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September 2025
This month’s spotlight shines on Paula Price of Uplevel Lawyer Coaching

ANOTHER EVENT SHARING KNOWLEDGE OF CULTURAL PRACTICES AND KINSHIP TIES across Turtle Island irrespective of the Canada/U.S. border will take place in Abbotsford on October 2, 2025.

AMENDMENTS TO BC’S SCHOOL ACT TOOK EFFECT IN NOVEMBER 2023 AND APRIL 2024, introducing three new sections that “begin to address the systemic barriers faced by First Nation students across BC, as well as to support all Indigenous learners, as appropriate, within the province.

SEVEN FIRST NATIONS IN BC PARTICIPATE IN THE FIRST NATIONS EDUCATION JURISDICTION INITIATIVE at present: ʔaq’am, Cowichan, Lil’wat, Seabird Island, Canim Lake Band, Ditidaht First Nation and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation).

GUIDES TO RESOURCES FOR BC CLASSROOMS THAT ARE CREATED BY FIRST PEOPLES or through their substantial contributions are available for free download in PDF at the website of the First Nations Education Steering Committee.

EDUCATORS ARE ASKED TO APPLY BY SEPTEMBER 8, 2025, WITH WORKSHOP PROPOSALS for the First Nations Education Steering Committee (FNESC) Education Conference, Creating an Education System Worthy of our Children.

Summer 2025
Our spotlight shines on Daxton S. Boeré of Farris LLP.

Summer 2025
Sharing the spotlight this summer is Rebecca Morse of Farris LLP.

This month is National Indigenous History Month, an opportunity to learn about the unique cultures, traditions, and experiences of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis.

As announced in the BC Supreme Court’s 2024 Annual Report, the Court has struck a Reconciliation Working Group (RWG). The RWG is informed by the work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada and the Calls to Action, and has been established to examine the Court’s role in advancing reconciliation.