The main purpose of the AAEDIRP is to improve the knowledge base concerning Atlantic Aboriginal economic development in order to improve the lives of the Aboriginal people in the region. [...] This research falls within the long-term goals of the AAEDIRP and the Atlantic Policy Congress of First Nations Chiefs (APC) to improve the knowledge base of Aboriginal economic development in the region and strengthen the Aboriginal workforce. [...] Vale Inco Assessing the Effectiveness of Labour Force Participation Strategies 12 The following table depicts the target number of interviews along with the total number of interviews completed during the project period for each of the target interviewee groups. [...] Steering committee members represent the Department of Education, the Public Service Commission, the Nova Scotia Workers Union, the Office of Aboriginal Affairs, the federal Department of Indian and Northern Affairs, the Mi’kmaw Employment and Training Secretariat, the Nova Scotia Government and General Workers Union and the Aboriginal Peoples Training & Employment Commission. [...] The authors also note the lack of research in the field and state that while there is some published research on the representation of visible minorities in Canadian police services, their study was, at the time, the only systematic research on the recruitment, selection and promotion of visible minority and Aboriginal police officers in Canada.10 Caverley11 also notes the paucity of literature th