support which is available to program participants is to provide support services such as training, career and family counselling, child care and, in some cases, supplementary wages. One of the most unique attributes of the strategic initiative is the use of consumer leverage as a form of moral suasion to encourage employers to provide employment opportunities to Aboriginal and First Nation people.

This formative evaluation is the second component in a three staged evaluation process. The first stage was the development of a detailed evaluation framework, and the final component will be a summative evaluation in the fall of 1998. The intent of the formative evaluation is to collect baseline data to be used in the summative analysis as well as to identify the types of models being used and some of the issues which have arisen to date, in order to make midterm modifications to the program.