Cultural Competency

“IN MANY WAYS, WE’VE ALREADY BEEN TAUGHT to prepare,” said Lennard Joe, Emergency Operations Manager for the Nlaka’pamux Health Services Society.

OUR HEARTS AND MINDS ARE WITH THE PEOPLE AND ANIMALS displaced by slides and flooding throughout the province. We express our support for all other communities feeling the impact of these events, and we send wishes for safety for all.

IN HONOUR OF JORDAN RIVER ANDERSON’S BIRTHDAY this Friday, October 22, the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada is sharing its first film, Spirit Bear and Children Make History, for free until Sunday, October 24. The film is intended for all ages.

A FIRST NATIONS PERSON WHO ORDINARILY LIVES ON A RESERVE OR CROWN LANDS should, like every British Columbian, think about making a will.

THE DECOLONIZATION AND RACISM RESEARCH GUIDE, launched in May 2021 by the Xwi7xwa Library at UBC, takes its place among a rich collection of Xwi7xwa research guides.

THE TRANSITIONAL GOVERNANCE PROGRAM is offered by the Centre for First Nations Governance, which is “a non-profit organization that supports First Nations as they transition from the Indian Act to inherent right governance.

RECONCILIATION: A STARTING POINT IS A MOBILE APP for federal public servants that anyone can download for free.

AS WE MOURN THE 215 CHILDREN WHOSE REMAINS WERE DETECTED at Tk’emlups te Secwepemc, here is a reminder to read the report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission on Missing Children and Unmarked Burials.

THE FIRST NATIONS HEALTH AUTHORITY in British Columbia provides resources on its website for Indigenous people who are grappling with the discovery of unmarked burial sites on the site of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School.

FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 2021 IS THE LAST DAY to make written, audio, or video submissions to the BC Police Act Review by 5:00 p.m.