How To Be An Ally To Indigenous People
Updated June 11, 2018 My parents immigrated to British Columbia from Northern California two years before I was born. They came for the beautiful nature, the opportunities to build a …
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What Is Jordan’s Principle And Why Does It Matter?
Jordan’s Principle functions as an essential mechanism for ensuring human, constitutional, and treaty rights of Indigenous children. By establishing a procedure to guarantee immediate care for Indigenous children, Jordan’s Principle provides …
Participant Profile – Beryl Park, Aboriginal Social Work
I am the Executive Director for the Heiltsuk Kaxla Society and we are a level C3 Delegated Child Welfare Agency. My mother is Haida and my father is Irish-English, and …
Participant Profile – Graeme Bethell, Cultural Perspectives Training
I was encouraged to take Cultural Perspectives Training by a friend of mine but was a little reluctant at first. I caved and enjoyed a very fruitful day of learning …
What Is Your Response To Truth and Reconciliation?
Media Release – January 24, 2017 To support Indigenous Perspectives Society’s (IPS) mission to provide culturally relevant training, research and policy that advances and strengthens lives of Indigenous peoples, IPS …
What I learned in Cultural Perspectives Training
Even though I thought I already had a good understanding of our collective history from university studies, Indigenous friends, living and working with First Nations, life experiences and relationships, my …
Button Blanket Project Launches With An Abundance Of Community Support
Indigenous Perspectives Society’s Button Blanket Project began today with an outpouring of community support not held back by the rainy weather. “We are honoured to host the button …
Button Blanket Project Opening Ceremony
You are invited to the opening ceremony of Indigenous Perspectives Society’s Button Blanket Project, a 10-week creative journey of Reconciliation sponsored by the Anglican Church to bring community …
Reconciliation And The Solutions Economics Of Social Enterprise
Recently I spent the afternoon at a wonderful event at the Victoria Native Friendship Centre, Stories of Indigenous Social Innovation, where four speakers shared what they are doing to address …
Creating Family – Why Foster Caregiving Matters
If it weren’t for my foster sisters I may not have been born. My parents moved to Canada with my older brother in 1974 and by 1975, they had settled …