Exploring Theme: "Individual Municipal Commitments"

NationTalk: CityNews – The xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations have told the B.C. government and the City of Vancouver that they support the dissolution of the Vancouver Park Board. In a letter obtained by CityNews, the three Host Nations say they will immediately begin working on the transition process. “We have asked the MST Technical Team to meet with...

Truth and reconciliation requires Indigenous knowledge shaping how urban settings should look, feel and remind. The Tyee: For our third National Day of Truth and Reconciliation, I am struck by how much change has occurred for Indigenous Peoples in Vancouver and B.C. I work primarily in the field of urbanism — advocating for Indigenous knowledge...

Donations will go directly to participating First Nations and their projects CBC Indigenous: It’s a small percentage with significant meaning for Chief Abraham Pelkey of the Tsawout First Nation. Pelkey leads one of 10 nations on Vancouver Island who are starting to receive money from the South Island Reciprocity Trust, to which residents in the Capital Regional District can...

Today, October 25, 2022, Vancouver City Council passed the City of Vancouver’s United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) Strategy, as recommended by a Task Force led by the Musqueam Indian Band, Squamish Nation, and Tsleil-Waututh Nation. The adoption of the UNDRIP Strategy is historic, positioning Vancouver as a national and global...